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

Darcy Whyte darcy at inventorArtist.com
Tue Jul 8 19:37:56 EDT 2014 

Looks like we're going to see a few different version so of the project...

Those lenses might work to convert a cell phone to a microscope too. Or
something crazy like that...



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On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 7:27 PM, Jason Arnold <arnold.jason at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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...
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>  --
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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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