A few months after making its Cardboard VR platform open source, Google has quietly ended sales for its Cardboard VR, the inexpensive cardboard-based phone viewers that could be used to experience ...

Google has launched a new catalog of WebVR virtual-reality apps that can be experienced though an Android phone and Google's budget Cardboard VR viewer. The company wants to bring VR to the web to ...

Why it matters: A quick check over on the Google Store reveals that the $15 viewer is no longer available for purchase. Third-party solutions are still on sale from outlets like Amazon and eBay if you ...

Google has released an open source project for its Google Cardboard to allow developers to build additional experiences and add support to their apps for various smartphone screen solutions and ...

When Google came out with Cardboard it made virtual reality more accessible than ever — all you need is a $20 DIY headset and you can experience games, videos, and environments in virtual reality. To ...

One of the biggest reasons of going with cardboard for Google Cardboard was to get these viewers into the hands of as many people as possible. But while many vendors are selling their Cardboard ...

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Cardboard Camera, Google’s app that lets you create and view 360-degree virtual reality images, is now coming to iOS. The app, which has only been available on Android until now, lets you take ...

Last month, Google stopped selling Daydream View as modern Android phones — including the Pixel 4 — lack support. The company’s mobile virtual reality offerings are being further diminished today as ...

Google's Cardboard virtual reality platform has the most accessible VR experiences out there, with the optical viewers not only cheap to buy, but supported by a huge catalogue of virtual experiences, ...

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