The New York Times is shipping Google Cardboard for free
The New York Times has become the latest media outlet to launch its own virtual reality app — and it's doing so by shipping out Google Cardboard viewers to anyone who gets the paper delivered to their homes. Today, the Times and Google announced NYT VR, a platform that will deliver a series of virtual reality short films over the coming year.
"I'm standing in the center of a rubble-filled classroom. The floor is ankle deep in books with overturned desks jutting up like volcanic islands in a sea of literature. At the chalkboard, a young boy is writing something. It's difficult to see what he's writing on the one item that establishes that kids used to learn in this room. I do know that the boy's name is Oleg and he's one of three child subjects of the New York Times' VR app (NYT VR) lead story, The Displaced. He starts telling me his story and I'm spinning trying to take in the virtual environment the publication has dropped me in..."
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The New York Times has become the latest media outlet to launch its own virtual reality app — and it's doing so by shipping out Google Cardboard viewers to anyone who gets the paper delivered to their homes. Today, the Times and Google announced NYT VR, a platform that will deliver a series of virtual reality short films over the coming year.
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The New York Times has launched a VR app.
"I'm standing in the center of a rubble-filled classroom. The floor is ankle deep in books with overturned desks jutting up like volcanic islands in a sea of literature. At the chalkboard, a young boy is writing something. It's difficult to see what he's writing on the one item that establishes that kids used to learn in this room. I do know that the boy's name is Oleg and he's one of three child subjects of the New York Times' VR app (NYT VR) lead story, The Displaced. He starts telling me his story and I'm spinning trying to take in the virtual environment the publication has dropped me in..."
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According to Wareable, Google has shipped 5 million Cardboard viewers so far. Not bad, for some handcrafted viewers....