3D Virtual Reality Viewers
Experience virtual reality on your smartphone with Google viewers!
The library has both Google Cardboard and Google Daydream viewers available for 2-day loan. Google viewers work with your smartphone to let you experience 360 degree and 3D virtual environments by downloading aps to your phone and placing it inside the viewer. When you turn your head or move up and down, the image turns and moves up and down with you, simulating the experience of virtual reality.
Applications for Education
One of the biggest and most important applications for virtual and augmented reality is education. Virtual reality's ability to simulate real life scenarios creates endless possibilities to enhance the way we educate students. Take your students anywhere in the world, tour musuems or ancient ruins, examine biological specimens, gaze at the universe, or visualize complex theories without ever leaving campus.
How do I use the Google viewers?
You will need your own smartphone with an internet connection.
Google Daydream
- Android: Download the Google VR Services app and the Daydream app from Google Play. Daydream apps will not work if you uninstall Google VR Services.
- iPhone: You can use your iPhone with the Daydream viewer but you won't be able to access everything that Daydream has available. While the iPhone is not a Daydream ready phone, it is a Google Cardboard capable phone. You'll be able to access all of the Cardboard apps, but Daydream-specific apps will not be available.
Google Cardboard
- Google Cardboard works on Android phones (Samsung, LG, etc.) and iPhones, but not Blackberry.
- Download the Google Carbdboard app. If you're using an Android, download the Google Cardboard app from Google Play. iPhone users can download the Google Cardboard app from the App Store.
- You can also search Google Play or the App Store for "Google Cardboard" or "VR" to find virtual reality apps, or search for the free, educational apps we've suggested (currently, some apps are only available in Google Play).
Suggested Free Educational Apps for Google Cardboard
Anatomyou
An immersive app to learn the human body’s anatomy. (Google Play, App Store)
Discovery VR
Collection of dynamic 360 videos from the discovery channel. (Google Play, App Store)
Google Arts & Culture
Explore artwork, artifacts and more from over 850 museums, archives, and organizations worldwide. Zoom in for a closer look and factual tidbits to learn more. (Google Play)
InCell VR
Part game, part educational app, a recreation of human cells, with the twist that you’re flying through them outrunning a virus. (Google Play, App Store)
InMind VR
Journey into a patient’s brain in search of the neurons that cause mental disorder in this short, fun game. (Google Play, App Store)
Jaunt VR
Selection of 360 degree videos: short documentaries or 'VR tourism' exploring different places like Machu Picchu. (Google Play, App Store)
King Tut VR
Explore the tomb of the legendary Egyptian king and get lost in the secret chambers full of hieroglyphics and treasures. (Google Play, App Store)
Mars Is A Real Place
A short slideshow of amazing Martian landscapes. (Google Play)
Molecule VR
3D visualizations of protein molecules related to cell communication. (Google Play, App Store)
Orbulus
Gain new perspective on real-world places with this gallery of images created using Google’s Photo Sphere technology from some of the most famous tourist hotspots (and lesser-known scenes) across the world. (Google Play, App Store)
Random 42
A visually stunning and scientifically accurate 3D ride inside the human body. (Google Play, App Store)
Sites VR
Tour landmarks worldwide including architecture, mosques, tombs, palaces, museums, castles, towers, historic houses, religious sites, ancient cities and other places. (Google Play, App Store)
Street View
360 degree images from around the world. (Google Play, App Store)
Titans of Space
Explore the solar system with a scaled down (1:1,000,000) tour around space, complete with 3D models and to-scale distances between planets and moons. (Google Play)
VR Chemistry
Chemistry lectures with 3D models. (Google Play)
YouTube 360 Degree Videos
Download the YouTube app, and search for 360 Degree Videos channel. Tap the cardboard icon to view videos in Google Cardboard.
For more information or help with Google Cardbord, please contact Librarian Crystal Rose (637-2183).