Lanterns for Google Cardboard is a free virtual reality app that showcases a serene night view of the Lantern Festival celebration. The app takes you to a beautiful world where serene mountains lit by the full moon reflect in the river, and flickering lanterns are both in the air and on the surface of the water. The Lantern Festival is celebrated in many orient countries, including China, Indonesia, Singapore, and Malaysia, where people launch paper lanterns both to the sky and to the water.

The app offers a full day-night cycle with a fish-eye view to adjust the view for lenses of VR headset. It also features head-tracking using gyroscope and customizable amounts of lanterns to offer the users a more personalized experience. Lanterns for Google Cardboard works with Google Cardboard, a low-cost and easy-to-get virtual reality viewer that transforms a phone into a basic VR headset.