On the YouTube for Android now you can watch any video in virtual reality mode

Google is making a virtual reality closer. First, it has created accessible to everyone VR-helmet made of cardboard, and now introduced in the YouTube app for Android can view any video with absolute presence.

Project Cardboard, Born in the bowels of Google as an experiment, it is slowly gaining popularity. Remember, this is a special helmet made of cardboard, with which you can view the video in virtual reality mode on any smartphone running Android. We talked in detail about its manufacture hereAnd in this article to share with you the impressions of use.

This simple and effective access to the coveted virtual reality attracted many users, but in front of them was a problem of a lack of relevant content. Therefore, Google has got to YouTube with a special section panoramic videoWhen you view that in Cardboard helmet there is a feeling of full presence. But this was not enough, and now Google has taken the next step. On the YouTube for Android the opportunity to view absolutely any video in virtual reality mode.

To access this feature, you need to simply open the YouTube app settings video and you will see there is a new icon with the image of Cardboard masks. Touch it, and playback will switch to virtual reality mode. How it looks in practice - shows the animated image below.

Of course, viewing ordinary video in virtual reality mode does not give the same sense of presence, which provides videos shot with special equipment. Nevertheless, the introduction of this feature in YouTube takes another step toward the popularization of virtual reality technology to the masses.

And you've tried to watch videos in Cardboard? And as the experience?