A couple of weekends ago, subscribers to the New York times received something bundled along with their newspaper, called the Google Cardboard.
(Watch the video below to see how to set it up)
To get the viewer to work with your phone, your phone must be big enough. If you have an iPhone, you need to have an iPhone 6/6s or later, and if you have an Android phone, you need to have a phone that is running Android 4.1 or later and that has a 5 inch screen or bigger. But, if you have a phone that has a screen bigger than six inches, it will not work with the Google Cardboard viewer.
Starting off, you will need to download at least two apps, and more if you want to do more things with virtual reality. The first app that you will need to install is the Cardboard app by Google. Once that app is installed, open it, and it will prompt you to set up the viewer, and all you need to do is scan the code on the bottom of the viewer and it will automatically set up the app for your viewer. After you have set up your viewer, there will be some demos built into the app, but you are probably going to want to do a bit more with virtual reality.
The next app that you need to install is one made by the New York Times. Fo on the app store that you use and search for “NYT VR”. It should be set up already for your viewer, so all you have to do is click on the video that you wish to watch. Once you have selected a video, put your phone into the Cardboard viewer without a case and look at the side of the viewer with the lenses. There should be a white or grey line on the screen of your phone. Just line it up with the notch in the bottom of the viewer and then look through the lenses to watch the video. (Move your head to look around)
Once you are done with the New York Times virtual reality app, there are a lot more apps compatible with Google Cardboard. If you have the YouTube app, search for 360 degree videos, and when you find one, click the little VR button in the top right corner. Another great virtual reality compatible app is Google’s Street View app. It is just like Street View on the computer, except for the fact that you can use it with virtual reality. Overall, the quality of the pictures taken by Google is good, but in some areas, they can be a bit fuzzy, which really stands out when you are less than six inches away from the screen.
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