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 ...

For the 2014 Google I/O conference, it was a piece of cardboard. Presented at the end of the conference, "Google Cardboard" was a way for Google to prove how simple virtual reality can be.

Wanting to experiment without a huge investment, [jamesvdberg] whipped up a low-cost headset for under $100 USD. The build relies on Google-Cardboard-style optics, which are typically designed to ...

Since its founding in 1998, Google has remained at the forefront of technological innovation. Though it had humble beginnings as a search engine, it has since grown massively into everything from ...

While promising developments and incremental improvements continue, the game-changing app that will propel VR into every home ...

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 ...

But despite Google’s best efforts to introduce premium Cardboard-compatible hardware with their Daydream View headset two years later, it failed to evolve into a profitable business. Of course ...

Google has technically hosted XR games on Play in the form of Cardboard apps since 2014 ... but not so much in the day of standalone headsets like Meta Quest 3 and Apple Vision Pro.

Launched in 2013, it pre-dates Google Cardboard, and doesn't require it to run. But if you have the headset, it offers you a whole new way to experience photos on the platform. It's also totally free.

With that in mind, I set off to purchase my first VR headset to finally experience virtual reality on a smartphone. Initially, I had planned to purchase Google's own Cardboard headset, but when I ...