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=====Description===== | |||
[http://www.google.co.uk/get/cardboard/get-cardboard/ '''Google Cardboard'''] is a project that lets you turn any Android 4.1+ phone or iPhone into a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_reality '''Virtual Reality (VR)'''] headset! | |||
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Full details and instructions of how to make a cardboard viewer can be [http://www.google.com/get/cardboard/downloads/wwgc_manufacturers_kit.zip '''downloaded'''] from the [http://www.google.com/get/cardboard/downloads/wwgc_manufacturers_kit.zip '''Google Cardboard'''] website. Alternatively, low-cost kits or ready-made viewers can be purchased. | |||
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[http://play.google.com/store/search?q=cardboard&c=apps&hl=en_GB '''Google Play'''] provides access to the free [http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.samples.apps.cardboarddemo&hl=en_GB '''Cardboard'''] app to set up a viewer and play sample VR videos. There is also a free [http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.vr.cyclops '''Cardboard Camera'''] app which enables you to take your own 360 degree panoramic video to play in the viewer. | |||
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<span style="color: blue">'''Activity:''' Make your own modern smartphone version of a [ | <span style="color: blue">'''Activity:''' Make your own modern smartphone version of a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorian_era Victorian] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stereoscope '''Stereoscope'''] and personalise it by adding your own graphics. | ||
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Latest revision as of 08:20, 1 March 2017
Description
Google Cardboard is a project that lets you turn any Android 4.1+ phone or iPhone into a Virtual Reality (VR) headset!
Full details and instructions of how to make a cardboard viewer can be downloaded from the Google Cardboard website. Alternatively, low-cost kits or ready-made viewers can be purchased.
Features and Applications
Google Play provides access to the free Cardboard app to set up a viewer and play sample VR videos. There is also a free Cardboard Camera app which enables you to take your own 360 degree panoramic video to play in the viewer.
Activity: Make your own modern smartphone version of a Victorian Stereoscope and personalise it by adding your own graphics.
 
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