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Tim Stevens 5/28/2015 6:28:48 PM(She said yes, btw.)
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Scott Stein 5/28/2015 6:28:48 PMJaunt and VRSE are some of the early pioneers. Tried their apps and met some of their people, and they're making the stuff that's running on many platforms (Oculus, too)
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Tim Stevens 5/28/2015 6:28:54 PMThere are over 1 million Cardboard users out there in the world.
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Richard Nieva 5/28/2015 6:28:59 PM1 million cardboard viewers
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Tim Stevens 5/28/2015 6:29:07 PM"We really couldn't have done it without your help."
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Scott Stein 5/28/2015 6:29:11 PMI've been next to Virtual Paul McCartney so many times
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Tim Stevens 5/28/2015 6:29:19 PMNow it's time for a "glimpse of what's next" for cardboard, and for Google in VR.
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James Martin 5/28/2015 6:29:20 PM
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Richard Nieva 5/28/2015 6:29:34 PMHe's talking about a new, larger viewer.
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Scott Stein 5/28/2015 6:29:38 PMAn improved cardboard viewer: needed because it didn't fit some phones. Now, 6 inches PLUS.
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Tim Stevens 5/28/2015 6:29:45 PM"Phone's got a lot bigger in the past year." So, the new Cardboard supports devices up to 6-inches.
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James Martin 5/28/2015 6:29:51 PM
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Scott Stein 5/28/2015 6:29:56 PMThe button improvement also good, because the older ring magnet fell off mine.
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Tim Stevens 5/28/2015 6:30:02 PMNo more magnets, and the button is made of cardboard.
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James Martin 5/28/2015 6:30:10 PM
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Richard Nieva 5/28/2015 6:30:10 PMour first giveaway announcement: the new Cardboard!
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Scott Stein 5/28/2015 6:30:12 PMEveryone gets one today. yay!
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Tim Stevens 5/28/2015 6:30:15 PMJust three steps to assemble, and yes, we'll be getting one today. The first freebie!
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Tim Stevens 5/28/2015 6:30:31 PMCardboard now works on iOS, too!
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Richard Nieva 5/28/2015 6:30:40 PMThe Cardboard SDK will support both Android and iOS
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James Martin 5/28/2015 6:30:43 PM
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Scott Stein 5/28/2015 6:30:44 PMReal iOS support. Many iOS apps with VR use Cardboard already as the delivery structure.
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Tim Stevens 5/28/2015 6:30:48 PM"Over 1 million viewers, and still just a piece of cardboard."
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Richard Nieva 5/28/2015 6:30:51 PM"And it's still just a piece of cardboard."
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Tim Stevens 5/28/2015 6:31:00 PMNow, moving on to VR in the classroom. "Think about your favorite field trip growing up."
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Scott Stein 5/28/2015 6:31:11 PMClassroom: makes sense. ViewMaster VR accessory coming later this year has educational goals, too, via AR and VR
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Tim Stevens 5/28/2015 6:31:15 PM"The schoolbus can't go everywhere. It can't go to the moon."
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Tim Stevens 5/28/2015 6:31:21 PMGoogle Expeditions is the project
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Tim Stevens 5/28/2015 6:31:30 PM"Expeditions lets teachers take their classes on fieldtrips anywhere."
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James Martin 5/28/2015 6:31:31 PM
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James Martin 5/28/2015 6:31:42 PM
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Tim Stevens 5/28/2015 6:31:50 PMTeachers get Cardboard devices and phones for the entire class. Teacher pics a place and everybody goes together.
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Scott Stein 5/28/2015 6:31:55 PMExpeditions: so, cool idea. wonder how interactive it will be
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Tim Stevens 5/28/2015 6:31:56 PM"The response from students and teachers has just been incredible."
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Scott Stein 5/28/2015 6:32:12 PMthese are cheap and easy. The Chromebooks of VR
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Tim Stevens 5/28/2015 6:32:18 PMWe're at an elementary school in Chicago... one in London, too. Ghana, lots of schools.
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Richard Nieva 5/28/2015 6:32:31 PMNow we know know the screens in this room wrap around the entire auditorium. Google really wanted to drive the point home that this is an immersive experience.
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Tim Stevens 5/28/2015 6:32:39 PM"We're going to take a field trip to Verona Italy to see the place where Romeo and Juliet lived."
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Tim Stevens 5/28/2015 6:32:50 PMWow, that's different than the runs to the local farm that we usually took in Vermont.
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Tim Stevens 5/28/2015 6:33:05 PMLots of footage of kids spinning around with boxes held to their faces. Big smiles on all those faces.
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James Martin 5/28/2015 6:33:10 PM
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Scott Stein 5/28/2015 6:33:10 PMI'm getting irrationally emotional watching this video.
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Tim Stevens 5/28/2015 6:33:17 PMThe kids seem to love it, and who can blame them?
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James Martin 5/28/2015 6:33:29 PM
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Tim Stevens 5/28/2015 6:33:34 PMBig applause for happy kids! And rightfully so.