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wraggster
May 29th, 2015, 21:48
http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/midas/7743bda0ba88c5a7c929b512e265efbe/202056364/0528_cardboardvr.gif (http://www.engadget.com/2015/05/28/google-cardboard-vr-iphone-hands-on/)As we walked out of today's Google I/O keynote, we -- and all other keynote attendees -- were handed the second-generation version of Cardboard (http://www.engadget.com/2015/05/28/google-updates-vr-jump-cardboard/), Google's low-tech effort at a VR headset. As was announced at the keynote itself, the new Cardboard is designed to fit phones that are 6-inches or larger, which makes sense given the size of Google's own Nexus 6. It's also now much easier to set up; in just three easy steps. Another improvement is that it no longer has the magnetic ring trigger of the original, which apparently didn't work with all phones. Now it has a simple top button that when pressed, activates a lever coated in capacitive tape -- think of it as a cardboard finger touching the phone's screen. This, of course, makes the Cardboard viewer compatible with a lot more phones -- including, yes, the iPhone (http://www.engadget.com/2015/05/28/google-cardboard-is-coming-to-ios/).
http://www.engadget.com/2015/05/28/google-cardboard-vr-iphone-hands-on/