[Lab] Google Cardboard, aka the "Oculus Thrift"
Wesley Ellis
tahnok at gmail.com
Wed Jul 9 08:46:34 EDT 2014
Do any of you want to see a set of the originals? I may be able to
bring in a pair that my friend got at IO to modlab tonight
On Tue Jul 8 21:13:35 2014, Paul & Andrea Mumby wrote:
> I can confirm 2 pair.
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 7:37 PM, Darcy Whyte <darcy at inventorartist.com
> <mailto: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...
>
>
>
> --
> Darcy Whyte
>
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>
> On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 7:27 PM, Jason Arnold
> <arnold.jason at gmail.com <mailto: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 <mailto: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 <mailto: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 <mailto:justin at slootsky.org>>:
>
> I could get on the second order bus for a single pair.
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> *From: *"Jason Arnold" <arnold.jason at gmail.com
> <mailto:arnold.jason at gmail.com>>
> *To: *"lab" <lab at artengine.ca
> <mailto: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
> <mailto: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
> <mailto: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
> <mailto: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
> <mailto: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
> <mailto: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 <mailto: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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