For what it is, Cardboard is pretty cool technology that opens up the VR world to a lot of people that would never be able to afford the high end equipment needed for real VR. I had a couple of cheap Cardboard viewers and then upgraded to the Samsung VR goggles which are also surprisingly good for the money.The Samsung/Oculus partnership seems to still be strong, for now at least.
>The Samsung/Oculus partnership seems to still be strong, for now at least.
Gear VR doesn't support Note 10 and there's rumors that their partnership has ended.
The VR industry is moving past mobile VR because it has trouble with user retention. Oculus can abandon Gear VR and Samsung to focus on their own VR solutions from Go to Quest to Rift.
Samsung then is still working on their standalone headset and possibly a next generation Windows Mixed Reality headset
Google Cardboard is pretty bad, but then that's rather the point of it. It's "minimum viable product" taken to an extreme: how cheap can you make VR and still have it be somewhat interesting. Google cardboard demonstrated that you can make VR incredibly cheaply and still have it be an eye-opening experience. Of course you don't use cardboard for hours on end, I'd be surprised if anyone used it for more than a couple minutes on-end. It's still a great introduction to VR though since it definitely demonstrates the potential of vr for nearly no cost.
If not for google cardboard I'd never have invested in a vive, and probably written the whole thing off as a gimmick.
