Nintendo Labo has been with us for a little over a week now, but we're already seeing some incredible creations - including Game & Watch clones and other clever devices.
However, this latest example could be the best one yet. A Japanese user has hooked Labo up to a wheelchair, allowing the user to control its movement using the Labo motorbike Toy-Con.
On the surface, this is quite a simple project, but it's amazing to see Labo being used to help those with limited movement; proof that there's more to Nintendo products that meets the eye.
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Absolutely spectacular, this is so cool to see!!
That is truly amazing. Wonderful what people can come up with
Oh wow!!, This is Amazing!!,; Besides the fun and education, it can also help people in certain ways, like this one. ^.^
That's pretty impressive. Next thing you know, we'll be using the Labo fishing rod to catch actual fish...
Oh My Gooosh...!!
I Love you, Nintendo LABO !
Nice use of labo
Man, that's great!
I love Nintendo.
@QwertyQwerty It IS an electric wheelchair. The Labo ToyCon/Switch is simply being used to control it.
OK, from now on, anybody who says that Labo is "just cardboard" [removed]
Great, but...the electric wheelchair already has a joystick to control its movement...so this labo creation is a step backwards...still nice idea though
Not that it's not nice, but it looks like they pretty much connected it to the standard electric wheelchair control unit, exchanging the standard convenient and durable one-handed joystick you can control with a finger for a larger, heavier and more cumbersome unit made in large part out of fragile cardboard and with a separate battery with 5 hours of life at most, requiring both hands to use?
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Raziel-chan
Can't something just be cool for cools sake. This is just a feel good story. No it's not the most practical effecient setup in the world but do we really need to nitpick and over analyze?? I'm sure he's having fun with it cant we just leave it at that. Sheesh!
Amazing! I wonder how they hook up the Switch to the wheelchair controller, so it seems to be more complicated than what was seen on the surface.
Personally, I see the ToyCon Garage as the real deal behind the Labo. I hope they will release that separately as eShop download. It'll be really nice to be able to experiment and create stuff with Switch and JoyCons without purchasing the ToyCon set.
@Razzy ssshhh. This is nintendo fansite. Anything Nintendo Labo related is just super cool ultimate deluxe turbo edition 2 knuckles and tropical freeze
He’s having fun and that’s the main thing
Could this be the next Labo pack? Because this is amazing!
Awesome
can someone explain how this works? are the joycons vibrating being translated into a signal to the wheelchair? is it sound based? or… what?
am i the only one here dumb enough to not understand the technique at work?
That's pretty dang cool
@Alex78 yeah I wouldn't go that far, hoss.
Not really understanding this one because it's wired. Glad the dude is having fun with it - but....a little context?
This is why I love Nintendo. I know plenty have made fun of Labo and these cardboard creations but look at the ingenuity and joy it brings. Truly awesome.
@Dang69 It's wired into the wheelchair to control it. The Labo is controlling steering and throttle.
@onex Obviously. But this isn't really any kind of special feat of LABO or LABO garage programming, right? They essentially hard wired a controller in through the Switch itself or the joy-con or.... like everyone is praising NINTENDO here, but it's really more of whomever hacked and wired this stuff that deserves props.
@Dang69 I don't know all the ins and outs, but I'd have to imagine there was some Garage programming involved in order to wire into the wheelchair control mechanism.
@onex Well that's what I'm asking (some context for the ins and outs). I know it's a controller controlling a wheelchair, and is wired into it, lol.
@redd214
You know what they say dude, everybody has to be a Critic. They probably would have never thought of it, but they have to knock someone else for thinking outside the box (no pun intended). That's the internet in this internet age though dude. And what it has pretty much devolved into. As (IMO) it's certainly gotten more lowbrow the more time has went on. Snapchat, Instagram, yelling back and forth, memes. Everyone has to be cynical or try to be extra funny or something it seems.
You're right though, it's just cool for cool sake. And it spits in the face of everyone that was saying that there's no creativity involved since everything you create is already inside the Box. These people came up with a use for Labo kits well outside of what was included within the kit. So that shuts that crap up right there. And really, when's the last time you seen something this creative coming out of the video game medium? All these people want to do is talk about graphics, resolution, and now a one shot camera when talking about something supposedly revolutionary and innovative being brought to gaining LMAO.
You can't do that with Far Cry 5.
What if it rains?
@bluesdance I think the joy con are used without a Switch and either a computer or something like a raspberry pi is used to respond to the joycon bluetooth and control high power wheel chair motors.
Poltergust VR?
Labo and 1-2 Switch haters don't seem to realize there's such a thing as "The Disabled".
Insert cynical "you'd have to be [removed] to think this is fun" crack here.
@Octane Easy, you pull out your Nintendo Labo Umbrella.
Wow.
This is very cool to see. I remember when the original Wiimote bluetooth drivers were opened up on Windows we saw a whole lot of creative applications for that controller beyond just gaming. With the JoyCons' increased capabilities, I'd imagine the possibilities for creative applications would be even cooler. There's no telling what people could do with an affordable universal controller outfitted with an IR camera, gyroscope, accelerometer, analog inputs, etc.
Well that's pretty neat.
Give it some time and we'll probably see someone rip the handles off of an actual motorcycle and replace it with the Labo motorbike handles.
As a wheelchair user, I gotta say, this is awesome! Anything that promotes the wheelchair makes me happy.
@Octane The Labo-controlled wheelchair is a work in progress.
The finished product comes with a soft-top...
(or a complementary storm-umbrella)
ok that's cool
After reading this article, i was thinking something funny.
Can Nintendo consider to make Wheelchair Kart ?
And also included 200 - 400 cc.
Nice
This was a really great story — thanks for sharing, NL.
Who wants to gift me a Labo kit so I can try to program stuff in the garage?
Just get this, it's easier:
That's really cool! I can't wait to see just how creative people can get with Labo. It might well be the thing that makes me get a Switch. If I can find a bundle for a reasonable price, I might well get it.
Absolutely awesome. The potential of Labo is huge and I'm glad folks are interfacing it with everything in every day life. So cool.
This is so amazing!
Nice.
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