It looks like Nintendo may be planning a sturdier replacement for the Labo VR headset, if a newly discovered patent is anything to go by.
Despite being considerably less powerful than the other consoles, the Switch does have its own VR headset – its just that its made of cardboard and part of the Labo VR kit.
It does work surprisingly well though, in a manner similar to Google Cardboard and other smartphone VR set-ups, and top games such as Zelda: Breath Of The Wild, Super Mario Odyssey, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, and Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker all have VR modes.
Nintendo Labo is probably not something anyone without kids would think of buying though, so perhaps its not surprising that Nintendo has designed a more robust alternative.
Like any patent, such as yesterdays leak of redesigned Joy-Cons, theres no guarantee that it will be turned into a new product, but it at least shows that Nintendo are thinking about making a plastic one.
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As you can see though, it seems to look and work almost identically to the Labo version, with the Switch slotting in at the front and no headstrap (the latter is a trick to make sure the device can get a lower age rating than it otherwise would).
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Nintendo applied for the patent in February 2018 but it was only published last month, having been spotted by LetsGoDigital – the same site that found the patent for whats to believed to be the
