March 8th - Google Cardboard

Just simply made of cardboard, glass and velcro, Google Cardboard is a new way to experience Virtual Reality in an affordable way. You just download the free Google Cardboard app (or many others out there) place your phone in the device and get ready to experience a whole new world.

With the official Google Cardboard app one can view historic artifacts, play with a kaleidoscope, and more importantly experience 360-degree tours of various locations around the world (which is done in all the Google Cardboard compatible apps). It is perfect for individuals that cannot travel and for the classrooms.

On the topic of school, this would be a great opportunities for schools to promote themselves. Like with virtual tours of the campus and residential halls. This would be ideal, for students who do not have the chance to travel to their potential schools. Like for myself, before I attended my current university I was too far to travel to visit the school, so having something like Google Cardboard would have been ideal.