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Re:Unofficial Google Cardboard Kit by prbuckley on Wednesday June 25, 2014 @10:01PM (#7947784)
Happy to answer any questions people have on the kit, our product page seems to be hiding the description so here are some more details.

We did the math and it costs over $45 to order all those bits and pieces Google suggested, and that doesn't even include shipping from 4 different vendors.

We are gathering all the pieces you will need to assemble your own Google cardboard VR goggle (minus the smartphone). We precut the cardboard and you should be able to assemble all the pieces in under 5 minutes. Easy Peezy. Get cracking and place your order.

Here is what comes in your kit.. - Precut cardboard - Lenses - Magnet - Velcro - Rubberband - upgrade for optional NFC tag (not included in base kit)

estimated delivery 4-6 weeks

Re:Unofficial Google Cardboard Kit by chamakits on Wednesday June 25, 2014 @10:10PM (#7947815)
As it stands right now, it seems to be highly misleading. If I hadn't read your comment I could be misled to believe that you are selling the 'Official' version for the following reasons:

1- Using Google's own images.

2- Nothing indicating that it isn't official.

It is at worse maliciously misleading, at best misguided. You should correct that.

Re:Unofficial Google Cardboard Kit by prbuckley on Wednesday June 25, 2014 @10:15PM (#7947828)
All of that copy in my comment is suppose to be displayed on the product page but Shopify seems to be broken at the moment. We are not trying to mislead anyone.

Google released all the drawings and is encouraging people to build these, we just want to help make that easier.

Re:Unofficial Google Cardboard Kit by dwild on Wednesday June 25, 2014 @10:37PM (#7947878)
Will it be identical to the one from Google? I don't want to buy it blindly.
Re:Unofficial Google Cardboard Kit by prbuckley on Wednesday June 25, 2014 @10:40PM (#7947884)
dwild, we will cut exactly from the same patterns Google provided. All parts will be equal or better in quality.
Re:Unofficial Google Cardboard Kit by prbuckley on Wednesday June 25, 2014 @10:16PM (#7947830)
Also just added unofficial to the title of the post to avoid any confusion.
Re:Unofficial Google Cardboard Kit by mgberlin on Wednesday June 25, 2014 @10:12PM (#7947822)
Wow, really glad I read the comments before I put in my credit card info. Four to six weeks, you must be out of your mind. If you don't get that one the site fast you're going to have a whole lot of angry people on your hands.
Re:Unofficial Google Cardboard Kit by prbuckley on Wednesday June 25, 2014 @10:17PM (#7947833)
working on that, I think we should be able to deliver faster I just don't want to dissapoint anyone.
Re:Unofficial Google Cardboard Kit by ewang1 on Wednesday June 25, 2014 @10:42PM (#7947889)
If you don't deliver before 4 weeks, chances are all the credit card pre-authorizations would be void anyways. With Stripe, it's even shorter.

Unless you plan on capturing the funds at order time instead of shipment time?

Re:Unofficial Google Cardboard Kit by prbuckley on Wednesday June 25, 2014 @11:42PM (#7948028)
Thanks for the heads up on this.
Re:Unofficial Google Cardboard Kit by technological on Thursday June 26, 2014 @12:15AM (#7948100)
Hey from where are you shipping this from ?? I mean r manufacturing ??
Re:Unofficial Google Cardboard Kit by prbuckley on Thursday June 26, 2014 @01:08AM (#7948215)
We have a factory in San Francisco which is where we will make and ship these kits from.
Re:Unofficial Google Cardboard Kit by jtreminio on Wednesday June 25, 2014 @10:09PM (#7947812)
> estimated delivery 4-6 weeks

Sorry, in the age of near-immediate gratification from Amazon, up to 42 days until I see the product I paid for is a huge turn off.

Cut that down to 5-7 days and I'll have my wallet out in seconds.

Re:Unofficial Google Cardboard Kit by prbuckley on Wednesday June 25, 2014 @10:38PM (#7947880)
I can appreciate the eagerness to get everything instantly. However I hope you can appreciate that physically cutting and shipping lots of stuff that was only announced to the world 12 hours ago takes time. I wish hardware was as easy as pushing something to Git hub but unfortunatly it is not.

You are always welcome to go order the parts and cut the cardboard yourself.

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Re:Unofficial Google Cardboard Kit by prbuckley on Wednesday June 25, 2014 @11:28PM (#7947999)
Most likely we will use a laser cutter but if we get enough orders we will have them diecut.

Also a cutting plotter would dull very quickly cutting through corrugated so edges would not be as clean.

Re:Unofficial Google Cardboard Kit by 27182818284 on Wednesday June 25, 2014 @10:44PM (#7947893)
>Sorry, in the age of near-immediate gratification from Amazon, up to 42 days until I see the product I paid for is a huge turn off.

If you frequently find yourself angry that you can't buy a new package Amazon-style less than 12 hours from its announcement to the general public, I would suggest you seek professional help as you might be able to improve your impulse control.

Re:Unofficial Google Cardboard Kit by tnorthcutt on Wednesday June 25, 2014 @10:51PM (#7947908)
"a huge turn off" != "find yourself angry"

I agree the parent's attitude is a bit silly, but you are putting words in their mouth.

Re:Unofficial Google Cardboard Kit by micro_cam on Wednesday June 25, 2014 @11:10PM (#7947947)
What lenses are you using? That seems like the crux of the matter.
Re:Unofficial Google Cardboard Kit by frandroid on Wednesday June 25, 2014 @11:08PM (#7947938)
Right I can't seem to be able to order the NFC tag variant:

Cannot find variant (request_id: e6778ba4-1faa-41fa-96da-f666ee6c2073)

Re:Unofficial Google Cardboard Kit by prbuckley on Wednesday June 25, 2014 @11:15PM (#7947961)
sorry we were just messing around with trying to fix the product description thing. Try going back to product page and adding to cart again and it should work.
Re:Unofficial Google Cardboard Kit by frandroid on Thursday June 26, 2014 @12:08PM (#7950303)
Thanks, ordered.
Re:Unofficial Google Cardboard Kit by CmonDev on Thursday June 26, 2014 @09:08AM (#7949375)
Will there be a tablet version as well (Nexus 7 2013)?