# Google offers super-cheap VR kit

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-offers-super-cheap-vr-kit/691643>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [June 25, 2014, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-offers-super-cheap-vr-kit/691643 "2014-06-25T20:54:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2014, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-offers-super-cheap-vr-kit/691643/1 "2014-06-25T20:54:54Z")

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Google Cardboard. It’s a template for turning an Android device into a cheap home-brew VR viewer. It’s supported by an SDK for tracking and outputting distorted video for the lenses.

> **[SDK de código abierto de Cardboard
  
  |  Google for Developers](https://developers.google.com/cardboard/)**
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> Biblioteca de código abierto de Cardboard para realidad virtual (RV) en iOS y Android que admite nativas y Unity.

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**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2014, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-offers-super-cheap-vr-kit/691643/2 "2014-06-26T21:17:56Z")

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And suddenly there is a shortage of 25mm diameter, 40mm focal length Plano-convex lenses in the world. 😃

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**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2014, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-offers-super-cheap-vr-kit/691643/3 "2014-06-26T23:27:08Z")

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Call me when they are selling pre-cut cardboard and lens kits. No way I’m cutting that out myself.

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**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-offers-super-cheap-vr-kit/691643/4 "2014-06-27T00:26:50Z")

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> [@Fear\_Itself](#):
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> Call me when they are selling pre-cut cardboard and lens kits. No way I’m cutting that out myself.

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