Google has added virtual reality to Google Maps with the use of their cardboard smartphone app and holder. Total cost for those who have an android is either free (build a cardboard holder from the google plans) or up to $25 USD for a dodo cardboard case.
View this video to see Google cardboard in action.
The Google Play store currently offers roughly 20 Cardboard-based apps. Games include “Caaaaardboard!” where the player jumps from the roof of a skyscraper and collects different values on the way down for high scores before landing safely on the ground. Others like “The Hobbit VR Experience” which gives fans a virtual reality 360-degree view of the Shire.
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To increase the number of apps, Google is now providing a cardboard Android and Unity SDK for developers.
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