Posted on 02/13/2015 9:24:57 AM PST by Citizen Zed
Mattel’s new View-Master, which launched on Friday, will debut this fall for $29.99. The View-Master uses Google's virtual reality cardboard technology and it works with various smartphones; users must slide in their mobile device, and pair it with a corresponding app.
I held the View-Master (there are no straps) in my hands and moved my head from side to side to see different scenes as if I was actually there. After looking at the center of the circular reel, a 3D image surfaced — in my case, it was a dinosaur. I then hit a button on the side of the device to enter the virtual world. Little circular blurbs popped up across the landscape too. By pressing down on the button again, I was treated to some facts about the dinosaur age.
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Hmmm. Maybe my LG G3 screen resolution will really matter with this thing.
wasn’t Henry Fonda a spokesperson for the View Master? or did i dream that?
I still have my original View-Master from the 60’s, and a bunch of discs. It still works great. I love that thing!
Takeover target? Or am I jumping to conclusions?
Also Peter Brady... or NOT Peter Brady? Looks like him but I don't think the kid's age lines up with the commercial year.
good catch! that is Peter Brady--rather, Christopher Knight...
I have a view master (inherited from my father 30 years ago) and a set of discs that were used during WWII to teach aircraft identification and range estimation.
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