Tech giant - Google - has always found out its own unique ways to make its product and services available to a larger mass. Over the time, the company has always put huge efforts in making new technology available to people at affordable pricing for easy and early adoption.
The company has previously made similar efforts in the VR industry as well. Back in 2014, Google launched the very affordable Google Cardboard Mobile VR Headset, with some very basic features to make more people aware of the VR world and let them have a first-hand experience to the immersive VR content. Also, Google has been offering the Daydream View headsets for all the Pixel smartphone buyers for free.
Google's VR Headset Patent
The company has recently published its new patent with the name " and McDonalds have earlier arrived with a DIY cardboard headset made out of their packaging boxes. However, these were just a part of their marketing push, users expect something more serious from Google in terms of hardware.