{"id":9469,"date":"2014-07-08T22:02:50","date_gmt":"2014-07-09T06:02:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/?p=9469"},"modified":"2014-08-25T13:14:25","modified_gmt":"2014-08-25T21:14:25","slug":"google-cardboard-now-in-plastic-if-the-samsung-rumors-are-true","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/2014\/07\/google-cardboard-now-in-plastic-if-the-samsung-rumors-are-true\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Cardboard now in Plastic if the Samsung rumors are true"},"content":{"rendered":"
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From Sammobile.com<\/p><\/div>\n

Last week at Google I\/O, they sprang a cardboard phone holder that basically turn your smartphone into a VR HMD display device.\u00a0 Its extremely\u00a0 cleaver, and was quite the hit.\u00a0 So much so, there is a strong demand for these guys even a week later.\u00a0 Now we are hearing rumors that a plastic version of this is coming out called the Samsung Gear VR.\u00a0 I’m not sure how true this is, but it would not be all that hard to make something like the Google Cardboard HMD in plastic and then make a few improvememts.\u00a0 Might even work better since it would be lighter and made to better tolerances.\u00a0 However, part of the rumor is that it will be more then just a phone housing as with the cardboard version.\u00a0 According to Sammobile.com<\/a> this thing will come with extra feature like:<\/p>\n

On the right side of the Gear VR, there is a see-through button, which uses the smartphone\u2019s rear-facing camera sensor to supply the user with a video feed of the real outside world \u2013 this way the user won\u2019t need to remove and wear the headset again and again, which\u00a0will make\u00a0the overall\u00a0experience\u00a0of wearing the headset easier\u00a0than alternatives from Oculus or Sony. There is also a touchpad located directly under the see-through button, which will allow users to navigate through the user interface on the Galaxy smartphone.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I wrote before how disappointed I was when the Galaxy Gear<\/a> first come out, trying to put too into the device and then pricing it too high. Not to mention locking it to their own devices.\u00a0 I also discussed how I was looking forward to the Google watch<\/a> for the same reason, spoiler alert, I’m going to try to get on this week and hack on it.\u00a0 So I do not have my hopes up that the VR Gear will be something I want to buy.\u00a0 In fact, I would not be surprised to see it locked to the Galaxy line with a special driver that is matched to the optics making it unless with any other phone.<\/p>\n

But what I DO expect, is someone out there is going to design a simple plastic version and sell it for $15 or even better,\u00a0 a 3D printer version that can be put together with 3 or 4 parts.\u00a0 I will be all over that.<\/p>\n

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