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Google Virtual Reality

Phones, computers, tablets, and all other forms of electronic wizardry
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So, Google has decided to join the virtual reality game by turning your everyday smartphone into a VR display.
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thats just a cardboard box
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papaya wrote:thats just a cardboard box
and google's probably gonna sell it for £80
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Meanwhile at google
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Oh, the practice of reactionary images, hilarious.. Anyway, let's get back to the discussion!

I don't know if I personally would want one - but I do quite like the idea of this sort of collapsible VR device. It's sort of silly and weird and I think it is quite interesting. Especially since it seems to be entirely mechanical and not digital - meaning off-brand cheaper versions could be possible.
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Images were relevant. Google is making a VR helmet from a cardboard box, and they plan to sell it, for which I expect around £80
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Can't we just use the gif as reference and cut out our own?
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StreetLights wrote:Images were relevant. Google is making a VR helmet from a cardboard box, and they plan to sell it, for which I expect around £80
Fair enough, I suppose. I won't micromanage Sebastian's thread here. I guess I am sort of a neat freak in terms of going back, editing old posts and including new information, be it picture, video text, to further my point. Anyway! Technicalities aside.

While any price may be arguably steep for what it offers, I think the software side is what I am more curious and excised for. I would bet, that if the mobile software for this sort of apparatus hits the wider-market, knock-off brand devices that serve the same purpose may become a much more plausible way to enjoy a mobile VR type thing.

EDIT: Also, for a second I assumed that a printable version could be possible. However I think the lenses are the real valuable part. My guess would be is that they a fairly specific to the screen size and their curvature.
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StreetLights wrote:and google's probably gonna sell it for £80
Costs 19 dollars.
Rabbidfan236 wrote:Can't we just use the gif as reference and cut out our own?
Yeah, but its more expensive to build it than it is to buy it. The lenses by themselves cost $14 dollars a piece.
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Rabbidfan236 wrote:Can't we just use the gif as reference and cut out our own?
Yeah, but its more expensive to build it than it is to buy it. The lenses by themselves cost $14 dollars a piece.
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