Google Cardboard/Virtual Reality
Google Expeditions
- Google Expeditions
- Getting Started with Google Expeditions - well organized blog post with step-by-step guide
- 4 Easy Steps to Start a Google Expeditions in the Classroom - infographic
- Google Expeditions iOS App User Guide - by EdTechnocation.com (15 page Google Doc - excellent)
- Preparing to Lead an Expedition - from Google
- EdTechnocations Virtual Reality site - packed with great VR information and links (from Australia)
- Google Expeditions - World Map - finding expeditions (more than 200)
- Google Expeditions List - a Google sheet listing more than 400 Expeditions
- A Principal's Reflection - The Potential of Virtual Reality
- Google Expeditions Network Connection Tips (Peer-to-peer must be enabled)
Other VR Apps
- 5 Apps to use with Google Cardboard
- FieldTrip-VR - resellerfor VR headsets and Asus phones; less expensive than Best Buy's VR bundle
- Getting Started with Google Expeditions and Virtual Reality - by Kasey Bell Shake Up Learning
- How to Use Virtual Reality and Google Expeditions in the Classroom - by Kasey Bell Shake Up Learning
- How to Choose a Virtual Reality Device for Your Classroom - by Kasey Bell Shake Up Learning
- Is VR safe for Kids? - blog post with use recommendations from Digital Trends
- List of Google Cardboard apps - iOS and Android (includes games)
- Google's VR Cardboard site - with links to apps and other uses of Google Cardboard
- Google Cardboard app - fly where your fancy takes you on Google Earth, visit Versailles with a local guide, examine cultural artifacts from every angle, fly alongside Arctic terns
- Google Cardboard Camera app - Take a 360 degree photo using the - take VR photos and experience scenery and sound in every direction in 3D
- StreetView app - Explore world landmarks, discover natural wonders and step inside locations such as museums. Immerse yourself in photo spheres with Cardboard mode
- Storyspheres - website which allows a user to upload 360 degree photo and add audio.
- YouTube Virtual Reality Channel - hundreds of videos which work with Google Cardboard (they also work without Google Cardboard) Tips - search YouTube for “360” to find more videos which work with Google Cardboard
Devices
- List of phones that work with Google Cardboard
- Customized Google Cardboard headsets - $8
- Virtual Reality Gear Guide - good tips and suggestions...including asking parents to donate their old smartphones
- Cheapest Phones for Pokemon Go (this is a good search to find phone with the requirments for Google Cardboard)
- Moto G with Lockscreen Offers for Amazon Prime members $149.99 (has a gyro)
- Cheapest phones for Pokemon Go - Top 10 - be sure to check phone to be sure it has an accelerometer & gyro
- Least expensive phones with a gyroscope sensor
- Alcatel IDOL 4 - includes Google VR Goggles $130 ($100 for phone + $30 activation) includes VR headset without strap