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Nintendo Labo Piano Pop-Up Book: Demo And Close-Up Of All Functions

Nintendo LABO Piano Pop-Up book: Final build – Detailed demonstration and close-up of all functions of this fully functional and interactive paper LABO piano.

I’m happy (and proud) to finally present the end result of my Nintendo LABO pop-up piano! In this video, you’ll see a close-up demonstration of all functions and explanations of the techniques that are used to make this possible.

Based on the original Nintendo LABO Piano, this is a 100% paper pop-up piano that folds into a thin book.

This (fan made) LABO pop-up piano is packed with all kinds of neat functions:

• Fully functional keyboard

• Pop-up Switch stand

• Waveform scanner

• Waveform selector

• Effect key scanner

• Effect keys holder

• A two-way tremolo switch

• Paper spring push buttons

• Reset bar (keyboard lifter)

• Piano lid drop

How does it work:

The Joy-Con emits a beam of invisible infrared light that is reflected back by markers, enabling the camera to read their movement.

This project was a lot of fun and challenging at the same time. I never thought I would be able to build in all the functions. Even though, it seems like a bit too much, bulky and maybe “over-engineered”, the main goal of this project was to achieve a working keyboard and from there on, I got sucked into challenge after challenge and lots of problem-solving.