Even though Google put an end to Cardboard VR in 2021, it's not impossible to try it out. In 2019, the company announced that it was open sourcing the Google Cardboard software development kit.

Google launched Cardboard back in 2014 as an inexpensive way for anyone to get a virtual reality experience — though, compared to newer dedicated alternatives from companies like Oculus, the ...

Google announced that it’s open sourcing the software of Cardboard, its “no-frills” VR headset. It launched a documentation site and a GitHub repo for the software.

Apps can still be grabbed from the Daydream app on the Google Play Store, with 360-video being another example of the VR platform that Google Cardboard helped promote.