10 free Google Cardboard apps you need to try out

The Google Cardboard virtual reality headset and app platform has been out for a while now. It was introduced at the Google I/O developer conference in June 2014, but it’s not the most well understood technology out there. Perhaps the best way to understand it is to try it out. Fortunately, Google has been showcasing Cardboard-compatible apps in a special collection in the Google Play Store.

I’ve been exploring the apps in that collection. While some don’t appeal to me, others are downright awesome. The apps have helped me understand that you can actually pull off some impressive stuff when you stick some pieces of folded up cardboard on top of an Android phone and hold it up to your face.