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All developers actively developing experiences for Google Cardboard should use the open source Cardboard SDKs for iOS, Android NDK, and Unity XR Plugin.
The Daydream View VR headset is no longer available for purchase as of October 15, 2019. As of November 2023, previously supported devices will no longer be able to download and install Google VR Serivces (Android application ID com.google.vr.vrcore) for new users.

Downloads and samples

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Google VR SDK CocoaPod

To create Cardboard-compatible iOS apps, download the GVRSDK CocoaPod as follows:

Install CocoaPods from cocoapods.org.
Add a file named Podfile to your Xcode project folder, if you don't have one already.
Add the line 'pod GVRSDK' to the Podfile.
Run the command 'pod update' from Terminal in the Xcode project folder. This will download and add the GVRSDK CocoaPod to your project.

You can find the class and method descriptions for the Google VR SDK in the API reference.

See the release notes for changes from the previous version.

You can try out a sample "Treasure Hunt" app which illustrates how to use the Google VR SDK for iOS.

To obtain this sample, clone the gvr-ios-sdk Github repository by running the following command:

git clone https://github.com/googlevr/gvr-ios-sdk.git

Once the clone operation completes, continue by reading the Getting Started guide.