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Photos: Up close with the new Star Wars Google Cardboard, and its AR and VR features

By Erin Carson December 3, 2015, 5:39 AM PST

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Photos: Up close with the new Star Wars Google Cardboard, and its AR and VR features

1. These are the HMDs you're looking for

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1. These are the HMDs you're looking for

Lucasfilm partnered with Google to create Star Wars editions of Google Cardboard.

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Photos: Up close with the new Star Wars Google Cardboard, and its AR and VR features

2. Light side or dark side?

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2. Light side or dark side?

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.

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Photos: Up close with the new Star Wars Google Cardboard, and its AR and VR features

3. Star Wars app

3. Star Wars app

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.

Photos: Up close with the new Star Wars Google Cardboard, and its AR and VR features

4. BB-8 has a message

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4. BB-8 has a message

BB-8 delivers a message from the Resistance to you, a spy on the planet Jakku.

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Photos: Up close with the new Star Wars Google Cardboard, and its AR and VR features

5. A new message

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5. A new message

A new VR clip, or message from the Resistance, is available every few days through the release of The Force Awakens on December 18.

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Photos: Up close with the new Star Wars Google Cardboard, and its AR and VR features

6. Collectable images

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6. Collectable images

The app gives users a collectable image after receiving the message. This one shows the Millennium Falcon.

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Photos: Up close with the new Star Wars Google Cardboard, and its AR and VR features

7. Bringing Star Wars into your world

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7. Bringing Star Wars into your world

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.

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8. More Star Wars AR

8. More Star Wars AR

The app also lets users download pictures of the AR characters.

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