Thanks to Google, You can get virtual reality on your iPhone now

Google is releasing its Cardboard virtual reality headset for iPhone, as part of its push towards VR.

Headset can be made for a few pounds, and gives people access to virtual reality using phone’s screen.

The company released Cardboard last year – a piece of cardboard that uses velcro to cheaply attach a phone to people’s face, letting them experience a version of virtual reality. But it has now moved to it iPhone, as well as releasing a new version of the headset that is easier to assemble and fits bigger Android phones.

iPhones have always fit into the cardboard headset. But Google has now moved its development kit – the tools that designers use to put things into the headset – will now work on iOS as well as Android.

Google released the Cardboard updates alongside new experiences for its virtual reality tools. Those includes “Expeditions” – a full setup that allows whole classes to go on school trips using the tools.

Expeditions give schools a class-worth of cardboard headsets and phones, and give the teacher a tablet to control the experience. Students can then all go and look around a virtual recreation of different places, Google said.

The company said that Cardboard for Android had been a huge success, with over 1 million people using the technology.

Google said that the virtual reality plans were part of a broader focus on bringing the real world to people.

* I use an iphone and this is good news, looking forward to this :-)