Nintendo VR? Yes. Cardboard Labo VR? No thanks

Back in 2014, Google debuted Cardboard, a basic virtual reality viewer made from $5 worth of parts. At a time when standalone VR headsets weren’t yet available, the viewer used a cardboard box and two 45mm lenses to turn a smartphone into a modern take on Mattel’s classic View-Master toy.

Wednesday night, Nintendo announced its own version of Google Cardboard: the Labo VR Kit. Instead of inserting a pocket-sized phone into a box, Nintendo wants you to stick the larger, heavier Switch home/portable game console in an otherwise similar DIY cardboard housing, then play basic VR software on its big but low-resolution screen.