Using 3ds Max to create a 3D model of the Virtual Boy.
I was looking for one the other day but could not find one.
I read a post here that some people were interested in one, so I decided to start my own.

currently an hour and a half into creating the model.
Only problem is I do not have an eye shade or a stand.

Anyone have a side view and front view of the eye shade and the stand?

I will make the 3D model downloadable and free.

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Visor mount needs altering slightly.

I need to alter the length and cutout positions in the visor, cutouts are crucial to positioning as they locate to the tabs on the head unit, I didn’t double check the crucial mount dimensions before i released the model, have done so now and need to tweak, so if anyone is planning on 3D printing one from the model i posted the other day please don’t, it won’t fit.
I only need to tweak it by 1mm or 2 but it does need updating when i get the time, hopefully some time today.

KR155E: Hedgetrimmer’s visor plate STL download doesn’t work! I managed to use the OBJ version, but it’s still a problem…

Hedgetrimmer: Nice job! I had already made a basic version in SketchUp, but yours is (as usual) insanely accurate! :thumpup:

RunnerPack wrote:
KR155E: Hedgetrimmer’s visor plate STL download doesn’t work! I managed to use the OBJ version, but it’s still a problem…

Hedgetrimmer: Nice job! I had already made a basic version in SketchUp, but yours is (as usual) insanely accurate! :thumpup:

Thanks fella, heres a revised version, the cutouts now are dimensionally in the right place to mate with the locating tabs on the head.
This is only really for anyone who wants an accurate model to make anything from, so I’ve just enclosed an STL version, it looks identical to the original but there are minor changes that were needed to make the model accurate to what exists, hence raising it to revision A.

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I printed one today. It fit’s great !

I’ve run out of black filament, but I think it looks OK in red.

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muhahaha. Oki, I want to get a clear base for my vboy..i want to see thru it 🙂

Oh that looks gorgeous! I love it! Custom colors ahoy!

Do they even make translucent filament?

Soooo — how much for a printed one? I snapped one in two; guy at the fair sold me some “wonder glue” s’posed to be stronger than strong, whiter than white, cleaner than clean (wait, wrong commercial) — “very strong”. Looks like super glue and exploits aluminum oxide powder.

…but a new one would be better. It’s ABS, isn’t it?

(You should be receiving my mailed order for a “flashboy” any day now!)

🙂

WOW, that looks great as well, 3D printing rules! This really gives the VB more security for the future (since these kind of parts are hard to come by).

TheForce81 wrote:
WOW, that looks great as well, 3D printing rules! This really gives the VB more security for the future (since these kind of parts are hard to come by).

Indeed. Perhaps the most frequently broken part is the plastic “stand-legs” hub. It would be nice to have a replacement modeled after the original, with the word “NINTENDO” — but perhaps with a slot for some metal reinforcement.

They are talking about the ability to print electronic circuits in the future; perhaps we could print connector cables right onto the LED displays.

Or better, print organic light emitting diodes in a linear array of RGB, and program some COLOR Virtual Boy games!

I see it now — a new release of the VB with backwards-compatibility (old games work!), and a new line of games! Wait — print not a linear array but a 3×4 grid, and no bulky console with mirrors but a lightweight pair of glasses and a belt-mounted box with a game-cart slot!

(Hey — every new invention begins with “Wouldn’t it be great if…”)

Technically, they could build that now; I have two types of LCD video glasses, both fit in a shirt pocket; it wouldn’t need a very big box to contain the CPU, power supply, and cart-slot. Maybe we could incorporate hand and foot position sensors instead of joysticks, so we could literally walk into games…

(“Anyone seen Riker?” “Yeah, he’s on the holodeck…”)

Soooo — how much for a printed one

You can have this one. I don’t need it. I just printed it to check the .stl

It’s ABS, isn’t it?

PLA, which is very similar

I’ve already sent your FlashBoy+, but if you PM me your address I’ll send it to you.

Do they even make translucent filament?

Yes, I’ve seen some.

Speaking of translucent fillament is there any way to “print out a couple of translucent red eyeguards clear enough to use them mine have scratches on them. If you guys (MineStorm and Hedgetrimmer) can’t do it on your hardware, could shapeways and how much would it cost? I need six of them. Thanks

morintari wrote:
Speaking of translucent fillament is there any way to “print out a couple of translucent red eyeguards clear enough to use them mine have scratches on them. If you guys (MineStorm and Hedgetrimmer) can’t do it on your hardware, could shapeways and how much would it cost? I need six of them. Thanks

I have had a couple of things 3D printed in clear translucent, but its not that clear or that translucent. This was 8 months ago so maybe the material has been improved but I would say printing the lens’s is not really an option, but I would be happy to model them up if someone wants to try.

I appricate it HT maybe in the future.

vb-fan wrote:

I see it now — a new release of the VB with backwards-compatibility (old games work!), and a new line of games! Wait — print not a linear array but a 3×4 grid, and no bulky console with mirrors but a lightweight pair of glasses and a belt-mounted box with a game-cart slot!

We could design one. A Planet Virtual Boy production. Even without the original components, we have better computing stuff nowadays, so we could make a miniature Virtual Boy that runs on some other, better hardware with emulator software.

is there any way to “print out a couple of translucent red eyeguards clear enough to use

Certainly not on my printer. Even the top end Objet machines print clear resin distorted.

Must be to do with layers and diffraction.

Guy Perfect wrote:

vb-fan wrote:

I see it now — a new release of the VB with backwards-compatibility (old games work!), and a new line of games! Wait — print not a linear array but a 3×4 grid, and no bulky console with mirrors but a lightweight pair of glasses and a belt-mounted box with a game-cart slot!

We could design one. A Planet Virtual Boy production. Even without the original components, we have better computing stuff nowadays, so we could make a miniature Virtual Boy that runs on some other, better hardware with emulator software.

I’ve thought about that too. But am I the only one who likes the VB as it is? The only design flaw I can find with it (not counting defects like glitchy screens and cracked stands) is that the stand only tilts instead of moving up and down, forcing you to sit in a weird position while playing it.

And I’d really like to see the V810 live on. It’s the best architecture I’ve worked with (speaking as a programmer). Too bad it’s not being produced any more. Can the V850 run V810 code? How would we implement VB-specific instructions?With the illegal opcode exception? Sure, that would make them slower but their timings aren’t documented anyway and it’s not like anyone uses REV, XB, or XH.

HorvatM wrote:

But am I the only one who likes the VB as it is?

I’m thinkin’ an actual headset, personally. Anything you can do with a thing on a desk, you can also do with a thing on your head. And with modern technologies, it could be as light and small as a set of swimming goggles.