Samsung and Oculus Rift may be generating much of the excitement around the concept of virtual reality headsets, but Google is the one clocking up the sales.
Since launching its somewhat whimsical take on the smartphone-powered Virtual Reality headsetn Project Cardboard back in May, the company says that there are already over 500,000 do-it-yourself headsets in use.
In fact, the cardboard headsets are proving such a hit that Google has now launched a dedicated app and a special Collections page inside its Google Play Store app shop front, which already has 25 apps to choose from.
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500K people already using Google's cardboard VR headset
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