Google Just Put Its Search Design Chief In Charge Of Cardboard VR

The race to rule virtual reality is heating up.

By Brian P. Rubin

Google’s whimsically named Cardboard virtual-reality effort has a new chief, and possibly a new vision. Jon Wiley, who formerly headed up design for the company’s search division and—among other things—came up with the Cards user interface on Google’s mobile platforms, will be taking over a division that started off a little more than a joke a year ago.

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