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Google Cardboard

Google Cardboard
Second-generation Google Cardboard viewer
DeveloperGoogle
ManufacturerGoogle, third-party companies
TypeVirtual reality platform
Release dateJune 25, 2014 (2014-06-25)
DiscontinuedMarch 3, 2021 (2021-03-03)
(Official viewer, Google Store)
Units shipped15 million
Operating systemAndroid, iOS
SuccessorGoogle Daydream
Websitehttps://arvr.google.com/cardboard/ at the Wayback Machine (archived May 6, 2023)

Google Cardboard is a discontinued virtual reality (VR) platform developed by Google. Named for its fold-out cardboard viewer into which a smartphone is inserted, the platform was intended as a low-cost system to encourage interest and development in VR applications.[1][2] Users can either build their own viewer from simple, low-cost components using specifications published by Google, or purchase a pre-manufactured one. To use the platform, users run Cardboard-compatible mobile apps on their phone, place it into the back of the viewer, and view content through the lenses.

The platform was created by David Coz and Damien Henry, French Google engineers at the Google Cultural Institute in Paris, in their 20% "Innovation Time Off".[3] It was introduced at the Google I/O 2014 developers conference, where a Cardboard viewer was given away to all attendees. The Cardboard software development kit (SDK) was released for the Android and iOS operating systems; the SDK's VR View allows developers to embed VR content on the web as well as in their apps.[4]

Through March 2017, over 160 million Cardboard-enabled app downloads were made. By November 2019, over 15 million viewer units had shipped. After the success of Cardboard, Google developed an enhanced VR platform, Daydream, which was launched in 2016. Following declining interest in Cardboard, Google announced in November 2019 that it would open-source the platform's SDK.[5] In March 2021, the Google Store stopped selling Cardboard viewers.[6] As of November 2021, third-party companies continue to sell compatible viewers.[7]

  1. ^ Pierce, David (May 28, 2015). "Google Cardboard is VR's Gateway Drug". Wired. Retrieved June 17, 2015.
  2. ^ Branstetter, Ben (June 28, 2015). "Cardboard is everything Google Glass never was". kernelmag.dailydot.com. Archived from the original on June 28, 2015. Retrieved June 28, 2015.
  3. ^ Statt, Nick (June 25, 2014). "Facebook has Oculus, Google has Cardboard". CNET. Retrieved August 19, 2014.
  4. ^ Pierce, David (April 14, 2016). "Inside Google's Plan to Make VR Amazing for Absolutely, Positively Everyone". Wired. Retrieved April 14, 2016.
  5. ^ "Open sourcing Google Cardboard". Google Developers Blog. Retrieved November 23, 2021.
  6. ^ Wilde, Damien (March 3, 2021). "Google Store stops selling Cardboard VR headsets". 9to5Google. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
  7. ^ "Get Cardboard – Google VR". arvr.google.com. Archived from the original on November 30, 2022. Retrieved November 23, 2021.

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