Nintendo has more plans for Labo, it appears, with the company having just announced the Labo VR Kit for the Nintendo Switch. It'll launch fairly soon, on April 12th, featuring five new cardboard creations; the Blaster, Camera, Elephant, Bird, and Wind Pedal, alongside the Toy-Con VR Goggles. There will be two versions available, the full kit, which will cost $79.99 and offer everything, or a more simple starter set, which will retail for a cheaper $39.99, and only come with the goggles and blaster.

Experience a new dimension of Nintendo Labo with the launch of the Nintendo Labo: VR Kit on April 12, which combines the innovative physical and digital gameplay of Nintendo Labo with basic VR technology* to create a simple and shareable virtual reality experience for kids and families. Nintendo Labo: VR Kit is the fourth kit in the Nintendo Labo series, providing the tools to make DIY cardboard creations called Toy-Con; play a variety of games with these creations; and discover how Nintendo Switch technology brings it all to life.

Nintendo Labo: VR Kit offers six new Toy-Con creations to build, including the Toy-Con VR Goggles, which combine with the other creations to allow players to interact with the virtual world through imaginative real-world actions. Fend off an alien invasion with the Toy-Con Blaster, visit a colorful in-game ocean and snap photos of the sea life with the Toy-Con Camera and so much more.

Nintendo Labo: VR Kit encourages passing around the Toy-Con creations among a group of people so everyone in the room can easily join in on the fun. To help encourage this social gameplay, players simply slip the Nintendo Switch console into the Toy-Con VR Goggles and hold it up to their eyes to explore numerous games and experiences – no head strap needed.

“This new kit builds on the core tenets of Nintendo Labo – Make, Play and Discover – to introduce virtual reality in a way that’s fun and approachable for both kids and kids at heart,” said Doug Bowser, Nintendo of America’s Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing. “We wanted to design an experience that encourages both virtual and real-world interactions among players through passing around Toy-Con creations.”

Nintendo Labo: VR Kit will launch in retail stores with two primary configurations, one that includes all Toy-Con creations and one that includes a smaller selection of projects to get started:

Nintendo Labo: VR Kit: Available at a suggested retail price of $79.99, the complete Nintendo Labo: VR Kit includes the Nintendo Switch software and materials to build all six Toy-Con projects – the Toy-Con VR Goggles, Toy-Con Blaster, Toy-Con Camera, Toy-Con Bird, Toy-Con Wind Pedal and Toy-Con Elephant – as well as a Screen Holder and Safety Cap. It’s a good option for kids and families who want to dive in to the full experience.

Nintendo Labo: VR Kit – Starter Set + Blaster: Available at a suggested retail price of only $39.99, the Starter Set includes the Nintendo Switch software, plus all the components to build the Toy-Con VR Goggles and Toy-Con Blaster, as well as the Screen Holder and Safety Cap. The Starter Set is a great entry point into the world of Nintendo Labo VR.

Players that own the Starter Set can purchase the following optional expansion sets to expand their experience:

Nintendo Labo: VR Kit – Expansion Set 1**: Available at a suggested retail price of $19.99, Expansion Set 1 includes the Toy-Con Elephant and Toy-Con Camera.

Nintendo Labo: VR Kit – Expansion Set 2**: Available at a suggested retail price of $19.99, Expansion Set 2 includes the Toy-Con Wind Pedal and Toy-Con Bird.

The inventive Toy-Con Garage mode – included as part of all Nintendo Labo software – returns with Nintendo Labo: VR Kit, offering basic programming tools for players to experiment with. More information about the experiences offered by Nintendo Labo: VR Kit will be revealed in the future.

The Nintendo Labo: VR Kit – Starter Set + Blaster and complete Nintendo Labo: VR Kit will be available in stores on April 12. The two expansion sets will be available exclusively online at https://store.nintendo.com/.

Source: Twitter
Nintendo Official Site

 

[Xzi]

And they'll be better and probably have a strap.

Not that it really matters, the experience is still limited by Switch's hardware. The really cool part will be when Switch emulators are far enough along to add the VR mode for PC headsets. Then you'll be able to up the render resolution.

 

[Longshot56]

Not that it really matters, the experience is still limited by Switch's hardware. The really cool part will be when Switch emulators are far enough along to add the VR mode for PC headsets. Then you'll be able to up the render resolution.

That would be cool too, but one step at a time.

 

[Grmmish]

"""""""""""""""""""""the resolution does NOT matter when it comes to VR""""""""""""""""""""" lmao

I read your comment and said "LOL WTF?! OF COURSE IT MATTERS!"
Then I read what you are quoting... And it seems you have missed the point. Yes it looks blurry, hurts the eyes. Whatever. But the point is when it comes to VR, ensuring the gyro positions and controls work properly is what matters most. Because if it is blurry or not, as far as I have experienced, you will get or not get a headache despite the resolution or how blurry it is... And EVEN IF you only get headaches on some lower graphical quality, that is a secondary concern. Ensuring VR works properly is primary... And Breath of the Wilds' VR capabilities are absolutely not prioritizing what matters most, causing a very disappointing experience.
I can play a PS2 game with VR (ACTUAL VR, not flat cinema mode stuff.) and feel it is a great experience just as well as a super HD computer game. So it's not about the resolution that makes the VR experience great. Of course we don't like blur. Just like we don't like lacking visual quality in ANY game or movie. But it does not defeat the experience if it is pixelated like Minecraft.... Of course as long as it was made that way.




... The only time it DOES matter is when you're playing XBOX 360 games with the AV wires and XBOX 360 games are senselessly not tuned to that, so things become impossible to read natively because it apparently is not a requirement to ensure your game works with the AV wires by Microsoft to go onto their console...