Google Cardboard,Topmaxions 3D VR Virtual Reality DIY VR Headset for 3D Movies and Games Compatible with Android & Apple Up to 6 Inch Easy Setup Machine

I got this for my iPhone 6+ after learning that there are now free apps available for it! It's really cool!!! I'd tried an Oculus Rift once and was blown away...so I have some basis for comparison. What these inexpensive Google Cardboard VR accessories can do is really amazing given the price and the fact that it's essentially just a piece of cardboard with 2 lenses attached!One little aspect I think is really cool is the 'button' that you use to invoke actions on menu items. It's a cutout piece of cardboard that's covered on both the top and bottom with some touch screen activating material. So at the top of it...the end you press with your finger, you can tell that it's the button just by feel alone. On the other end when you press down with your finger a longer piece of cardboard is pushed against the screen and because it has this fabric at the tip of it your desired action is invoked. You control its position by this little arrow that moves around on the screen. It's pretty brilliant!Some quick steps to using it are. First download and tap to open the Google Cardboard VR app. Then place your iPhone into it and close it with the Velcro that's attached. Hold it up to your eyes and move your head around to see different areas. As you move your head up and down different parts of the screen are displayed and at some point, depending upon the app, you'll see some controls or menu items to explore further. Then use the cool little button I described!This is simple enough for adults to use!

This vr was fun to past the time for a little while however it didn’t really fit my phone so compatible might be an issue. I have an iPhone 14 Pro Max, definitely heavy and made it uncomfortable. Also what you could do with it was limited.

I wanted some way to view stereo pairs (shot a long time ago with a kodak stereo 3D camera).I set up the cardboard and tried to use it for this purpose. No instructions came with the google cardboard but googling found generic instructions for setting it up. The online tutorial referred to a "button" and it took me awhile to figure out what they were talking about . I finally found the button which is really just a flap (see first photo), but the button did not work with my smaller iPhone SE. Once I finally got it to somewhat work by manually squeezing the cardboard to hold my iPhone in the proper position, I tried viewing a stereo pair. I thought the lenses were terrible but I finally figured out that they had a rubbery plastic protective film. After peeling that off, the view improved immensely, duh.I was able to view a 3D stereo pair (photo 5) and it wasn't bad. BUT, the phone kept sliding around the holder. I thought about sending the cardboard back but I think I'll try adapting it for my smaller phone, or making my own viewer to use with my phone (instructions at skylarking 3D viewer).This device will probably work well enough with a normal size phone (i.e. bigger than my iPhone SE). So, for kind-of-working at the low, low price of $9, I gave it 4 stars.To view stereo pairs made from an old 3D camera, you first need to scan the positives and then edit them to create a single side by side (SBS) image using the left and right views. Put those SBS images on your phone (Photos app for iPhone is what I used) or google photos. You can find plenty of samples of SBS images by googling "stereo pairs".It is possible to view the stereo pair transparencies directly by lowering the back of the cardboard and then looking through it while holding the transparency with the light shining through it from the back (4th photo). It's hard to get it aligned that way, but it is possible.Added note: the photos seem to come up in random order. But you can probably figure out which photo I'm referring to in the review by looking at the text I wrote on the photo itself.

I really wanted to like this VR headset, but unfortunately, it was a frustrating experience from the start. The setup was confusing, and the device felt unintuitive to use. Even after spending a lot of time adjusting the settings, the image quality remained blurry and inconsistent. It’s hard to stay immersed when everything looks out of focus or distorted.The tracking was unreliable, and the motion felt laggy. I ended up feeling dizzy after just a short session. Overall, it feels like this technology still has a long way to go before it's ready for mainstream use. For the price, I expected a much more polished and functional product.