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

Paul & Andrea Mumby themumbys at gmail.com
Tue Jul 8 21:13:35 EDT 2014 

I can confirm 2 pair.


On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 7:37 PM, Darcy Whyte <darcy at inventorartist.com>
wrote:

> 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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>>>>>>
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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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