Google's Cardboard Virtual Reality Goggle Is Being Used In Classrooms (Photo : Twitter/Google)
Google's cardboard viewer introduced at the I/O Conference last year which turns Android phones into Virtual Reality(VR) goggles has just been upgraded to version 2.0 and is now being used as a tool for teaching in classrooms.
The company which specializes in internet related services and products revealed at the I/O conference this year, the VR goggles called "Cardboard" is capable of housing bigger smartphones even those which are six inches in size, according to Tech Times.
However, the biggest surprise for attendees at the event was when Vice President of Product Management at Google, Clay Bavor said the project is open to iPhones, enabling iOS users to discover the wonders of the "Cardboard" initiative.
It was also revealed at the conference that the gimmick had garnered a following of over a million users with reports anticipating the figures to swell further with the latest updates.
Meanwhile, Bavor elaborated that developers behind "Cardboard" had developed a project called "Expeditions" which is geared towards taking virtual reality into classrooms.
Through the use of cardboard, software and mobile devices, teachers would now be fully equipped to take students on a virtual field trip Bavor revealed according to Time.
The "Expeditions" project is collaborating with organizations such as the American Museum Of Natural History and the Planetary Society for informative content.
The programme aims to provide teachers with a pack comprising cardboard viewers for the whole class, along with a tablet and Android phones with software that has been pre-installed, enabling each viewer to be synced.
Teachers with the kit need only select the virtual field trip on the device to send students on their way to a virtual class trip whether in space or under water.
The upgraded version of "Cardboard" requires just three steps to set up, while the previous magnet button has been replaced with one that works for any phone and is a cardboard one.
