Unofficial Google Cardboard Kit(dodocase.com)
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Unofficial Google Cardboard Kit
http://www.dodocase.com/products/google-cardboard-vr-goggle-toolkit
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can you sell just the lenses without the rest of the setup for a lower cost/faster ship time? Many people (including myself) want to build their own, but are having a massive amount of trouble finding the lenses as the original set google linked to sold out almost immediately. Also, what are the specifications of the lenses you use?
Thanks
Happy to answer any questions people have on the kit, our product page seems to be hiding the description so here are some more details.
We did the math and it costs over $45 to order all those bits and pieces Google suggested, and that doesn't even include shipping from 4 different vendors.
We are gathering all the pieces you will need to assemble your own Google cardboard VR goggle (minus the smartphone). We precut the cardboard and you should be able to assemble all the pieces in under 5 minutes. Easy Peezy. Get cracking and place your order.
Here is what comes in your kit.. - Precut cardboard - Lenses - Magnet - Velcro - Rubberband - upgrade for optional NFC tag (not included in base kit)
estimated delivery 4-6 weeks
We did the math and it costs over $45 to order all those bits and pieces Google suggested, and that doesn't even include shipping from 4 different vendors.
We are gathering all the pieces you will need to assemble your own Google cardboard VR goggle (minus the smartphone). We precut the cardboard and you should be able to assemble all the pieces in under 5 minutes. Easy Peezy. Get cracking and place your order.
Here is what comes in your kit.. - Precut cardboard - Lenses - Magnet - Velcro - Rubberband - upgrade for optional NFC tag (not included in base kit)
estimated delivery 4-6 weeks
As it stands right now, it seems to be highly misleading. If I hadn't read your comment I could be misled to believe that you are selling the 'Official' version for the following reasons:
1- Using Google's own images.
2- Nothing indicating that it isn't official.
It is at worse maliciously misleading, at best misguided. You should correct that.
1- Using Google's own images.
2- Nothing indicating that it isn't official.
It is at worse maliciously misleading, at best misguided. You should correct that.
All of that copy in my comment is suppose to be displayed on the product page but Shopify seems to be broken at the moment. We are not trying to mislead anyone.
Google released all the drawings and is encouraging people to build these, we just want to help make that easier.
Google released all the drawings and is encouraging people to build these, we just want to help make that easier.
Also just added unofficial to the title of the post to avoid any confusion.
Wow, really glad I read the comments before I put in my credit card info. Four to six weeks, you must be out of your mind. If you don't get that one the site fast you're going to have a whole lot of angry people on your hands.
working on that, I think we should be able to deliver faster I just don't want to dissapoint anyone.
If you don't deliver before 4 weeks, chances are all the credit card pre-authorizations would be void anyways. With Stripe, it's even shorter.
Unless you plan on capturing the funds at order time instead of shipment time?
Unless you plan on capturing the funds at order time instead of shipment time?
Thanks for the heads up on this.
Hey from where are you shipping this from ?? I mean r manufacturing ??
We have a factory in San Francisco which is where we will make and ship these kits from.
> estimated delivery 4-6 weeks
Sorry, in the age of near-immediate gratification from Amazon, up to 42 days until I see the product I paid for is a huge turn off.
Cut that down to 5-7 days and I'll have my wallet out in seconds.
Sorry, in the age of near-immediate gratification from Amazon, up to 42 days until I see the product I paid for is a huge turn off.
Cut that down to 5-7 days and I'll have my wallet out in seconds.
I can appreciate the eagerness to get everything instantly. However I hope you can appreciate that physically cutting and shipping lots of stuff that was only announced to the world 12 hours ago takes time. I wish hardware was as easy as pushing something to Git hub but unfortunatly it is not.
You are always welcome to go order the parts and cut the cardboard yourself.
You are always welcome to go order the parts and cut the cardboard yourself.
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>Sorry, in the age of near-immediate gratification from Amazon, up to 42 days until I see the product I paid for is a huge turn off.
If you frequently find yourself angry that you can't buy a new package Amazon-style less than 12 hours from its announcement to the general public, I would suggest you seek professional help as you might be able to improve your impulse control.
If you frequently find yourself angry that you can't buy a new package Amazon-style less than 12 hours from its announcement to the general public, I would suggest you seek professional help as you might be able to improve your impulse control.
"a huge turn off" != "find yourself angry"
I agree the parent's attitude is a bit silly, but you are putting words in their mouth.
I agree the parent's attitude is a bit silly, but you are putting words in their mouth.
What lenses are you using? That seems like the crux of the matter.
Right I can't seem to be able to order the NFC tag variant:
Cannot find variant (request_id: e6778ba4-1faa-41fa-96da-f666ee6c2073)
Cannot find variant (request_id: e6778ba4-1faa-41fa-96da-f666ee6c2073)
Will there be a tablet version as well (Nexus 7 2013)?
I had heard rumors that regular use of Oculus can cure motion sickness that people experience in cars/etc through desensetization. Anyone have any first-hand reports on this question?
If so, I'm tempted to buy a kit like this (from these guys or someone else) and use that to self-medicate.
If so, I'm tempted to buy a kit like this (from these guys or someone else) and use that to self-medicate.
$23 to ship to Australia. Just a bit too steep sorry mate.
yeah, sorry about that. international shipping is pretty difficult. Let me look into it and see if we can adjust that.
drop me a line at my name @ easypost if you want a hand looking into some of the shipping options - I think it's amazing that you guys are offering this a few hours after the announcement!
how much for a shipment to Japan? The website doesn't seem to know this country...
Wow that was quick.
Wow, that was really fast. I kind of suspected someone would do this, I even considered doing something similar myself after I heard the announcement. Really clever and nice work guys. Curious to see how these actually fare and if we'll see an enthusiast community is spawned from Google Cardboard and the community itself works to improve the insanely simple and awesome concept.
Placed my order, can't wait to try it out. I think what you guys are doing is great, I can see how it would take a bit of time to mass produce. Besides, you save money and don't need to go to ebay and spend $100 on official ones. Keep rocking it gents!
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Kudos on impressive turnaround time.
Being in UK, I will not order. Hopefully somebody will make those here.
Being in UK, I will not order. Hopefully somebody will make those here.
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Are the folds going to be pressed in?