Cheap VR: Google Boasts 5 Million Cardboard Shipments
Maximum PC: Google on Wednesday revealed that it's shipped over 5 million of its Cardboard VR headsets since launching a year and a half ago, and there might be a lesson there.
The fact that over 5 million people are willing to slap a cardboard contraption on their mug is telling. A virtual reality optimist will read it as a sign that the demand for VR is there and the hype is real. But the real lesson might be one of cost.
