"Laggy" will be your phone and not the piece of cardboard.

Absolutely bang on. I went and bought these VR glasses and also ended up buying a 98" LG 4K TV.

Can you explain in less technical terms :laughing:

Postage rates/deals between countries is a pretty complex thing. It's governed by something called 'Universal Postal Union' a part of the United Nations. Each member having to subsidise other members postage once the package/letter hits the receiving country. Remuneration is based on how developed a country is. That's why products from China are so cheap (or free) to post out, the poor'ol Royal Mail/Post Office takes a large hit.

I got mine a couple of days ago and downloaded the cardboard app. So far it's a disappointing piece of crap.

The problem is I can see two images on my phone, but when I look through the viewer the images are not in 3d. The images are not in sync with each other and all I'm seeing is double images. No 3d effect just double vision. The images are too far apart and need to be closer together.

How do I get the images closer together so that they merge into one 3d image?

My phone is a Xiaomi mi4c.

Used mine last night. Used a nexus 5 and a Samsung s3. Loved it. Worked as suggested. I wonder if the mi4c is too small for the viewer?

I found other mi4c owners with the same issue. I have found a solution by changing the default setting of the Google cardboard to another viewer. The field of view is a bit more limited now though, so it's not ideal.

Odd, are both lenses in the correct position? Is there anything unusual about your vision, do other people have the same issues as you with the same set-up?

I am just concerned for the environment as its a waste of a tree.

I have just discovered there is a whole style of porn dedicated to being viewed on Google Cardboard, who'd of thought LOL

arrived finally but it utter pice of ****, to small and keep falling apart

Mine arrived yesterday

Not used it yet, bought it for the kids to play with so not too fussed on the build quality. Nothing a bit of tape can't sort anyway

Mine's arrived exactly 1 month after dispatch, I probably won't use it now after purchasing a Gear VR

Got mine today. Don't really see what the hype is about, not worth the +1000 heat votes.

Finally got mine. I already have a 'real' google cardboard from years ago which was painfully more expensive than this, and yeah it's better made, doesn't need an elastic band to hold it together and wasn't as fiddly to build, but the lenses in this new one are very similar and there's no big difference looking through it compared to the more expensive one.

getting a bit impatient waiting for mine :disappointed:

I ordered 5 of these, and they turned up today. We've been playing with them in the office. It works surprisingly well. I've downloaded the cardboard camera app and recorded a view of the office, its quite freaky and jarring when you take them off and are in another part of the office... even though you know whats happening. Well worth the couple of quid I spent on them. Thanks OP.

Don't forget, you can watch 360° videos on YouTube using your cardboard
https://youtu.be/mRD5iKXrkV8
https://youtu.be/aQd41nbQM-U

Mine arrived today, seem OK, about as cheap and cheerful as expected. Didn't take that long to find instructions though, Google I blue cardboard assembly, or try this: http://youtu.be/dC3-6jIoKLM

Mine arrived on friday - around 3.5 weeks after order. Item is ok. The item description did not say it was a DIY - its not much just putting the pieces together, I did spend some time scratching my head about how to do it though. No instructions and many internet help pieces leave it at cutting a cardboard in the shape required...
for less than a pound, its ok. I wouldn't watch anything for more than 5 min on this because of the way it is - cheap lenses, weak cardboard, poor cuts..

Mine arrived today. Placed order around four weeks ago.

Me neither, i have no idea where it is. :disappointed: Posted on the 14th January.

yep same here. still not received.

Nope. Not yet. Posted on 14th Jan.

has anyone received theirs yet? mine was posted on the 13th. still not here yet

Link does seem to work, otherwise it's the first search result for "Iblue" priced at $1.29. Not sure what the difference might be for the other listings for what seems like the same thing but more expensive (like the one that's 52% more expensive!)

yep, link is dead

Anyone have a direct link because mine isn't working

Just had an email confirming my order has been shipped

[b][b]Your text here[/b][/b]

Lenses are 57p :smile:http://m.gearbest.com/virtual-reality/pp_202884.html

awesome just bought 5 for under £10 with shipping.
thanks again

It's not even a quid. Definitely worth buying if you want to try the VR device but do not want to spend a fortune. HOT!

This youtuber does a comparison between rift and cardboard, it's a bit tongue in cheek Cardboard vs Rift

Please, for the love of sanity, don't support this company! When things go well GearBest seem great. But when things go even a little bit wrong they are a big bloody pain in the backside.
Delays, missing and damaged items (they chuck your £100 tablet in a flimsy 1p bag with a loose UK plug charger - unbelievable!).
Their ticketing system is a joke. Their refund policy is criminal - you don't get your money back, instead they give you store credit which expires at the end of the year.
If you must use GearBest then use Paypal so you at least can try for a chargeback.
Really these guys should be banned from sites like HUKD. We can't list ebay or Amazon sellers that don't have a "UK presence" so why we allowing GearBest deals?
Rant off.

It looks rubbish so probably it it rubbish.

this is now my favourite shop of all time :smiley:

this is now my favourite shop of all time :smiley:

Won't work

If you pay by Paypal it may be slightly more expensive, as they use a different means of calculating the exchange rate. The second one I ordered came out at 94p, still very cheap. My son has had endless hours playing with the one we received last week and at a family event tonight, all the kids, and some of the adults, were queuing up to get a chance to use it.

does it really use rubberband to hold the assembly together? That looks really cheap.....

You certainly dont.

yes ​u should..I'm surprised u didn't know

*sigh* i placed the order before seeing the comments with % off codes and cashback!

I'd like to say these are a bargain but my last order with this mob took 3 months to arrive :/

8% off: OZBARGAIN

I got one of these a while ago & paid £6! There pretty good, definitely worth 87p!

5p cashback from topcashback! :man:

this is what you call a loss leader.... this is designed to make a loss, but show you the possibilities of something better... henceforth you will buy the proper models later on...

Doesnt take a degree in thermo dynamics to work this out...

Thanks jaydeeuk for taking time

Start here people... http://www.wareable.com/google/the-best-google-cardboard-apps. VRSE will take you to many of the best within that link on the page.

There's so many possibilities with this new technology and through VR cardboard it's affordable for all to try. After trying War of Words VR (http://www.techradar.com/news/wearables/best-google-cardboard-apps-and-games-1299697) I could instantly see the benefits from an educational point of view. As a kid I don't remember poems from school but stick a cool VR on a kid's head for this virtual experience and I would certainly not forget them in a hurry. I now remember this one I can tell you!

ALl the best have been free btw. More I need to try here... http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/test-centre/gadget/12-best-google-cardboard-apps-2016-uk-3585299/ ;-)

I ended up buying quite a few things from this site, items for me here in the UK, but also sent things to friends in the states. It cost me less than 2 pounds to send my best friend an iron man key chain, I know he will love it! I am amazed that the shipping is free. I can afford to send all my friends and family in the states a little something from this site cheaper than it costs to buy and post a greeting card.

I thought it was pretty good considering the price, and fact you could play it anywhere not just cabled up to your PC. I bought the headset for google cardboard before I realised it didn't have a gyro so was sat in a drawer. I'd used moonlight before to play footy manager 2016 in bed rather than bring up my laptop and streaming was excellent even with my basic BT router.

I probably need to play with the resolution setting as SBS makes everything a bit squashed but was certainly playable and could see all the icons etc (wife tried sims 3 with tri def on my monitor which was unusable as icons were all 2d). Only played it for a few minutes as I'm supposed to be database tuning but will have a proper bash the weekend.
I think if I can get head tracking working it will be excellent (btw the cardboard I use is slightly different to this, still cheap but suitable for larger phones). I've got a few spare ps3 eye cams with IR filters removed so might follow this guide

https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=25988


Will put some sugru or something over the nose piece as it hurts after a bit with the weight of the phone, will be pretty good with one of those bluetooth ipega controllers too.

oh crap, just ordered this...not sure if it will fit my nexus 6 lol. Any ideas?

Just tried elite dangerous using my cardboard head set, smart 6 ultra and moonlight streaming - works brilliantly for the price!! Will sort out head tracking later so I can try alien isolation, wish I tried this earlier!

if you order from china are the settings in english ? and will it still get auto updates ?

I was fortunate enough to get one of the original ones for free from Google at IO, and regardless of the naysayers claims, these things are terrific, sure if you pay several hundred times this price you'll get a better experience, but we are talking about a very usable VR experience here for less than a bloody quid!

Amazing! I paid about a tenner for this once

Magnets.... :disappointed:

Just curious, as am I :man:

Bargain. Scorching hot!

Didn't buy this cardboard one, but some a bit more sturdy for £5

http://www.gearbest.com/home-gadgets/pp_136422.html

works great on my nexus 5 and 5x :smile:

This or Oculus Rift?

Can't sense sarcasm or not?
I recently received a smashed up GoPro around 2 weeks ago and they will no longer acknowledge its their fault. It is down to me to pay for return shipping to China, to get a working device.

HOT for deal but freeeeeezzzzing for Gearbest.

I even ordered the laggy band to go round my fat head so I don't have to hold it. :sunglasses:

Try sober.

We ordered one on 22nd December for our 10 yr old to use with his ipod touch 5th Generation. It arrived yesterday and he is thrilled with it. I think we payed a bit more, maybe £3, but rather than £80 for the Samsung equivalent,this will be fine.

3d reality for free, lift up your head from phone, look out of window, hey presto 3d reality, FREE, NOTHING,ZIP BARGAIN.

it's cardboard probably cost 5p to manufacture and 2nd class post how much is that? . so possibly making 400%+ on markup and they banking on you ordering something else from them - That's business

Its a deals website and this is the best deal, if you open the window you get free aromatherapy too.

Or you could just pay £3 and get it a month sooner by ordering in the UK

Yeah sort of, but just to clarify, not on an item that's £10. Or you certainly shouldn't be doing.

VAT

You pay VAT on goods sent from non-European Union (EU) countries and EU special territories (eg the Canary Islands) if they’re:

gifts worth more than £36
other goods worth more than £15
alcohol, tobacco products and fragrances (eg perfume, eau de toilette and cologne) - of any value

Customs Duty

You’ll be charged Customs Duty on gifts and other goods sent from outside the EU if they’re above a certain value, unless the duty comes to less than £9.

The value includes:

the price paid for the goods
postage, packaging and insurance

Type and value of goods:
Anything under £135

Customs Duty:
No charge

+ the handling fee as you mentioned.....

I and short sighted and wear glasses.

Will this work with me?

Thats why the post office charge you £15 handling fee for paying import duty on a £10 item from china.
To be fair so do DHL:-)

heat added, cheap order, nice 1 OP

I found the Cardboard a poor experience - too much extraneous light getting in and the optics were just blurry - but tried this Gearbest plastic one which fully encloses your eyes and phone and although £6.31, a much better experience and introduction to VR.

You know the "lenses" are pretty cheap especially from china right? they're just plastics....you can even buy a bulk of let's say 50pcs for about 50p and you can give them to kids, school students...

0.94p through PayPal.

you were going to buy a cardboard one for 10 quid???? you mad??

hot at 94p. I was looking at ones on ebay for £10 before Xmas. :smile:

haha its changing by the minute. I got robbed man, im so gutted. lost out a full 3pence. damn

currently 0.94 GBP via PayPal
£1.00 GBP = $1.413461531 USD

someone did they sed v3

Is it cardboard v1 or v2?

There's nothing stopping you, google even released the plans for you. Enjoy your half an hour spent and good luck finding the lenses for less than 87p.

its much better than the cardboard of course, if your going to regularly use it then its worth it, if its just to check it out, then waste of time id say. but it takes more phones and up to 6 ''

Is this any worth.

does that work with Samsung Galaxy Note 4?

Had these before. I wanted to enhance my experience to 4D so I used it while in the shower but they got wet and became floppy, but It's ok my phone was fine and I claimed the cardboard glasses from my contents insurance. :confused:

Lots of different options on sitehttp://m.gearbest.com/iblue-_gear/

£0.92p for me.. as per paypal conversion rate!

You ordered the wrong one then.

Yeah, especially when laced with colonial guilt.

Don't you just love equality. :neutral_face:

Just ordered this now, just to check it out, btw not complaining but when I processed it all and paid via PayPal it comes out at 96p. only 9p or something more, but still peanuts anyway.

well no....but primary school kids will tell you I can make that in art lessons. Anyway, have fun with what you get...

Just tried to add one from Visr to basket and comes in at £15. Hardly £3 to £4 more!

A GearBest deal reaching 1000+ degrees. Excellent! They`ll be among the first points of call for all UK electronics in a few months. Amazing prices, super service, Amazon have competition. :smiley:

Will this fit on my cat ?

Strange why this hasn't been removed. It's not uk based sale and admin are normally pretty sharp to remove !?

Paying money for cardboard?

Cold

DONT BUY FROM THIS RUBBISH CoMPANY even if they are selling for 1p with free delivery

839 HEAT ( as I type this ) ..... for abit or cardboard....... this sites got no credibility left .......sighs

Mega hot! Is £498.23 cheaper than the Rift.

:laughing:

Ordered thanks.

Just spent £80 on Samsung VR. 87p jeez, maybe I should have tried these first.
VR comes tomora, so hopefully decent.

Great set, perform as well as any other Phone VR solution. Recommended!

will these work underwater?

Brilliant! Heat!

I'm just amazed that nobody has seen this before!!!

Is it stain resistance ?? I've a greasy forehead

http://www.homido.com/en/articles/streamer-des-jeux-pc-sur-un-casque-homido

Different head set, but can probably do head tracking using ps3 eye cams etc if phone has no gyro like mine
Moonlight is awesome if you have a geforce 650 or better

Left mine at work, but streams brilliantly. I bet alien isolation is awesome on it

Is this just for YouTube videos ??

It say £1.37 for me :-(

Do these support the Nokia 5110, heat if they do

These are great. Gave 4 of them as xmas presents last year.

This is awesome!

Flipping autocorrect, I meant 'comments' and NOT 'commas'

Cheers OP. I thought this was a wind up and was peeing myself at the commas until I realised its for real after researching. I've ordered a couple.

This or THIS .... Can't decide :disappointed:

​ Funniest reply of 2016

How do these things look with a phone that has 1 or 2 cracks? And please no puns or but jokes.

is that compatible with Samsung Note 4 ??

Corbyn.

Thank you for posting this! I bought one for myself and one for my sister!

Does this work with 'Better than Life' on the XBox4?

Sorry if I have missed the point, do you need to run some specific app on your phone to get these to work?

Got it for 94p

Gearbest eh?

not very reliable for actually posting out items. ive just had to go through PayPal to get a refund.

Heat for the price, but I ordered some headphones from GearBest in September 2015 and they still haven't arrived. Eventually got a refund from them.

The best one I tried was from Visr (they are the company who actually make Google Cardboard http://visr-vr.com/ ) but it looks a bit more expensive buying single units from their website, worth a look though.

is it waterproof?

Please? Thank you?

Cold - oculus rift is better value for money

Having had a company make these in our office I have tried lots of them.
Do yourself a favour and spend at least £3-4 on one of these, the lens will be 10x better and will make you less dizzy, plus give you much more realism and depth, plus less eye strain.

Stupidly cheap to have a go at VR - heat!

Ordered this one a few days back as my phone is too big for the standard cardboard shape.
Should hopefully last a bit longer and be more comfortable than the "disposable" version... Worth a fiver anyway :stuck_out_tongue:

Lol worth it for a laugh too :smile:

94p for me :disappointed:

cardboard....schweet!!

£0.87 delivered. Bought using Paypal didn't even have to make an account or type my address in, nice one.

lol at this thread. heat given for the comments

Ordered one of these from Gearbest on Sunday and it cost me $4.35.
Wished I'd waiteda few more days for thia deal now

Ideal for student use at this price. I have ordered 10.

I know it's cheap but save your money. It amused me 10 minutes but it was so laggy it almost made me sick. Threw it in fire.

doesn't work on redtube cold

bought this. absolute rubbish, lenses all out of focus. used for 5 minutes and now in a drawer.

does Gearbest charge in USD? If so it could add transaction fees for some on their cards...

Could colour the lenses red!

I'm a mythical Cyclops would these work for me?

And there was me thinking my sense of humour was lost on people

Yeah, those cardboard lenses are useless anyway ...

91p for me.

Still amazing price!

Ordered 2.

Better than Virtualboy.

Such a waste of money. Ordered 20.

Boooo, my Nexus 6 is too big!

Will there be software updates available for these in the near future??

Can I order a kim kardasian edition with diamonds all over it?

do you need
to use these with any special phone or apps ????

i ordered one similar but to be honest i couldnt really find any decent apps to use
anyone any recommendations?

Delivery 10-25 days... I can wait....

Not much use if you have an iPhone 6 plus or other large phone, is there a larger version going anywhere that's a good deal?

Got one. Cool Thanks

Current VR exists as:

Oculus Rift > Samsung VR > Google Cardboard + Clones.

You only begin to experience proper VR when you pay more money, and this is a lot more money because Samsung VR requires a compatible Samsung phone and the Oculus Rift requires a minimum specification PC which is essentially a higher end gaming PC. Google Cardboard is nothing like the experience of the other two devices mentioned.

Surely they can't make it, Ship it for 87p?! :confused:

Ordered this 2 months ago. Still hasn't arrived. Gearbest keep saying they are on back order. I've asked for a refund for this and the 6 other items I never received.

Always wondered how on earth you can get £0.99-£3 items from china when it'd cost you £3 alone just to post said item within the UK

The best bit is how they have called it Dark Khaki lol

Hot! Just ordered 3 and received 8% discount with the code OZBARGAIN!

I bought the ColorCross version for £16 which is much better for any prolonged use. I'm still keeping my cardboard one which is still good. Estate agents should hand these things out - 360 degree photos give you a much better view than normal photos.

Got a 15 quid ish VR box from eBay to give it a go. Cardboard seemed way too flimsy to me..amazing price though :laughing:

Super hot deal. 87p for an amazing experience, even if you only try it once.

Fascinating, thanks for sharing. Had no idea of this.

I bought one and it's way better than Okulos Reeft or Sumsang Geer VR. So really, go for it!

Finally, a vr that i can afford! Heat!

Awesome :laughing: