Google Cardboard
 Google Cardboard fully assembled | |
| Developer | |
|---|---|
| Type | Virtual reality |
| Release date | 2014 |
| Introductory price | Freely available |
| Website | Cardboard Developers |
Google Cardboard is a fold-out cardboard smartphone mount that, when combined with lenses, a magnet, a piece of hook-and-loop fastener and a rubber band and held against the face, affords a virtual reality experience.[1] This low-cost, open-source headset is designed by Google but offered freely for people to create on their own. A smartphone with stereoscopic display software fits into this device and the lenses allow a person to perceive the images as one single three-dimensional image. The hardware was announced at Google I/O 2014.
The stereoscopy requires WebGL support on the smartphone; phones with Chrome and WebGL can run Google's web experiments.[2] Apple's iOS 8 will support this technology and can therefore work with Cardboard's official apps.[3] Third-party apps are available on the Google Play store with Cardboard support.[4]
David Coz and Damien Henry, Google engineers at the Google Cultural Institute in Paris, created Cardboard in their "20% time".[5]
See also
- Google Glass, another Google product for displaying data next to the face
- Oculus Rift, Facebook's virtual reality (VR) project
- Project Morpheus, Sony's VR project
- Virtual Boy, Nintendo's VR project
References
- ^ "Cardboard". Google Developers. Google. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
- ^ "Virtual Reality". Chrome Experiments. Retrieved August 19, 2014.
- ^ Johnson, Dave (August 18, 2014). "Google Cardboard works on the iPhone, too". CBS News. Retrieved August 19, 2014.
- ^ Broida, Rick (July 17, 2014). "Five more apps that work with Google Cardboard: Games, flight sims, movie players, and more, all great fits for your Google VR headset". CNET. Retrieved August 19, 2014.
- ^ Statt, Nick (June 25, 2014). "Facebook has Oculus, Google has Cardboard". CNET. Retrieved August 19, 2014.
External links
- Google Cardboard – official developers site
- Cardboard app on Google Play
