An attendee inspects Google Cardboard during the 2015 Google I/O conference on May 28, 2015 in San Francisco, California. (Photo : Getty Images/Justin Sullivan)
Recently, Google announced that iOS developers will get the Cardboard SDK to allow them to easily make iPhone apps and websites that are compatible with the Google Cardboard virtual reality viewer. It has all features of the Android version, which makes it easier for the developers.
The aim of the project is to create affordable virtual reality tools so that everyone can enjoy VR technology in a simple yet fun way. For the iOS, this SDK will enable the developers that are familiar with OpenGL to easily create the VR applications just like the Android developers.
The internet company has also revealed the VR view, which lets developers embed 360-degree videos that let the viewer look up, down, and around the whole time into apps and websites, according to a post on Google Developer's official blog. When this app is finally integrated with VR view, users will be able to immerse into an ocean dive or go deep into a forest, as if that person was there on that location. The videos or images can be viewed on a desktop computer or with a phone inside the Cardboard viewer.
The Google Cardboard is an affordable VR viewer and it is mostly made out of cardboard with other materials for other purposes. It is designed to let owners of Android and iOS smartphones experience virtual reality videos by putting the device inside the front of the viewer. Different apps can activate the virtual and augmented reality experiences for the user.
The cheap VR headset is actually only $25 and it can already turn a smartphone into a VR screen without any trouble, but it still needs the necessary apps first before it can create the VR environment. The apps are available for download on both Android and iOS.
The company is also going to upgrade the Cardboard soon, according to CNET. A new headset, which will be made of plastic, is coming soon in May and it will be the updated version of the current VR headset. A new device could also be revealed soon which will handle VR technology, but will not use a phone screen as the viewer.
Check out the Google Cardboard Plastic video below:
