Consumer Reports’ Advice On How To Get VR For Less

Spending a small fortune on a VR headset is hard to justify, just to experience 360- degree video and immersive storytelling. You can experience VR for a lot less with the Google Cardboard (starting at $15). While low-priced headsets are easy to find, great VR content is not. Although, it may be difficult to find, here are some of the best places to start exploring.

As you might expect, Google Cardboard headsets has a well-stocked library of content developed for the device and if you don’t have VR headset handy, you can still explore the worlds inside YouTube’s 360-degree videos on your smartphone. Even Facebook offers VR content, aggregating videos from brands, and populated with content from the feeds of friends.

As many of us know interactive storytelling is a hallmark of VR, the VRSE app takes storytelling to a whole new technology. Within the app, you’ll find 3D films and recent collaborations with NBC and The New York Times. For the world of virtual reality companies want to take it a step further and bring VR to classrooms.

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Do you travel outside the US often — or are you planning an international trip? Well our own Horacio has discovered an App called Mobile Passport. It’s an app that replaces the blue customs form when returning to the country. Their website says: “Follow the MOBILE PASSPORT CONTROL signs and skip the lines! Show your passport to the Customs & Border Patrol officer and scan the barcode on the CBP receipt. And that’s it!”  It’s not as good as my Global Entry, but it might at least help anyone without Global Entry and worth looking into. You just need a US or Canadian Passport and a smartphone. Mobile Passport is available for iOS and Android.