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 Cardboard has, on more than one occasion, been referred to around this office as "the poor man's virtual reality headset." Of course, the PCMag office isn't like other offices—we get to play ...

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 ...

Google Cardboard was the big surprise of this year’s Google I/O, and Google today announced that more than 500,000 of these extremely minimalist, phone-based virtual reality viewers have shipped since ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Internet giant also shows off "Expeditions" kits, letting teachers conduct virtual field trips, and its new "Jump" VR video recording system. Shara Tibken was a managing editor at CNET News, ...

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 last year debuted Google Cardboard, an inexpensive virtual reality platform that combined a cardboard mount and lens with a smartphone to create a virtual reality headset. Up until today, ...

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 ...