Lucasfilm partnered with Google to create Star Wars editions of Google Cardboard.
The Cardboard units are available for free at Verizon stores, and are compatible with most recent smartphones. You can find R2D2, BB-8, a stormtrooper, and Kylo Ren.
The VR experience, Jakku Spy, is a part of the new Star Wars app, which was released on December 2 and also offers animated GIFs, emoji, augmented reality, selfies, a force trainer game, and other features.
BB-8 delivers a message from the Resistance to you, a spy on the planet Jakku.
A new VR clip, or message from the Resistance, is available every few days through the release of The Force Awakens on December 18.
The app gives users a collectable image after receiving the message. This one shows the Millennium Falcon.
The Star Wars app also has an augmented reality feature. By scanning a movie poster, the viewer can see either BB-8, a stormtrooper, or a flametrooper on her device. The characters even have some animation. It’s a bit gimmicky, but still neat.
The app also lets users download pictures of the AR characters.
Erin Carson is a Staff Reporter for CNET and a former Multimedia Editor for TechRepublic.
