Random: Leave Cardboard Behind With This 3D-Printed Labo VR Headset

Certainly looks a lot better, but I don't have a 3D printer

Does this print the lenses too (is that even possible)? Or do you add the ones you got from the labo kit?

EDIT: Guess you add the ones from the LABO kit, excuse me for not reading it the first time. So I guess you can't just print this instead of actually buying labo vr.

How about the full gun with the white IR stickers and everything? Because I’m gonna cry when mine messes up or wears out.

Hurting your eyes with style

Hurting your eyes with style

@Nicolai I am pretty sure that Nintendo probably has those sold separately for people who have damaged theirs?

I'll just stick to my PSVR thanks

No one suggesting Nintendo should block this and protect their IP...... mark me as shocked. This is exactly the same as all they other stories they jump all over from their morale but misguided high ground.

Looks great. Love stuff like this.

@Andors @iLikeUrAttitude Hurting your eyes with style

Meh. Don't like it

@StarmanSSP Right? If only plastics were somehow recyclables....

This looks alright. I don’t have a 3D printer, though

I'd love to know how many people are still playing Labo VR/have played Labo VR more than twice.

While this looks really cool, when will people learn that taking away the DIY cardboard element of Labo takes away most of the magic?? Like, this big ol’ Toy-Con Wind Pedal wouldn’t be nearly as cool if I just bought it one day and plopped it down in my room. No, I actually had to make it myself.

Although I suppose this guy still had to design this, and that must’ve taken quite a while... So props to him! 😊 Great job on these! I have no doubt it’s an improvement, haha. I’m just saying, taking cardboard out of Labo takes away some of its soul.

@Nicolai Lenses are available on a lot of sites for a couple bucks.

@WhoaManWtF : Good luck finding lenses that match the exact dimensions of the one included with the Labo VR kit.

@Stocksy The guy’s not selling them is he? I think freely distributing fan-designed hardware is a little different than fan-made software. The barriers to distribute software are virtually zero, where as this requires you to own a 3D printer and invest in filament. Someone could demo on YouTube how they made a cardboard headset, painted it with the Nintendo logo, and provide detailed plans - this is not exactly the same but similar.

@Reydn I’m all for this and all for fan made software and roms of software no longer available - all as morally corrupt as the other. 3d printer or not.

@Kalmaro have you checked your local libraries? More and more libraries are providing access to 3D printers, you just have to pay for the materials.

@hihelloitsme I'm still playing it and have 25+ hours in it so far. So, it's been more than twice.

@ShadJV I have not, but I work at a school district so I bet I could get someone to make one, if I really wanted.

@Stocksy lol I'm waiting for Nintendo to shut it down lol must defend the House of M(ario) and say no more fan work.

VR, a cool concept but something that'll never work well with videogames. I say Nintendo should just abandon VR while they had the chance, it doesn't seem like they know what to do with VR to make it more appealing to the general consumer.

@StarmanSSP if he printed it in pla, it would be biodegradable.

@retro_player_22 Pretty clear you have zero experience with VR outside of Labo.

If it didn't work well with videogames, why are some of the highest rated games of 2017/2018 VR games? Also explain how most of the ports that VR gets are the definitive way to play the game?

Ummm.... Where Do You Get The Lenses?

@StarmanSSP Yeah totally plastic would have never been used if it wasn't for this guy making this! What a jerk!

Looks good. Shame that Labo VR is still not available in any stores yet though.

@StarmanSSP If you want to do good for the world you should get involved in something that actually benefits it. Getting angry at random people on the internet for using a 3D printer isn't helping anything.

@StarmanSSP Why use ten pieces of cardboard when one piece of plastic won't ever need to be replaced?

@Nicolai

Hi Nicolai, yes it uses the lenses that come with the LABO kit, not sure if you can buy them separately. I could modify the design to fit alternative lenses but I don't want to cheat Nintendo out of sales!

@StarmanSSP

Hi StarmanSSP

Designer of the headset in the article. I designed this for (and printed it in) PLA which is biodegradable. I generally don't condone the use of ABS unless strictly necessary - which it isn't for something like this.

PLA is the most common 3D printing material and is biodegradable so most prints use it. As a result I've actually cut down on my non-biodegradable plastic use as I can print degradable versions of things I would otherwise have to buy.

@EpicGamenator

I designed it for use with the lenses that come with the LABO VR kit. In theory the design could be altered to fit different lenses but I have no plans to do this at the moment.

@MH4

Hi! I designed the headset in the article. I actually agree with you, most of the fun with LABO is building the kits (although the headset itself is probably the easiest and least interesting build in the VR kit).

I actually still use the cardboard headset but I wanted something a little more robust that I didn't have to worry would break and that also allowed for headstraps. This isn't intended so much as a replacement for the cardboard headset as it is a more heavy-duty alternative.

@Stocksy

Hi, I'm the guy that designed the headset in the article.

I did wonder if Nintendo might kick off about it when I made it - especially after it went semi-viral thanks to Kotaku. As it happens - nope. The official Nintendo LABO Twitter account even retweeted it.

I think they don't mind as it requires the lenses from the official LABO kit so it doesn't cut into their sales. I imagine I got away with using the LABO logo as I'm not selling it, the .STL file is freely downloadable for others to use and print.

From their perspective it's probably a win-win.

@VR32X actually considered attempting a version of the gun, but it would use a lot of PLA and it's also substantially more complex and would require a lot more building. It would take a lot of work and prototyping to get it working right and with the amount of PLA it would use would be expensive to develop.

By comparison the headset prints in only a few pieces and only requires one tiny bit of gluing (which come to think of it isn't even strictly necessary if you don't want a top strap).

@AlexBlackmore Thanks for responding! 😊 Good job on your headset design overall

@AlexBlackmore Thanks

@AlexBlackmore Thanks for trying!

@VR32X might still give it a try but might work up to it with some of the other LABO toycons first. 😁