From CNET: LG is teaming up with Google to try bringing virtual reality to the masses.
The South Korean electronics company said Monday it's soon starting a new promotion that offers a VR headset -- the VR for G3 -- for free for new buyers of its G3 smartphone. The headset, which is based on Google's Cardboard VR headset, uses the G3 as the screen, allowing owners to use it for VR apps and games downloaded from the Google Play store.
"This is just the beginning of the virtual reality movement, which until recently was expensive and inaccessible to everyday consumers," Chris Yie, an LG marketing executive, said in a statement.
The LG headset is a similar concept as Samsung's Gear VR, which uses a Samsung Galaxy Note 4 as the display. But, while the Gear VR can cost an extra couple hundred dollars ($310 on Amazon), the LG headset comes free.
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