'VR' For Kids: Google, Mattel Resurrect Iconic View-Master With Google Cardboard

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The iconic View-Master is back, and it's powered by Google's Cardboard VR.


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[santiago7245]

can it play Crysis?

 

[bit_user]

Wouldn't it cause eye strain to focus on something just an inch or two away from your eyeballs? Or does the housing actually include any optics to shift the focal plane?

 

[therealduckofdeath]

Wouldn't it cause eye strain to focus on something just an inch or two away from your eyeballs? Or does the housing actually include any optics to shift the focal plane?

It wouldn't work without optics... 😀

 

[bit_user]

It wouldn't work without optics... 😀

I didn't realize Google Cardboard had lenses, but I now see it does.

I'd like to know more about the AR features of this product. It can't be anything very fancy, unless they restrict it to more recent / higher-spec phones than most kids are likely to have.

On that note, I also wonder what are the minimum HW specs for the phone.

Update: I must have read about AR support elsewhere, as I don't see it mentioned in this article. Also, in the photo, there doesn't seem to be a hole for the phone's camera.