[Deal Alert] The Mattel View-Master VR, Which Also Works As A Google Cardboard Headset, Is On Sale For $20 At Amazon And Wal-Mart

[Deal Alert] The Mattel View-Master VR, Which Also Works As A Google Cardboard Headset, Is On Sale For $20 At Amazon And Wal-Mart

... I don't think anyone realized just how widespread Google's Cardboard "virtual reality" standard would become when it was first announced. And a s neat as some of the games and apps that use Cardboard are, it's hard to escape the fact that the headsets are, well, made of cardboard. If you'd like something more sturdy (without having to buy a new LG phone ), you can grab one of Mattel's revitalized View-Master VR toys. The original price was a bit steep at thirty bucks , but today Amazon and Wal-Mart are selling them for $19.97, a little closer to impulse buy range and pretty decent stocking-stuffers to boot. If you'll recall, Mattel partnered with Google to create a new smartphone-powered version of its classic View-Master, those plastic toys that let you view collections of slides with a big plastic headset. The new version uses a smartphone as the "screen" with the same kind of field-of-view extending lenses as in the various versions of the Google Cardboard kit. As a result,

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