Google Cardboard

​An MRI physicist at King's College Hospital in London has spearheaded a virtual reality app to help soothe children's fears about receiving an MRI. The "My MRI at King's" app is specially designed to walk children through the MRI process, which can be off-putting for first-timers of all ages.

​There are two popular ways to watch the Super Bowl: In person, if you’re lucky enough to score tickets and travel, or at home on TV, most likely surrounded by food and friends. This year, there’s one more option: watching clips in virtual reality.

Google has created one of the most comprehensive tours of the Sydney Opera House, that can be accessed without ever setting foot in Australia.

The release of Google Cardboard last year gave a lot of us an early taste of the "nearly here" world of virtual reality. But early content offerings were, to be blunt, pretty underwhelming. Thankfully, things are starting to change.

Today Google dished out a second-generation version of Google Cardboard to Google I/O attendees. We took ours for a spin and tried its new support for 6-inch phones the only way we knew how: by popping the Nexus 6 inside this bad boy.

Google has announced an updated version of its low-cost Cardboard headset, as well as a new feature designed to allow teachers to take their students on virtual field trips and a new project that allows users to create their own VR experiences.

Virtual reality is all the rage these days. Well, apart from the fact that you can't yet buy any of the most talked-about VR hardware. But if a so-crazy-it-might-work Google project has its way, we might all soon be walking around with homemade VR headsets made on the cheap. Meet Google Cardboard.