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Google’s Next Phone Box Might Also Be A VR Headset

Mobile VR companies are practically giving headsets away in order to kick start their ecosystems. Gear VR is often bundled with new Samsung smartphones, and Google’s Daydream came free with anyone that pre-ordered a Pixel phone. But this new patent from the latter company reveals perhaps the most ingenious way to get VR into people’s hands yet.

The patent, published last month and discovered by TechRadar, details a box for a new smartphone that doubles as a VR headset. It’s got a pair of lenses embedded inside the box along with space for your nose. It opens on a hinge, so the first time you open it you’ll find your phone ready and waiting inside, and then you’ll place it back there every time you want to access VR.