--- description: New features are coming to the Google Cardboard virtual reality headset. title: Google Dropped a Major Hint About its Next Big Product image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt180551133c66f4db/69884fb1a988ca4d836b2868/gettyimages_458379268.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Tech](/tag/time-section-tech/) ## Tech Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Google Dropped a Major Hint About its Next Big Product by [Ben Geier / Fortune](/author/fortune/) ## Ben Geier / Fortune Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 19, 2015 1:39 PM CUT  A Google employee presents a Google Cardboard virtual reality headset for android smartphones during a Google promotion event at the City of Fashion and Design (Cite de la mode et du design) in Paris on November 4, 2014. A Google employee presents a Google Cardboard virtual reality headset for android smartphones during a Google promotion event at the City of Fashion and Design (Cite de la mode et du design) in Paris on November 4, 2014.Thomas Samson—AFP/Getty Images by [Ben Geier / Fortune](/author/fortune/) ## Ben Geier / Fortune Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 19, 2015 1:39 PM CUT Google Cardboard, the tech giant’s low-cost virtual reality product, is going to be getting some big upgrades this year — and the new features likely won’t be made of cardboard, according to [Gizmodo](http://gizmodo.com/at-google-i-o-cardboard-wont-necessarily-be-cardboard-1705382431 "undefined"). The idea of Google Cardboard, which is literally made of cardboard, is that it can cheaply turn a smartphone into a virtual reality set. The product was announced at last year’s Google \[fortune-stock symbol=”GOOG”\] I/O event. This year’s event is where Clay Bavor, Google’s product management and user experience chief for Gmail, Google Drive, and Google Apps, says the new features will be announced. Gizmodo notes that some of the limitations of the original Google Cardboard — for instance, the lack of a head strap and the limited vision field — could be fixed in upcoming versions. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3887438/google-cardboard-virtual-reality/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3887438/google-cardboard-virtual-reality/"},"headline":"Google Dropped a Major Hint About its Next Big Product","datePublished":"2015-05-19T13:39:35.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:05:22.921Z","description":"New features are coming to Google's virtual reality headset","url":"https://time.com/3887438/google-cardboard-virtual-reality/","keywords":["Tech","Google","Virtual Reality"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt180551133c66f4db/69884fb1a988ca4d836b2868/gettyimages_458379268.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ben Geier / Fortune"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt180551133c66f4db/69884fb1a988ca4d836b2868/gettyimages_458379268.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"FRANCE-TECHNOLOGY-BUSINESS-COMPANY-GOOGLE","caption":"FRANCE-TECHNOLOGY-BUSINESS-COMPANY-GOOGLE","creditText":"Thomas Samson—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3887438/google-cardboard-virtual-reality/","name":"Google Dropped a Major Hint About its Next Big Product"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"How Google Makes its Doodles","description":"Our videographer went to the Googleplex in Mountain View, California to meet some of the designers and coders who create the special, clever variations on the Google.com logo known as","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/upF0qp1E/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2018-07-07T16:09:57.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/upF0qp1E.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3887438/google-cardboard-virtual-reality/","duration":"PT3M23S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3887438/google-cardboard-virtual-reality/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```