CommonFloor Retina: A Google cardboard to help you view your future home

The CommonFloor Retina app is available on Google Play for download. While the app and cardboard kit should work properly with any 5-inch Android smartphone with NFC, the company says that the app is build keeping the Google Nexus 5 smartphone in mind.

The company plans to provide cardboad kits to sales persons at project sites to help buyers get an idea as to what they will get to see when the project is completed.

The app currently lists new projects for sale and going forward it may include rentals as well.

If you are familiar with live 360 degree views, then the CommonFloor Retina experience is familiar to that. But everything is in 3D. It should amaze you if you are trying it for the first time. A voice will guide you through the details of a particular property. So, don’t forget to plug in your earphones.

The CommonFloor cardboard kit is basically a well-designed Google Cardboard kit. If you are not too keen on buying it, you can always get a cheaper variant for as low as Rs 250 and use any 5-inch Android smartphone to get the VR experience. Also, NFC shouldn’t be a problem. If you don’t have it on your smartphone, you can always tap on the smartphone screen instead of using the magnetic trigger on cardboard to navigate inside the app.

Overall, the VR idea sounds really interesting and CommonFloor has made a good app. CommonFloor Retina is more engaging and will help you get an idea as to what you are buying.