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

Tue Jul 8 19:27:18 EDT 2014

Just a quick update to say I placed the updated order :) The final tallies
break down as follows:

Darcy: 1 pair
Dave: 1 pair
Kirk: 1 pair
Alan: 1 pair
Jason: 1 pair
Paul: 1 pair
Justin: 1 pair
Amos: 1 pair
Yagnesh: 2 pair

Since we seem to have no shortage of interest, I opted to grab 5 extra sets
for a total of 15 pairs. If Dave, Paul and I opt to claim our second pairs,
that'll still leave a couple sets to go around.

Don't have "final" final costs yet - just waiting on the invoice from
SurplusShed. I'll report back when I know more.

*Jason*

2014-07-07 14:32 GMT-04:00 Yagnesh Dodiya <yagneshdodiya at gmail.com>:

> 2 Pair for me as well.
>
> Regards,
> Yagnesh
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 7, 2014 at 12:27 PM, Jason Arnold <arnold.jason at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Good news, everyone! We can update my first order! I'm ballparking the
>> price at $10 CAD per pair (after shipping and exchange rate... not sure if
>> this is taxes in too). I'm just going to round it off to 20 lenses (10
>> pairs) and figure the "extras" will find happy homes. Here's who/what I
>> have so far:
>>
>> Darcy: 1 pair
>> Dave: 1 pair
>> Kirk: 1 pair
>> Alan: 1 pair
>> Jason: 1 pair
>> Paul: 1 pair
>> Justin: 1 pair
>> "extras": 3 pair (right now probably 1 for Dave, 1 for Paul and 1 for me)
>>
>> If anyone else wants in on this, I'll leave the window open until 3pm
>> today... just add your name and qty to the list above :)
>>
>> *Jason*
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 2014-07-07 11:24 GMT-04:00 Justin Slootsky <justin at slootsky.org>:
>>
>>> I could get on the second order bus for a single pair.
>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>>
>>> *From: *"Jason Arnold" <arnold.jason at gmail.com>
>>> *To: *"lab" <lab at artengine.ca>
>>> *Sent: *Monday, July 7, 2014 11:07:17 AM
>>> *Subject: *Re: [Lab] Google Cardboard, aka the "Oculus Thrift"
>>>
>>>
>>> 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...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  --
>>>> Darcy Whyte
>>>>
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>>>>
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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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