The exceptionally low-cost VR googles, literally made from folded cardboard, were a massive hit when they were unveiled back in 2014. But despite Google’s best efforts to introduce premium ...

Google Cardboard is the company's affordable answer to a virtual reality (VR) experience: It's a no-frills viewer which users can insert their phones into. It fits screens up to six inches ...

The virtual reality industry has changed markedly since the days of slotting a smartphone into a Google Cardboard – a headset that was literally made from cardboard. Now performance, display ...

Google first dabbled in virtual reality at last year's conference with a piece of cardboard. Presented at the end of the conference, "Google Cardboard" was a way for Google to prove how simple ...

Unfortunately, this definition implies that all headsets are roughly equivalent — that a $30 Google Cardboard will do the same thing as an $800 HTC Vive. But as VR headsets start appearing on ...

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Both companies had their own VR platforms nearly a decade ago with Google Cardboard and Samsung Gear VR. They were built around headsets that were cheap cardboard or plastic shells with lenses ...

VR has been developing rapidly over the past ... [jamesvdberg] whipped up a low-cost headset for under $100 USD. The build relies on Google-Cardboard-style optics, which are typically designed ...