Collection Highlights
The Indian Hunter
Date:
1860
Object Number:
1939.390
Medium:
Brown patinated bronze
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Google Cardboard headset
Object Number:
2017.32
Date:
2015
Medium:
Cardboard, plastic, velcro
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/2 × 5 3/4 × 3 1/4 in. (8.9 × 14.6 × 8.3 cm)
Marks:
Proper left and right sides: "For more information visit / nytimes.com/vr; front: The New York Times [GE symbol]; bottom: [CR code] / viewer profile / Get Apps and / product safety / information at: / google.com/cardboard / Google;" inside: [pictographs i
Inscriptions:
Description:
Google Cardboard virtual reality headset; corrugated cardboard viewer side flaps and void cut for nose; plastic lenses; and slot for inserting a smartphone with velcro-secured flap.
Gallery Label:
In November 2015, the New York Times helped usher in a new era of digital journalism by mailing more than one million Google Cardboard virtual reality headsets to print subscribers and simultaneously launching a new VR app. Early topics covered by "NYT VR" included refugee children, the US presidential election, and the dwarf planet Pluto, all evoking the feeling of actually being there.
Bibliography:
Credit Line:
Gift of Louise Mirrer
Provenance:
Place Made:
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
