How to watch YouTube on Cardboard viewers

The latest version of the YouTube app can play any video in virtual reality mode, on both Android smartphones and iPhones.

Just open up the app on your smartphone, and pull up any video.

Take, for example, thisÂ Cirque du SoleilÂ virtual reality video.

Notice the little Cardboard outline at bottom right? It’s circled in the image above.

Hit play and then click onÂ Cardboard icon to switch to VR mode.

Now you should see theÂ side-by-side virtual reality view where you feel in the middle of the action.

Now put the smartphone into your Cardboard-compatible viewer and enter the video.

But what if you want to watch a regular video, one thatÂ wasn’t filmedÂ in 360-degrees?

You can still watch it with your headset. It will feel a bit like you’re sitting in an extremely dark movie theater, watching the video on a giant movie screen.

Again, open the video on your smartphone.

Start the video, thenÂ click on the three-dot settings button at the top right.

A menu will pop up.

Click on the Cardboard icon.

Now the screen will switch to side-by-side view, and you can put the phone into your headset.

Want to find more 360-degree and VR videos? YouTube has a VR channel.

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Hypergrid Business editor and publisher Maria Korolov is a science fiction novelist. During the day, Maria Korolov is an award-winning freelance technology journalist who covers artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and enterprise virtual reality. See her Amazon author page here and follow her on Twitter, Facebook, or LinkedIn, and check out her latest videos on the Maria Korolov YouTube channel. Email her at maria@hypergridbusiness.com. Her first virtual world novella, Krim Times, made the Amazon best-seller list in its category. Her second novella, The Lost King of Krim, is out now. She is also the publisher of MetaStellar, a new online magazine of speculative fiction.