Google ships over 5 million Cardboard VR headset's+ more

[SvennoJ]

zero129 said:

SvennoJ said:
It's no quick start to VR, but it seems people are interested anyway.
http://www.cnet.com/products/google-cardboard/
It's about as good as trying red/blue glasses at home to see what 3D cinemas are all about.
Now I wonder if it will get more people to try a real headset or turn them off from he whole thing.

From your link " The extremely simplistic experience means it's only as good as your phone -- don't expect this to measure up to full-fledged VR goggles like Oculus, Gear VR or Vive."

This is something many people who try google VR dont realize, is that if you have a shitty phone your going to get a shitty experience. However if you have a good phone with a great screen google Cardboard is pretty cool and gives a much better 3D experience and is more closer to the real thing then
red/blue glasses compared to Real 3D Glasses.

Plus phone tech is getting better all the time. Who knows Phones could be the main driving force for VR.

The same is true for red/blue glasses, only as good as your screen. I actually watched Coraline in 3D with those glasses (not red and blue yet same principle) on a calibrated 1080p projector. Miles different from an average tv, still miles different from an actual 3D cinemea. Yet the 3D came through pretty well.

The lenses in google cardboard won't be of the same quality, neither will headtracking be of the same quality no matter how good the phone. So yeah a good phone is closer to the real thing than a shitty phone, still not all that representative of something tailor made for VR. VR is more than just a phone on your head. Google isn't helping with that.