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      Cardboard Design Lab

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      Enjoy an educational and immersive journey through principles for developing virtual reality experiences. Designing great user experiences in virtual reality is considerably different than designing for traditional 2D form factors. Virtual reality introduces a new set of physiological and ergonomic considerations to inform your design work.

      VR Design Principles Covered
      1. Using a Reticle
      2. UI Depth & Eye Strain
      3. Using Constant Velocity
      4. Keeping the User Grounded
      5. Maintaining Head Tracking
      6. Guiding with Light
      7. Leveraging Scale
      8. Spatial Audio
      9. Gaze Cues
      10. Make it Beautiful

      To fully enjoy this app you'll need a viewer that works with Google Cardboard. Learn more and get your own Cardboard viewer at http://g.co/cardboard. Share your experience through our Google+ community at http://g.co/cardboarddevs.

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      PRODUCT SAFETY INFORMATION
      - Take frequent breaks while using Cardboard. If you experience nausea, discomfort, eye strain, or disorientation, immediately discontinue using Cardboard.
      - Cardboard is not for use by children without adult supervision.
      - Do not use Cardboard while driving, walking, or otherwise by being distracted from real world situations that prevent you from obeying traffic or safety laws. Do not drive or operate heavy machinery immediately after using Cardboard if you feel impaired or disoriented.
      - If you have had or could be prone to seizures, consult a doctor before using Cardboard.

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      3.9
      4,111 total
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      1 712
      Ki Song
      I love this app so much I've been trying to recreate some of the design elements like the beautifully animated crosshair. I've tried to recreate it for the past couple days with no success, so I hope they open source this app one day. They also implement a brilliant way to move around the world while minimizing/eliminating motion sickness. Thank you Google! I still love staring down at that beach.
      Mauro Julián Fernández
      So useful This is a fantastic app for all VR developers, great examples and concepts. Any chance of open sourcing it? It would be a good material for learning.
      Weiwei Zhang
      Best experience so far It is a very vivid design guidelines with the best VR experience I had so far. Smooth, immersive and not dizzy at all. Although got two questions: 1 Why I feel that the text on different depth are of Tue same size? 2 I liked the very smooth experience, however, for some games like roller coasters, isn't the ups and downs the point of the game? I guess for that kind of game, the discomfort is un avoidable?
      miNECRAFTex Weekend Gameplays
      Its cool but.. Its kinda laggy when i try to look up and down . :/ does it meant to do that? If not what can i do to reduce the laggy-ness of the app? Please leave a reply :) . its a cool app though everyone with a cardboard vr should use this app ! Its cool :)
      Guido Leandro Maliandi
      Amazing Loved it. It really boosted my enthusiasm, and made me learn and reinforce lots of concepts regarding good practices and VR UX!
      Valdomiro Peixoto
      Should be OK but... Problem is it doesn't seem to pick up the magnet button so I can't start. Strange because all other Google cardboard apps respond well

      User reviews

      Ki Song June 29, 2015
      I love this app so much I've been trying to recreate some of the design elements like the beautifully animated crosshair. I've tried to recreate it for the past couple days with no success, so I hope they open source this app one day. They also implement a brilliant way to move around the world while minimizing/eliminating motion sickness. Thank you Google! I still love staring down at that beach.
      Full Review
      Mauro Julián Fernández June 2, 2015
      So useful This is a fantastic app for all VR developers, great examples and concepts. Any chance of open sourcing it? It would be a good material for learning.
      Full Review
      Weiwei Zhang August 30, 2015
      Best experience so far It is a very vivid design guidelines with the best VR experience I had so far. Smooth, immersive and not dizzy at all. Although got two questions: 1 Why I feel that the text on different depth are of Tue same size? 2 I liked the very smooth experience, however, for some games like roller coasters, isn't the ups and downs the point of the game? I guess for that kind of game, the discomfort is un avoidable?
      Full Review
      miNECRAFTex Weekend Gameplays February 5, 2016
      Its cool but.. Its kinda laggy when i try to look up and down . :/ does it meant to do that? If not what can i do to reduce the laggy-ness of the app? Please leave a reply :) . its a cool app though everyone with a cardboard vr should use this app ! Its cool :)
      Full Review
      Guido Leandro Maliandi June 2, 2015
      Amazing Loved it. It really boosted my enthusiasm, and made me learn and reinforce lots of concepts regarding good practices and VR UX!
      Full Review
      Valdomiro Peixoto January 31, 2016
      Should be OK but... Problem is it doesn't seem to pick up the magnet button so I can't start. Strange because all other Google cardboard apps respond well
      Full Review
      get rekt February 4, 2016
      For some lame reason, I can't install the actual Google cardboard app, only stuff like this.
      Full Review
      임현정 December 22, 2015
      ??? Dont get it What am i meant to do?? It says to get out there and make it beautiful but I don't know how to :(( someone help :((((
      Full Review
      Anjali Jaun December 12, 2015
      I cannot Download the google cardboard app on my mobile(htc desire 816) says -"this device isnt computable with this version" how can i enjoy vr?:...
      Full Review
      Future Productions January 6, 2016
      does not work for Sony Z3 compact I'm finding most VR apps don't seem to move with the Sony Z3 compacts accelerometer. Furthermore it's not possible to tap the screen past the two options of immersion & foundation
      Full Review
      Eric Espinoza March 30, 2016
      Glad I downloaded it This is a great app for anyone who's thinking about developing for VR. It concisely and effectively explains a few rules of thumb and the best part... it's fee!!
      Full Review
      Fraser Porteous July 6, 2015
      Fantastic! Best looking VR app on the App Store! Would you mind making another one? Heh heh.
      Full Review
      Mark Eichin May 31, 2015
      Launch it from the main app Launching from this apk just gives you a black screen with a gear, works fine from the main cardboard app (where you launch the demo from.) This is mostly "idea introduction", ways to think about vr design, but it's a fun 10 minutes.
      Full Review
      Sanchit Gulati August 13, 2015
      Problem with the text I'm using NOTE 2 and Allian Cardboard Viewer the app starts wonderfully but past the start button we get 2 menus 1. Foundation 2. Immersion but on selecting any one of the two options all the text written is illegible
      Full Review
      sarali patino February 13, 2016
      It's not working Plz help I doesn't work for my Samsung Galaxy core neither would Google cardboard app
      Full Review
      Jay Anonymous October 5, 2015
      Its Ok Thought it was a VR Minecraft type game where you can create but its not. Just tells you what to think about when creating a VR experience.
      Full Review
      Max F June 11, 2015
      Gaming controllers support needed! Amazing app but I cannot configure zeemote js1 gaming controller to work with this app( Does this app support any wireless controllers like zeemote js1? DebrisDefrag app works with zeemote controller!
      Full Review
      DraG HunT August 4, 2015
      Crash on nexus 5 I love the idea but it crashes immediately after I start the app.... Plz fix!
      Full Review
      James Beegle March 17, 2016
      Didn't recognize my V1 Only accepts the V2's screen tap as input; the magnet switch is ignored, even with the V1 selected as the viewer.
      Full Review
      Gerard Ortiga April 1, 2016
      Pleas... 🙇 Can somewone tell me what happens: my device is not available with the cardboard app and does not allow me to download it, instead I could download this one... But when I use it it doesn't work at all... Does anyone knows how to solve this 😁😁🙇
      Full Review
      Say Cheong May 31, 2015
      Good standard Most vr apps available currently are at most experimental and lack in quality mainly because developers are new to vr programming. This app should be a good reference point to start on.
      Full Review
      Leslie Crook November 27, 2015
      Update needed? There is still another cardboard app that I need which, of course, is not compatible with my Motorola Play.
      Full Review
      SUNIL PATEL July 20, 2015
      SONY XPERIA™ Z1 Not Worked!! Just showing two blank screen and one setting button, nothing else.
      Full Review
      Mathieu Laflamme June 1, 2015
      One of the coolest cardboard app... And it's only a tutorial for developers!
      Full Review
      Mark Riquelme November 6, 2015
      Cardboard Design Lab It's amazing that the virtual reality comes to real-life. 👍 ⭐ 😄
      Full Review
      Sukhpreet Singh November 13, 2015
      Does not work on my Xperia Aqua M4
      Full Review
      BeanaeB May 29, 2015
      Black screen only on LG G3 On an LG G3 Android 4.4.2 with a custom QR code applied. All I get is a black screen with the cardboard sdk settings icon at the bottom center.
      Full Review
      Myles Western April 6, 2016
      Awesome I just wish I could make my own vr world. Like the firewatch art style
      Full Review
      Terrell Wright February 12, 2016
      It won't work fix it please
      Full Review
      pratik mistry March 20, 2016
      Doesn't work on lenovo p 70
      Full Review
      Jackson Stordeur March 20, 2016
      Is this supposed to work?! It is stuck at two white squares do not install this app!!
      Full Review
      Prashanth K S July 24, 2015
      Simply awesome. It is a design guide, however it does provide the best VR experience among all apps out there. For those who want to see what VR is all about, this is a must!
      Full Review
      Zach ariah November 28, 2015
      Thanks Google, with things like this we can hopefully avoid terrible VR apps!
      Full Review
      CrazyCanadianCrafter March 23, 2016
      Not downloading I have no clue why. But everything I try to download it, it says error and every time there is a different number. I have bought the cardboard but now it's worthless :(. Please try and fix the issue I really badly wanna try it...
      Full Review
      Gary D June 9, 2015
      VR Design Crash Course You need to do it. Say hi to the Owl for me!
      Full Review
      Grzegorz Dyrda June 10, 2015
      Really great! I would love to see a full featured game with this graphics ;)
      Full Review
      Katie Porter December 6, 2015
      Got excited for nothing... I thought I was going to be able to learn about making one and then actually make one myself, but then I didn't get to. All you can do is learn about it.
      Full Review
      mark Barnes March 16, 2016
      It's cool just to play with Love Google,there the best
      Full Review
      Darshan Gayake June 6, 2015
      Best experience, need cardboard v1 support Need delayed gaze based confirmation in menus for old cardboard. As registered touch in menu is otherwise difficult for those with old CB where magnets performance was lot of uneven.
      Full Review
      Miles Savi March 1, 2016
      Love it Even though it lags once and a while I still love it
      Full Review
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      May 29, 2015
      Size
      33M
      Installs
      100,000 - 500,000
      Current Version
      1.0
      Requires Android
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      Content Rating
      PEGI 3
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