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On the Significance of Google's New Cardboard (Video)

Posted by Roblimo on from the recycling-a-post-title-is-good-for-the-environment dept.

On June 29, 2014, Timothy started a Slashdot post with these words: 'Last week at Google I/O, the company introduced Cardboard, its cheap-and-cheerful (it's made of cardboard, after all) approach to nearly instant VR viewing.' Several commenters noted that Viewmaster has been doing something similar for over 70 years; that you can get a slicker 3-D adapter for your smartphone from Durovis, with the Vrizzmo VR Goggles and vrAse coming soon; and that you can buy an iPhone/iPod Touch-only 3-D viewer for about $8 (at the time this was typed), which is a whole lot less than the price of most third-party Cardboard kits that are getting ready to hit the market. || The Google person behind The Cardboard is VP Clay Bavor, whose day job is overseeing Google apps. Clay says you are welcome to make your own Cardboard from scratch instead of buying one (or a kit) from someone else, and of course you can write all the software for it you like. || You may (or may not) remember that Timothy ended that June 29 post about Cardboard with a promise that before long we'd have 'a video introduction to Cardboard with Google VP Clay Bavor.' So here it is, as promised. (Alternate Video Link)

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  1. Re: Need my glasses checked by DeanWoodyatt8223 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Not google cardboard. Occulous Thrift

  2. Tim Cook responds by announcing iCardboard, $378 by raymorris · · Score: 2

    Is there an aluminum version for the iPhone?

  3. Re:How much is Google paying for these promotions? by Ultra64 · · Score: 3

    Right, cause cheap/free VR certainly isn't of interest to the slashdot crowd.

  4. Tigerblood. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Flash video? Seriously? Slashdot continues its slide into irrelevance.

    1. Re:Tigerblood. by ArcadeMan · · Score: 4, Funny

      I was wondering which video they were talking about. I guess they're being paid by Adobe.

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  5. Re:How much is Google paying for these promotions? by SpzToid · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Been watching the firehose submissions as a kind of hobby for the last few hours while monitoring machine processes and I can assure you, this was not part of anything submitted. Perhaps on a slow news day, but... this post just seems so lame to begin with.

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  6. Oculus Thrift by gribbly · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...is what this should be called =]

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