This post is brought to you by Turespaña, which promotes Spain as a destination abroad.

Virtual reality (VR) seems like a difficult thing to attain but now one simple device is changing that. The future is here with a simple cardboard device, which you can buy on the Internet and do-it-yourself at home – in fact, in can be yours for a mere RMB 25 on Taobao (this is just one link to many similar objects).

With a lens kit, magnets, two Velcro straps and a rubber band you can easily take a walk around the streets of any city in the world from the comfort your home.

We have been testing the device in the streets of Madrid and the results have been much better than expected; you may want to now try it on the streets of Beijing.

To try it out, you only need the device, your mobile phone and the app (which you can get on the iPhone App Store or Google Play).

With that, you will be able to reproduce a special video that looks like this (VPN required); you can also check this video on Youku.

The result is a usable headset good enough to travel around the world with and help others to experience a genuine VR revelation. The 3D effect is perfect! The user’s eyes and brain automatically adjust and the new reality comes to live.

The feeling you get after using the cardboard device is one as though you had actually been to the place you visited virtually – the most important sights, boutiques, avenues … You get to experience everything with a 360º experience.

It is time for a virtual reality you can both build with your hands and feel with your eyes.

Photo courtesy of Turespaña