WHAT IS GOOGLE CARDBOARD HOW DOES GOOGLE CARDBOARD VR WORK?

Short answer: No. We took the basic cutting templates available from Google, put some more effort into this and developed your own version of a Google Cardboard: Our POP! CARDBOARD. This is not a kit nor requires it your effort to be assembled. In addition is our POP! CARDBOARD certified by Google: WWGC - Works with Google Cardboard.

If you look closely you see our Cardboard (old color scheme) here: https://www.google.com/intl/de_ALL/get/cardboard/

Neither. The size of the viewer is same as the Google Cardboard v2. However, we omitted the bigger lenses and the conductive button to ensure maximum compatibility with phones and the best user experience. Please also ready the FAQ about the lenses, magnet switch and conductive button below.

Except your smartphone and our POP! CARDBOARD you do not need anything additional.

The magnet or rather the magnets (one on the inside and one on the outside) were intended as an input for your phone. If you pull the outside magnet down, the magnetic field changes and your magnetic sensor recognizes this as a click. So far so good. However, every smartphone has its magnetic sensor at a different position. Even if you have Google's Nexus phone, the magnetic switch would only work about half the time.

We prefer to use a thumb cut-out at the bottom of the cardboard. This allows you to touch the screen at any time, accurate and intuitive. In addition the thumb-cut-out grands faster clicking and swiping movements, perfect for gaming.

And yes, all phones and apps work with our thumb cut-out :).

As an improvement to the magnetic button of the Google Cardboard version 1, Google introduced a conductive button as a click input. Unfortunately tends this conductive button to wear out after a couple of uses and therefore non-stop presses against the phone's screen.

As a customer on Amazon.com state: "I immediately noticed there wasn't a "button" or magnetic slider to change pictures - it's just a an empty hole! Then I read the instructions and found out you stick your fingers through and touch the screen - very easy, and probably better than those flimsy magnet sliders that come on other cardboard models. Can't break your finger quite so easily as one of those..."

That is why we prefer to use a thumb cut-out at the bottom of the cardboard. This allows you to touch the screen at any time, accurate and intuitive. In addition the thumb-cut-out grands faster clicking and swiping movements, perfect for gaming.

And yes, all phones and apps work with our thumb cut-out :).

On first sight, adjustable lenses seem a good idea. However, we got the feedback that it is rather confused to set the lenses in the "right" distance. Especially when you are trying VR the first time. Most likely you will end up with a position to much left or right, and the image will get blurry. Plus, when using the Cardboards the lens piece will move and you have to do the trouble all over again.

With our Cardboards there is on need to adjust the lenses. We are Google certified, hence our viewer matches all Cardboard app specification. With our Viewer Profile (QR-Code) all apps get automatically calibrated to our POP! CARDBOARD.

So, adjustable lenses are actually not necessary, but most important they have to always be setup, hence they are a disadvantage.

POP! CARDBOARD is for everyone. Of course depending on your glasses' width (below 13 cm / 5.2 inches is perfect) , you can generally use all versions of the Cardboard.

If you have a NFC (Near Field Communication) Sensor in your phone, the NFC launches automatically the Google Cardboard App. This is very handy the first or secound time, after this it is maybe annoying. Therefore, we omit the NFC chip.