The Glade 4.0

https://www.google.com/get/cardboard/

Google has developed a spec in which you take a few bucks worth of cardboard, lenses, Velcro, and a rubber band, and turn it into a cheap VR system. Combined with the hardware, an app does the screen splitting and interpolation necessary to project a 3d image inside the headset.

It uses a little sliding magnet to trick the docking system into thinking it's undocking / redocking, which the app turns into a "click" event. Very low tech hardware, with some ingenious software.

Picked up a kit last weekend. Pretty neat - there are a handful of decent apps - nothing I'd sit playing for hours, but enough that it'll entertain everyone on Christmas.

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I wonder how far along this was when Oculus announced their Samsung partnership for the Gear VR.

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It's convincing enough to make your stomach jump in Google Earth looking down over Chicago.

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I will get one, but having to hold it up with your hands seems lame. Wish they'd throw a head strap in with the cardboard kit.

I can't help it. I keep wanting this to be an April Fools' joke

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Go back to zero, take a pill, and get well ~ Lemmy Kilmister

VR = sweet
Cheap hardware mods = sweet

What's foolish about wanting to provide a virtual reality experience by augmenting hardware we've already got with an extremely cheap kit?

I think it's the name. Using such a recognizable high-tech branding scheme on something so totally low-tech just makes it feel like a parody. Reminds me of Log, and Happy Fun Ball.

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Go back to zero, take a pill, and get well ~ Lemmy Kilmister

Yep, every person I showed at work thought I was pranking them. "Google Cardboard?"

And then, after they saw it, they thought it was awesome.

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I'll definitely have to try this, looks like fun for zero dollars.