Reminder: Switch Enters The World Of VR Today With Nintendo Labo

Until VR actually gets good there will be no eason to get excited about it, plus this is worse than what's on the market. The only saving grace is the game designer.

Cue happy kids but disappointed adults in 2 weeks time.

Cue a load of Chinese rip offs being bought my adults by mistake

Can anyone tell me if this works for people with glasses? I've seen some positive reviews and am interested in picking it up but if I can't wear my spectacles then it would just wreck my eyes.

Look, Smithers, Labo is coming.

@Ooccoo_Jr
On the new nintendo voice chat two hosts with glasses said they could use the labo vr with their glasses on.

LABO is akin to owning a $120,000 Lexus and having the air conditioner be a bag of ice you leave on the passenger seat...and no I'm not a Nintendo hater. I only own Nintendo consoles...

@SetupDisk Cheers pal, will give it a go in that case. Haven't downloaded this week's podacst yet, I always enjoy the show.

@SetupDisk Very is already good, great even, and anyone claiming otherwise almost certainly hasn't used a headset like the Oculus Rift, HTC Vive or PSVR and played some of the best games on those headsets--such people really don't know what they are talking about.

@Ooccoo_Jr
They are back to video on youtube and host actually puts it on over her glasses during the show.

@impurekind
Stop it now, yes you bet on vr. Don't try to sell it like ever other article that even mentions it on this site. Paragraphs upon paragraphs of absolute drivel.

@SetupDisk Nice one. The move to audio only didn't last long then!

@Pazuzu666 Look, Nintendo Store links not Amazon links!

Not for me. Maybe for my kids.

Can any one let me know if il be able to use the goggles with just the right joycon? My left is a hori dpad one witch has no wireless or gyro but it looks like the goggles would work kinda the same as aiming in botw or wolfenstein that works fine with one joycon

It’s extremely lame that there’s no online sharing of VR game creations.

Why do people compare this to other VR headsets like Rift and PSVR? This isn't competing with that market. At all.

To be fair this looks better than I was expecting

What VR needs is higher resolution, better viewing area and it needs to be wireless. Until then, I'll prefer Labo VR for much, much less money.

Well, good luck Nintendo. 😀

I’m gonna give this a try to check out Zelda VR. Wish there was a basic kit with only the headset, but $40 for the gun pack isn’t too bad. This will likely be my only Labo purchase ever, and my first look at VR, albeit in a limted form. Hope they add support for Mario Kart VR.

Woohoo! I'll be grabbing it during lunch when I pick up some truck parts. Gonna be a fun evening

I was reminded when I received it at work. It's sitting next to me begging me to go home early.

Also, how come buying everything separately is cheaper than buying the whole set? I know it's only £1 but you would expect the complete set to be cheaper, not more expensive.

@Rhaoulos I never did check, but assuming it's cheaper b/c Nintendo charges for S&H on their website.

I'm still curious if we can just buy the $40 set and kind of make our own contraptions for the others as supposedly there is no cart in the 2 $20 sets.

Why do I have this feeling that everybody mocking this in the comments are the same people who said Switch could never do VR at all b/c it doesn't have enough power or high enough screen resolution. But here we are. Not expecting it to compete w/ my PSVR headset but for $40 we'll have some fun.

Needs Link's Crossbow Training VR. Make it happen Nintendo. You already have the on rails engine in there, basically just gotta throw a skin on it.

This is the most laborious VR in the world.

@TipsySonic from what I've read the switch itself has gyro so it doesn't even need the joycons for that.

When will some gamers realize that Labo is not targeted to them? It's meant for 7-12 year olds and it's not just about the software. I do not have much interest in VR since it still has a few kinks to be worked out but this one is interesting because of the construction aspect and it's a low price for entry. It's not meant to be Vive, Oculus, or PS VR so I have no idea why it's being compared to them.

@wratih9 If you want to destroy your kid's eyesight permanently. Go buy Labo VR. /Shrug

Due to the extreme low resolution, Labo VR will be a huge strain on the eyes (and brain) and young kids are not good in moderating themselves.

As excited as I was about getting a $4 Google Cardboard, and holding it up to my face for some low tech VR 🙄

Failed with adults so Lets now try and trick their KIDS into wanting it 5 years later.

You can get HOB + CupHead for the price (Or Hellblade)... You also get nice cardboard for FREE if you order from Amazon 😀

I’ve had mine this morning. Assembled goggles and lenses in about 20-25mins. Been mucking around with the 64 games that use just the goggles so far. Will build the other bits with my kids this weekend. First impressions are pretty good. These 64 mini games are a lot fun as you’d imagine and the kids will love them. The res is obviously low and the slight blurring with screen lag is noticable but once I start playing I’ve been too busy having fun to care. My arms are sore though. Been playing about 2h. Overall I’m very happy with my purchase and can’t wait to play with my kids.

@Jeronan

Why do you think Nintendo made it to where there was no strap to it? I would imagine most kids will only do this for an hour only at most. I believe most VR is fine after the age of 6 or so, I think the 3DS went through the same thing and that was 7 or 8 years ago. The higher resolution is important but again I believe Nintendo designed the art style in a way to get around this.

@Moshugan agreed. They absolutely need sharing on the user made content. This could be the Mario Maker of vr. Without it, this is just a little peek into a world that could be soo much bigger.

When/if they allow this, or have more games (Mario Kart, Pokemon Snap, etc) supported, I will get mine.

@MayorBigDeal Wait... is this a joke from a book. I've heard it somewhere before

@wratih9 you make a good point but still they continue with their rants. I don’t know what’s the matter with these people.

Today was my first time using VR. But it wasn’t a game; it was training at work. Why’d they have to do it on release day?

Work stole my VR-ginity when I was saving myself for Link. 😪

@SetupDisk This not a "bet". VR is 100% the real deal, and only people who haven't tried it or at best have maybe watched some crappy 360 video on Gear VR or something like that think otherwise.

If anyone thinks this kind of experience in VR isn't an order of magnitude beyond any experience they can have playing a similar game on a normal TV using normal controls, in terms of the sheer fear and terror that is experience simply by virtue of it being in VR, then they've almost certainly never touched real VR in their life:

And this too:

The difference is so profound that for someone like me I can't even play games like this is VR because it's TOO immersive. I am literally too terrified to play games like this in VR--that's how compelling and convincing the experience is.

For anyone that hasn't tried VR yet is claiming it's no big deal--you literally have no clue.

But one day you will.

I think I’ll wait for feedback on Zelda

@impurekind
Perfect example, way to prove my point. I never said VR won't be exciting one day, I am sure it will, one day if if it gets good I will love it. Right now it can't compare to reality, not even close. That will take decades. It's great as a training tool for dangerous jobs and practice so it has merit. But for Resident Evil becoming so scary you can't even play it? Yeah drivel.

@Moonlessky there definitely in the joycon not the switch ahh I really hope I can give it ago haha

@SetupDisk Dude.. You never tried the VR so your words mean nothing. Its not worth buying now cause only a few games are worth it (hey, like the Nintendo Switch at his beginning).. but these few games really deserve to be tried on VR. And yes, RE7 on VR is one of them

@GabSt
I never tried VR? Who the hell are you? Of course I have tried VR. There are things called demonstrations that people use to sell things. Plus you are comparing VR, a concept across multi platforms which is basically still an add on to a ps4, pc or smartphone to buying a new console that doesn't release with lots of games?

I'm sure you are Impurekid because you make a ton of assumptions and very little if any sense.

@TipsySonic got the labo vr today, can confirm the tablet has gyro too. Dont need the joycons attached to move the camera. There are minigames were you use the rt joycon as a pointer in your hand and you move the camera with the tablet

@Moonlessky ahh thanks for this information I really didn't think the tablet had built in gyro aswell sweet so I should be able to use the Goggles at least that's the main thing I want to try for breath of the wild hehe how about the zapper any chance to use that or

@LetsGoSwitch "I figure it's some guy's name. Some guy named Gabbo."

Ringing any bells yet?

I know I read that somewhere but I'm not sure where...

@SetupDisk What utter garbage are you talking here?

So, because VR isn't so convincing you believe it's actual [boring] reality then it's not great already? Following that logic every single Switch game, and indeed every game ever released, would fall short. I'm not sure you have the slightest clue what you're talking about here.

I'm going to state something that I think is a fact at this point (at least based on what you're saying): You have not played VR.

Now, assuming I am correct in that presumption, you should just shut up because you're making yourself look like an ignorant tool spouting utter garbage.

And let me reiterate something here just in case you really don't get it: I'm not making stuff up when I say I literally can't play these horror games in VR because they're simply too terrifying in that medium. I booted up Resident Evil 7 on my bro's PSVR and literally could not leave the first room because I was given the utter chills just standing in that room with the rotten walls and stuff. I was actually unnerved standing there in that disgusting and oppressive starting room and didn't want to experience what came next. Watching it on a screen is not even comparable to standing inside it and seeing and "feeling" it all around you and really getting a sense of being in such a sinister place. He told me it was fine and nothing was going to happen in the next room, but I was so scared standing in that first virtual room that I couldn't go any further because I knew if a monster jumped in my face I'd probably rip off the headset quickly and likely end up breaking it or something. No game on a monitor has ever created that reaction in me before, horror or otherwise.

Another example: I was playing a game called Face Your Fears in VR that had a part built around a fear of heights, and I was literally standing there with my legs physically shaking and almost buckling because the sense that I was standing atop a giant skyscraper on a tiny and unstable platform jutting out from it was so convincing and so compelling I was genuinely afraid. I intellectually knew I was safe in my house and standing on my living room floor; my inner brain had convinced itself I was in danger.

And this has happened to countless people in VR at this point, so there's no argument to be made I'm just making this up or exaggerating:

Check the part here at 3:15 where Ronnie O'Sullivan falls over because his brain has been fooled into believing that's a real physical pool table in front of him:

That's not him just faking it; that's him believing it.

This kind of reaction to VR (whatever the game/experience) is very common and it's not fake:

And that kid at the end who was clearly very scared and upset just looking at a flat monitor screen--he would likely be traumatized for weeks if he'd been playing that very same scene actually inside VR.

Again, you have no clue what you are talking about. And, just to clarify, it has nothing to do with these games looking photo-realistic. It is about a genuine sense of "presence", that feeling that what you are experiencing is actually real and right there in front of you in physical and tangible form, and that's true even when the world in front of you looks like a cartoon (it just appears like the cartoon is physically really there in front of you and all around you in full 3D). But you probably don't understand what I'm talking about because you don't get what it is that makes VR different to every single other medium that has come before it.

You will though--and then we can both celebrate the next paradigm shift in gaming and entertainment.

@Jeronan 3D and VR being bad for children's eyesight has been debunked several times. There is no evidence that it causes any issues. Several optologists have come out to say it can actually help a child develop better depth perception.

https://www.2020onsite.com/blog/is-3d-bad-for-your-childs-eyes

https://www.digitaltrends.com/virtual-reality/is-vr-safe-for-kids-we-asked-the-experts/

@SetupDisk Regardless of what you think, the overwhelmingly majority of people that try VR have fun and see the potential.

Most people don't buy in because of cost, content, setup difficulty, comfort, etc. But when they are actually using it, it's almost always met with enjoyment. And if you think it will take decades for it to be where you want it to be, you've spent zero time doing research as to how fast it's progressing.

Had a little extra money on my check this weekend and went to buy one. Neither Wal-mart nor GameStop even got any delivered. Don’t feel like ordering it. I would say I’d wait to try a friend’s, but I’m usually that friend that everybody else relies on to buy and try stuff out.

I’m stoked for this. I had to cancel my preorder because this weekend I’m playing “brakes and rotors.” Fingers crossed I can unlock the “passes inspection” achievement. I hear the game really opens up after.