What is going on everyone.
Muwen360 is here today to give you a quick review of the Google Cardboard 2.0 Star Wars
Edition.
So if you don’t know already, Cardboard is a virtual reality platform developed by
Google and it’s exactly what its name suggests, a piece cardboard.
Google intended this to be VR system that is fun, simple, and affordable to encourage
interest and development in VR and VR applications.
In fact, I got this one for free at my local Verizon store because they were giving them
away to Verizon subscribers as part of their marketing efforts for the upcoming star wars
movie, the force awakens hence the Verizon branding you see here.
I went with the R2 D2 design and it looks pretty dope.
So let me take the actual cardboard out of its protective sleeve.
And here is the cardboard itself.
On this is side is the two pieces of glass for your eyes see through.
And this big hole is for your nose when you put it on.
And this mechanical button here is for you to interact with the touch screen because
you can’t physically touch the phone with your fingers while it’s inside.
As I’m pressing the button, a small piece of cardboard on the inside will hit the touchscreen
of your phone to interact with it so very very clever.
And again what’s so awesome about this is that all it is is a piece of cardboard with
two lenses.
And just like that you can enjoy virtual reality in a simple and fun way.
Assembling the cardboard is super easy.
It’s a three step process and it even gives you instructions here as well.
All you do is stick the black strips together and just like that we’ve built the viewer
and we’re ready to experience reality.
Now what you do is download the Google Cardboard app for Android or iOS and follow the instructions
to pair the viewer with your phone by scanning the barcode at the bottom.
Through the Cardboard app, you can choose between a couple of the pre-installed apps
or download more.
And when you are ready, just drop you smartphone on the front, seal it up nice tight, and put
it up to your face to enjoy your VR experience.
And to be honest, I was blown away.
With just a smartphone and cardboard, it makes the screen so much bigger to give you that
immersive experience.
You can explore different places in Google Earth, watch YouTube videos on a seemingly
massive screen and so much more.
It’s almost as if you were in another world so the experience was very cool and pleasant.
It also uses your phone’s motion sensors like the accelerometer to track your movement
as you’re moving your head around to explore.
A couple of days ago, google even announced a new app called Cardboard camera which turns
the smartphone in your pocket into a virtual reality camera.
It’s simple to take a photo: just hold out your phone and move it around you in a circle.
Later, when you place your phone inside a Google Cardboard viewer, you'll get to experience
something new: a VR photo so you can now literally step inside your photos.
So the possibilities for Google Cardboard and virtual reality as a whole and endless.
And so I highly recommend you to go pick one of these up wherever.
You can find these find these online for a couple of bucks, or even build your own if
you have the materials.
Or many companies give these away to use them for promotion so a lot of ways that you can
experience virtual reality.
I can’t describe in words how awesome Virtual reality is so you’re really gonna have to
try it out for yourself.
So what do you guys think about Google cardboard, virtual reality, or perhaps you even own pair
of VR glasses, what has your experience been like.
I would love to hear from you in the comments section down below.
Thank you for watching and have a wonderful day.
Take care.