| Azelover said: Cardboard being a step back is an illusion. There are many advantages to using cardboard. Firstly, it does the job, and it has been documented already that it isn't flimsy or easy to break. Second, it is easy to get rid of, therefore it is good for the environment. So, actually I don't think it's a step back, but the opposite. It's a step forward. In the future, these larger products could be made of cardboard. Why not? You think most toys nowadays, you're paying for plastic? Not at all. Most of what youre paying has to do with the industrial design. And Labo is ALL industrial design. In fact, it is very intelligently created. The value of the industrial design behind Labo is huge. And I believe this is a sign of things to come. Someone asked me the other day, how the robots of the future would be made. And my answer is, a very small portion will use circuits and metal, most of them will be made of other materials. Perhaps not even plastic. I wouldn't be surprised if they were made of cardboard, aside from the chip set. It's a very good material that can be replaced easily. |
There's way too much logic in this post!
The idea that it's just cardboard denies the briliance of this product. Everytime I show the video to someone and the piano actually plays sound, their jaws drop. They say WTF, how does it do that? Everytime! The rest of the video is icing on the cake where their mind is still trying to catch up with what they're seeing. They're not freaking out about it being cardboard, they're freaking out about it being cardboard and yet able to do something almost magic or at the very least hi-tech, albeit with a low-tech vibe.
What people forget the most I think, though, is that this isn't about cardboard or even the software that comes with it. This is about the Switch. This is about all the gadgetry packed into the joycons and the fact that they are so versatile to be able to be removed from the handheld and put to use in a variety of unexpected uses. And we've only seen the first series and a half of what's to come.
