YouTube VR Cardboard

The latest version of the YouTube app can play any video in virtual reality mode, on both Android smartphones and iPhones. Just open up the app on your smartphone, and pull up any video. For any virtual reality video there is a little Cardboard outline at bottom right. Hit play and then click on Cardboard icon to switch to VR mode. You should then see the side-by-side virtual reality view where you feel in the middle of the action. You then put the smartphone into your Cardboard-compatible viewer and enter the video. If you want to watch a regular video, one that wasn’t filmed in 360-degrees you can still watch it with your headset. It will feel a bit like you’re sitting in an extremely dark movie theater, watching the video on a giant movie screen. You open the video on your smartphone start the video, then click on the three-dot settings button at the top right. A menu will pop up and the click on the Cardboard icon. The screen will switch to side-by-side view, and you can put the phone into your headset. You can find more 360-degree and VR videos on YouTube on its very own VR channel.

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