Google makes it really easy to embed 360-degree VR experiences
You've tried out Google Cardboard or Samsung Gear VR, you've seen those nifty virtual reality experiences, and now you want to create your own and put it on your website.
Well, Google just made that a pretty simple task.
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On Wednesday, the company launched VR View, an easy way to embed 360-degree videos and photos into apps or websites and make them viewable with a Google Cardboard Viewer or through a draggable 360-degree experience (Google calls this "magic window" mode) that works on any browser (see below).
Users who want to turn 360-degree content into VR content on the web can simply embed an iframe on their site, following Google’s instructions here.
To do that, you of course need to have 360-degree content, but that’s not a big problem nowadays. You can take a 360-degree photo or video on any Android phone with Google’s Cardboard Camera app, available here.
If you want to take it a step further, you can get yourself a 360-degree camera. Google points out Ricoh Theta as a cheap solution, but nearly every major electronics manufacturer is launching a 360-degree camera this year, including Samsung and LG.
Developers can add VR View by grabbing the latest version of the Cardboard SDK for iOS and Android, and adding a few lines of code into their apps.
Those following Cardboard will likely take notice of the “iOS” bit above. Yes, along with VR View, Google launched a native Cardboard SDK for iOS. Developers can find all the tools and information they need over here.
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