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Wednesday, March 03, 2021

Google Cardboard VR is Gone

I used to recommend these in classes.   Still have some around, somewhere ....  Too bad.  Downward trend in VR signaled?   

Google stops selling its Cardboard VR goggles after seven years

The affordable headset helped bring virtual reality to the masses.

By Saqib Shah   S. Shah|03.03.21   @eightiethmnt  in Engadget

Google has officially bid farewell to Cardboard, its cheap gateway into the world of mobile virtual reality. The goggles are no longer available on the company's online store, reports Android Police. The writing was already on the wall for Cardboard back in 2019, when Google announced it was shifting to an open source model that would let developers create VR experiences that supported the $15 headset. By then, it had also abandoned its higher-tier Daydream View goggles, with Samsung following a similar route, that signalled to many that the tech giants were through with smartphone-based VR.  ... "   

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