Mattel View-Master hands-on: Retro toy gets AR upgrade

Mattel’s rebooted View-Master won’t be the only Google Cardboard headset around when it hits stores this October, but it’s possibly the most charming. Announced back in February, the distinctive red casing swallows up your smartphone and, courtesy of Qualcomm’s Vuforia, summons interactive scenes by scanning photo-reels. Mattel finally has working prototypes, so I dipped my toe into a VR scene at SIGGRAPH 2015.

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