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

Mon Jul 7 11:15:34 EDT 2014

What's the price per pair again? I'll likely be down for 2 pair

On Mon, Jul 7, 2014 at 11:07 AM, Jason Arnold <arnold.jason at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi all, sorry if I kept you waiting; on account of the crazy weather out
> East, I had my hands full with some unexpected (but very welcome) company
> for the weekend.
>
> First, the good news. I was able to successfully place an order (a feat on
> its own, really; on account of the recent craze, many online vendors are
> out-of-stock) from Surplus Shed (lens details here
> <http://www.surplusshed.com/pages/item/l8672.html>). Their price is $4.50
> USD per lens or 10 for $35 USD. They have an odd system where you
> apparently commit to buy before knowing the shipping rates (I think ABRA
> out of Montreal does this too - they say it's so you only pay the actual
> shipping rather than some precalculated - read: "more expensive" - rate),
> then they email you back with your options and you choose. I was a bit gun
> shy, but for the price, I figured I'd roll the dice. I heard back from them
> Saturday offering two options via USPS: a "fast" option for $20.05 USD or
> the regular for $7.65. I chose the latter and am now I'm waiting on an
> final invoice.
>
> The "bad news" (for Paul at least) is that the 5 pairs I ordered are all
> claimed at this point... sorry I didn't wait longer, I wanted to order ASAP
> on account of the vanishing stock everywhere. I've sent an inquiry to
> SurplusShed asking if they can update my quantity. I'll post here when I
> hear back.
>
> That said, they seem to still have stock though, so if there's enough
> demand, I could place another order for 10. So far on this hypothetical
> "second" order I have Dave down for a spare pair and Paul down for a pair.
> Are there 3 other people who want to hop on the lens bus?
>
> *Jason*
>
>
> 2014-07-06 12:06 GMT-04:00 <dave at huntgang.com>:
>
>  I had said that I would take two sets of lens' in case it would help
>> ensure we were able to place an order.  I really only need one pair so I
>> can certainly go back down to one set if we now have enough people now. But
>> I will let the "procurement officer" confirm he still had me down for two
>> before getting any hopes up LOL
>>
>>
>>
>> Dave
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 2014-07-06 4:26 am, Darcy Whyte wrote:
>>
>> I'm not sure of the order status but if worse comes to worse you can
>> borrow or have mine. I tend not to keep things from projects after I'm done
>> fiddling...
>>
>>
>>
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>>
>> On Sat, Jul 5, 2014 at 7:14 PM, Paul & Andrea Mumby <themumbys at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> A couple things, first, can I still get in on a pair of these lenses?
>>> Second I've been designing a 3D Printable version of the apparatus, which
>>> is a bit more flexible for multiple phone models, and supports focus/IPD
>>> adjustment. It's not done yet...
>>>
>>> Anyway just throwing that out there.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, Jul 5, 2014 at 4:58 PM, Kirk Sutherland <
>>> kirk.sutherland at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> 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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