[Lab] Google Cardboard, aka the "Oculus Thrift"

[Kirk Sutherland]

So last night in anticipation of building our own cardboard(TM) I installed
the app from google on my S4. I have none of the parts needed so I wasn't
expecting anything that great. The first challenge came from needing to
'click' in order to proceed to the menu. This is done by moving the
included magnet switch up and down, with no magnet I reached for the
closest thing to me I knew had a magnet in it - my cordless phone (in the
speaker). Just moving the cordless up and down close to the side of the
phone worked like a charm and I was able to navigate the menu. My first
impression was that the motion detection was very sensitive, I wasn't
expecting it to be so responsive. Then I loaded up the street view option
from the menu and squished my face against the screen until the two images
merged into one. Even with an extremely blurry image the 3D effect was
quite apparent and moving my head around allowed me to 'look around' the
world. I don't think I have stopped smiling since. I can't wait to try this
with those lenses!
On Jul 4, 2014 2:08 PM, "Jason Arnold" <arnold.jason at gmail.com> wrote:

> Crossing our eyes? Come on... we want to look COOL while we're doing this
> :P
>
>
> 2014-07-04 14:03 GMT-04:00 Jason Cobill <jason.cobill at gmail.com>:
>
>>
>>    Just crossing your eyes works too (as though you were doing one of
>> those magic-eye things) but I find it's hard to stay focused when there's a
>> lot of action - your eyes want to go back to parallel when you scan around.
>>    The music visualizer looks rad with crossed eyes, the stereoscope toy
>> work great until the slide changes, and then my eyes crank hard and I get
>> an instant migraine. :)
>>
>>    Your mileage may vary. You may be able to fudge it with two toilet
>> paper rolls and some good eye muscles.
>>
>>    -Jason Cobill
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 4, 2014 at 1:37 PM, Jason Arnold <arnold.jason at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Teh internetz is blowing up this week about the swag from Google's I/O
>>> 2014: https://developers.google.com/cardboard/
>>>
>>> Darcy put it out there that he'd like to build one, so would I. The hard
>>> part apparently is finding the right spec of lenses: biconvex, 25mm
>>> diameter, 40mm focal length. I've found some for $7 USD per pair (+
>>> shipping) if we buy 5 pairs. Are there 3 others out there who wanna join
>>> Darcy and I in our cardboard VR future?
>>>
>>> *Jason*
>>>
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