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Google says it is open sourcing the phone-based VR software of Cardboard, less than a month after the company discontinued its Daydream View VR headset

Maybe the last nail in the coffin for phone-based VR  —  In October, Google officially discontinued its Daydream View VR headset …

The Verge Jay Peters

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  • @ddiakopoulos Dimitri Diakopoulos on x
    I think 3DoF experiences aren't a minimum viable product for VR, but I'm glad cardboard was a gateway platform to many newcomers in the space. https://developers.googleblog.com/ ...
  • @tojiro Brandon Jones on x
    Daydream may be going the way of Reader, but I'm super happy to see Cardboard getting the open source treatment. Gripe all you want about “real VR”, but it's hard to picture a more widely accessible form of stereo and 360 media viewing. https://developers.googleblog.com/ ...