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Cool!

The Nintendo Labo: VR Kit is probably the cheapest way to have a VR experience using Switch.

It would be nice if this VR setup offers more than just a single game.

I take it they got the concept from Google Cardboard?

This reminds me of Virtual Boy.

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I don't know if they got the idea from Google Cardboard or not, though certainly there are similarities. But the idea of producing shells to strap to phones and such came around before Google Cardboard, I think. I have a Viewmaster from a few years back, for instance. Nintendo has just been reluctant to move into VR, I think, because the cost to consumers kind of goes against what they have found works best. But this approach... could be okay. As so many people have a Switch in their homes or will soon, you're down to a cost of only another $40 to add probably a very consumer-friendly approach to VR. So I think it could do very well. I know I would like to try it!

"Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." - John F. Kennedy on reality

"What if everything you see is more than what you see--the person next to you is a warrior and the space that appears empty is a secret door to another world? What if something appears that shouldn't? You either dismiss it, or you accept that there is much more to the world than you think. Perhaps it really is a doorway, and if you choose to go inside, you'll find many unexpected things." - Shigeru Miyamoto on secret doors to another world2

Was that a Vitual Boy reference at the beginning? I wondered why my lights were flickering.

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Lol, Joe! I had the misfortune of playing the Virtual Boy as a friend of mine owned one for a ... period longer than he may like to admit. It wasn't new then, and the technology was.. well. Yuck.

The Switch is being underestimated; it can produce some serious fidelity under the right circumstances (read: lower your polycount expectations, folks), and its GPU is quite modern, able to produce some very purty graphix.

I don't doubt for a moment Nintendo's ability to make fun games... and ignoring the naysayers is the way to go, as VR is an uphill battle at the best of times. The idea of family oriented VR is quite a different angle for the typical intended use for the tech.

I'm looking forward to seeing what they do with it... though I doubt I'll be seeing it personally. I'm a kid at heart, but my body's not so young...

Look, the only time I'm not wrong is when I'm right, so...

I played a Virtual Boy once at a Fred Meyer store when my family was visiting Portland (so yes, I was absolutely referring to that, Joe), during the brief window of time when the hardware was new and stores were trying to enthuse consumers. I wasn't all that impressed, which is saying a lot since I was and remain a huge fan of nearly everything Nintendo does.

"Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." - John F. Kennedy on reality

"What if everything you see is more than what you see--the person next to you is a warrior and the space that appears empty is a secret door to another world? What if something appears that shouldn't? You either dismiss it, or you accept that there is much more to the world than you think. Perhaps it really is a doorway, and if you choose to go inside, you'll find many unexpected things." - Shigeru Miyamoto on secret doors to another world2