[hungryhobbit]

I don't understand: why would anyone strap their phone to their face? What problem does this solve?

[yjftsjthsd-h]

As the readme says,

> No expensive headset. No cloud streaming. Just a phone, a cardboard viewer, and an arguably unreasonable amount of curiosity.

Even a cheap dedicated VR headset is hundreds of dollars. Cardboard is cheap.

[thatxliner]

it's useful on planes (that was my personal use case). also, privacy