Gadgets

  • The Nintendo Switch’s Labo VR Kit Is Cheap VR That Doesn’t Suck

    The Nintendo Switch’s Labo VR Kit Is Cheap VR That Doesn’t Suck

    Considered Nintendo’s biggest failure and the butt of endless jokes, the Virtual Boy delivered an embarrassingly limited virtual reality experience when it debuted in 1995. But the console’s quick death didn’t discourage Nintendo from taking risks, and 24 years later its second attempt at virtual reality leverages the Switch hardware to deliver a series of…


  • How Wacom’s New Affordable Cintiq Beats The iPad

    How Wacom’s New Affordable Cintiq Beats The iPad

    With the iPad Pro and its tight integration with the Pencil stylus, Apple’s tablet finally became a legitimate content creation tool for artists—and legitimate competition for Wacom, whose tablets have been a staple among designers and pixel pushers for decades. Wacom’s hardware, particularly its touchscreen Cintiq tablets, don’t come cheap, but its new $899 Cintiq…