Reviving Google Cardboard, Without Google Or Cardboard
CardboardXR is a project reviving phone-based VR using modern flagship phones like the Pixel 9 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro. Creator [brenpoly] bills it as 'A 5$ Apple Vision Pro', which holds only if you already own a flagship phone. It achieves 6 degrees of freedom tracking, camera passthrough, object detection, hand tracking, and gesture control, which is impressive compared to the 3DOF and zero tracking of old mobile VR. The software is based on Unity and takes major inspiration from Google's open-sourced Cardboard SDK, and the 3D-printed headset design with adjustable optics is available on Makerworld.

