As interest in VR is picking up, here are a collection of VR apps available for use with a Google Cardboard setup. Of course, you’re going to need to have Google Cardboard or one of the many third party clone devices and the Cardboard app first, but they’re cheap enough to not require considerable investment. And yes, they work on both Android and iOS.
As interest in VR is picking up, here are a collection of VR apps available for use with a Google Cardboard setup. Of course, you’re going to need to have Google Cardboard or one of the many third party clone devices and the Cardboard app first, but they’re cheap enough to not require considerable investment. And yes, they work on both Android and iOS.
SISTERS: A VIRTUAL REALITY GHOST STORY
As far as free VR apps go, many will feel like gimmicks or an excuse to showcase a 360-degree picture. We didn’t want to go there with this list of app recommendations, which brings us to Sisters. The game doesn’t have state of the art graphics and it doesn’t offer panoramic vistas. What it does offer however, especially after you’ve donned your VR goggles and headphones to block out the real world, is plenty of creepy atmosphere. This is cheap VR at its most effective.
END SPACE VR FOR CARDBOARD
If scaring yourself to death isn’t your idea of having fun with VR, then perhaps you’d want to drop some small change for End Space VR instead. The game is practically the opposite of Sisters. End Space VR is a fast-paced action game with bright colors, great visuals and 3D audio. This first-person space shooter is reminiscent of the time when the genre was popular and joysticks were part of a gamer’s arsenal. Remember X-Wing, Tie Fighter, Descent and Free Space? Yeah.
SITES IN VR
Sites is an app that’s been around the block so to speak, but before its VR update earlier this year, it was basically just a collection of panoramic photos of landmarks and locations around the world. Nothing that you couldn’t really Google and view comfortably on a browser and desktop instead. With the VR update however, Sites in VR (renamed so you know the app now supports VR) is a more immersive journey and you can now take VR ‘tours’ of said landmarks, zooming in and out of, or checking out specific hotspots.
SEENE
If your Facebook feed has been populated with 360-degree pictures of late, you don’t have to feel left out. The last app on our list isn’t just for viewing, it actually allows you to shoot 3D pictures with your regular phone and then share these pictures over social media. It’s not as immersive as actual 3D or 360-degree pictures, but the photos created with Seene does have limited depth and movement data included for hours of fun without spending money on new camera hardware. What’s there not to like?
