We ordered about 600 Google Cardboards from a vendor in China (via ebay) at
a cost of ~$5 a pop and sold them to our members (a mix of public, school,
academic, & special)  for ~$3/pop to get them started and experimenting.
Some libraries are circing them, others are reserving them for specific
programming. The biggest piece of feedback that we're getting is that it
would be nice to have at least one or two dedicated devices in the space
for those who don't have phones or to provide quick demos to people who
might be interested. I've been looking at the feasibility of getting some
used Androids to wipe and preload with content.

Matthew Kopel
Research & Development Librarian
Central New York Library Resources Council (CLRC)
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On Thu, Mar 24, 2016 at 11:27 AM, Coates, Sarah <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> I know the University of Oklahoma Libraries is doing some really cool
> things with VR and other things. Here's the page for their Innovation @ the
> Edge program: https://libraries.ou.edu/edge which also has contact
> information. I think they've been doing VR stuff for at least a year or two
> now.
>
> Sarah
>
> ------------------
> Sarah Coates, MA, MLIS
> Special Collections and University Archives
> 204 Edmon Low Library
> Oklahoma State University
> 405-744-6076
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> ________________________________________
> From: Code for Libraries <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Jacob
> Ratliff <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2016 10:11 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Experience with VR in libraries
>
> I would recommend going to www.polygon.com and looking for articles by
> "Ben
> Kuchera." He's a video game journalist and VR enthusiast and has been
> writing extensively about the VR landscape for a few years. Definitely a
> good place to start.
>
> Jacob
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 24, 2016 at 11:08 AM, Edward Iglesias <
> [log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
> > Hello All,
> >
> > I am in the midst of putting together a proposal to try out some VR gear
> in
> > our library with the thought of eventually providing some student space
> to
> > support it.  Any reccomendations on equipment or things to looks out for.
> > So far we are looking at a couple of Oculus Rifts and perhaps an HTC
> Vive.
> >
> > Edward Iglesias
> >
>