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by throwaway2016a 3407 days ago
The Panic Room one is kind of a neat novelty VR app... you are put in a room with the room's rotation controlled by a person holding a physical box the size of the room.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1NYDN7sd0k

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"holding a physical box the size of the room"

What is this, a room for ants?

It is a finger box. A real collectors item!
I still have a couple finger boxes packed away somewhere. There was a major resurgence in the fad about 7 years ago.
It's easy to do, just follow these steps:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwCbbMgp3Lw

Hah, I meant to say shape. My mistake.
Is this anywhere downloadable? Looks really impressive.

It would be really cool if this could be controlled with two apps. One on a smartphone in the box, one as a cardboard monitor. Or is it already like that?

Not that I could see but I didn't look very hard.