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A LinkedIn job posting has revealed some rather interesting information about Google's future plans for VR. Those plans seem to include Cardboard++, a virtual reality unit that could combine with Project Tango to create the ultimate VR experience.

Need evidence that VR is growing fast? Google has released some great numbers, including the fact that over 5 million Cardboard viewers have been shipped. They've also revealed that Cardboard apps have been downloaded over 25 million times.

There's a new VR application for Google Cardboard in the Play Store right now that is based on the Goosebumps movie that is in theaters right now. The app has you riding shotgun with Jack Black as you two try to escape a giant praying mantis

Google's Expeditions Pioneer Program is a way to get students to visually experience various parts of the world right in the classroom with Google Cardboard. Today, Google has announced two more school trips to their collection in the form of Buckingham Palace and the Great Barrier Reef.

Google Cardboard's API is getting a big new addition that'll allow developers to implement spatial audio, which makes it sound like you're right within the thick of things. The API involves the subtle delay of audio reaching each ear to simulate how sound works in the real world. It should make...

Google has already done work to promote virtual reality and deliver it to people in cheap form through Google Cardboard, and now they're about to get really serious about it. NDTV reports Google is getting a virtual reality division, and it will be headed up by one of Google Cardboard's creators.

Clay Bavor was the VP for Product Management and used to run Google applications like Gmail, Google Docs and Google Drive. Clay has been spending a lot of time with Google Cardboard recently and now the company has just promoted him to lead the entire VR team within Google.

Animal Planet's 2016 Puppy Bowl has just been announced with VR support on YouTube. This means you can pop your smartphone in a Google Cardboard headset and watch it in full VR with a 360 degree view

A four-month-old baby was close to not getting to see her first Christmas but Google Cardboard helped her doctors to assess the issues before starting the surgery. Doctors took the child's 2D scans and converted them into stereoscopic images, transferred them to an iPhone and then put the...

While you don't need Google Cardboard to watch the video on YouTube, the White House YouTube channel has just published a video that gives you a VR tour of the White House for the holidays. This is made possible with Google going through and using their VR camera to take shots of various rooms...

Users are reporting that their Google Cardboard from the recent Star Wars promotion via the Google Store are already arriving on their doorsteps.

In the Google Store, the company is now giving away free Star Wars themed Google Cardboard viewers. However, stock of these items seem to be going in and out at random. So if you don't see the 'Free' tag at the top right, or if it says unavailable, then keep checking every now and then and you...

Visa and the New England Patriots teamed up to give us an inside look at a professional NFL practice through virtual reality. You can check the experience out on YouTube using Google Cardboard for the best experience, though it's perfectly viewable on your Android device without it.

The Mattel View-Master VR headset has been priced at $30 ever since it was released. Today, we are seeing this VR headset with a $10 discount at two different retailers, Walmart and Amazon. http://www.amazon.com/View-Master-Virtual-Reality-Starter-Pack/dp/B011EG5HJ2

The New York Times has just announced a new way to express their yearly Great Performers series. As teased in their post on Twitter, it looks like the NYT will be incorporating Google Cardboard as a way to bring this series to VR on December 13th.

Just in time for the holidays, the all new consumer version of the Samsung Gear VR -- powered by Oculus -- is now available for $99.

The New York Times added the Paris vigils to their 360-degree VR app on Android (and iOS). Listen to interviews and experience the Paris vigils as if you were there in person.

Six of Lowe's retail locations in Ohio and Colorado(with more planned in the future), has setup a few VR stations with Oculus headsets that let you decorate and design a room as you see fit. Once you're done with the project, an employee will give you a Google Cardboard headset and then copy...

The New York Times was one of the first major news outlets to announce its VR efforts last month. Today they launched the NYT VR app with three poignant portraits -- a 9-year-old Sudanese boy, a 12-year-old Syrian girl and an 11-year-old boy from eastern Ukraine.

It looks like the New York Times wants to hit the ground running fast on their new virtual reality app. They're giving away VR headsets to those interested.