The machine’s controllers are also made out of cardboard and can be configured into a wide range of designs—from standard video game D-pads and joysticks to knobs, sliders, switches and much more.

If that designer is Peter Gyory, a graduate student at the University of Colorado, Boulder, you figure out how to make a game out of the piles of discarded cardboard lying around the house.

That Google Cardboard is bringing virtual reality experiences to anyone with a smartphone for an almost negligible price is impressive. But the RealTrigger Kickstarter project wants to take Cardboard ...

The machine’s controllers are also made out of cardboard and can be configured into a wide range of designs such as joysticks, knobs, sliders and switches.

The bizarre-looking new idea uses cardboard to craft new ways of controlling games on Nintendo's popular Switch console. The device starts at $69.99, and is scheduled to launch on April 20.