You might recall that Google unveiled its Cardboard hardware at last month's Google I/O event. Literally made of cardboard, the company's remarkably low-cost virtual reality goggles combine a ...

Google's already gotten its feet wet in virtual and augmented reality. Could this year be the next big step? I started with CNET reviewing laptops in 2009. Now I explore wearable tech, VR/AR, tablets, ...

Even a few years ago, experiencing virtual reality seemed out of reach for most people. Virtual reality was something ordinary people only used in the movies. But thanks to Google’s creation of Google ...

Since about 10 seconds after Google launched its do-it-yourself Cardboard virtual reality headset, other companies have been selling pre-made clones — and Google is totally fine with that. (Wondering ...

It's not often that you can get a truly breathtaking technological innovation for the cost of a few dollars in cardboard and a magnet. But that's what Google (GOOG) has recently managed to pull off ...

Virtual reality may be one of the most important new frontiers in tech. But its pioneers still need to sell the public on the idea of reality-escaping face computers. Enter Google Cardboard. Nick ...

Today Google dished out a second-generation version of Google Cardboard to Google I/O attendees. We took ours for a spin and tried its new support for 6-inch phones the only way we knew how: by ...

Google is well-known for its April Fools pranks. The first came in 2000 when the company’s search page suggested it could read users’ minds. (It couldn’t.) A few years later, Google told people it ...

With its flimsy cardboard viewers, no one could ever mistake Google Cardboard’s virtual reality experience for the high-octane Oculus Rift or the soon-to-be-released Sony Playstation VR headset. And ...

A little over a year ago, Google capped off its I/O developer conference keynote with a curious device: Cardboard, a cheap virtual reality viewer made primarily out of its namesake material, a pair of ...

At this week’s Google IO 2014, the company’s annual developer conference, the search giant is handing out ‘Cardboard’, a low-cost VR headset adapter for smartphones. The company is also making freely ...

Google product manager Mike Podwal was back home for the holidays and hanging out with his father, an artist. Years ago, Podwal’s dad had given him some original paintings as a gift, which Podwal had ...