Google Releases Cardboard Camera App for iOS

With Cardboard Camera, now available on iOS, you can capture 3D 360-degree virtual reality photos.

VR photos taken with Cardboard Camera are three-dimensional panoramas that can transport you right back to the moment. Near things look near and far things look far. You can look around to explore the image in all directions, and even hear sound recorded while you took the photo to hear the moment exactly as it happened. To capture a VR photo, hold your phone vertically, tap record, then turn around as though you’re taking a panorama.

Google also announced that starting today you can share VR photos on both iPhone and Android.


Select multiple photos to create a virtual photo album, tap the share icon, and Cardboard Camera will generate a link (like this) that can be emailed, messaged, or posted in apps and on the web. With a VR viewer like Google Cardboard, your friends can relive those moments as if they were there.

To experience your photos in VR, you'll need to place your phone into a Google Cardboard viewer (http://g.co/cardboard).

You can download Cardboard Camera from the App Store for free.

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