Mattel announced an update to its iconic View-Master handheld 3D-viewer toy in New York on Friday. The new View-Master was developed in conjunction with Google and its Cardboard project, and it turns ...

Along with GI Joes, Slinkies and Sea Monkeys, View-Masters are probably one of the most-remembered childhood products of the past few generations. Even if you yourself never got the chance to flip ...

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 ...

Remember the View-Master—a 75-year-old stereoscopic viewer toy that used cardboard reels? Today Google and Mattel are reviving the device for the 21st century. Instead of showing still images, it's ...

If you are a person of a certain age, then the ViewMaster holds a special charm. Like its predecessor, the Stereoscope, the View-Master was the virtual reality viewer of its day: a device designed to ...

You remember View-Master right? If you're a certain age — say over 30 — you might remember the sterescopic viewer that let you view 3D stories from popular cartoons and comics (I had one from The Real ...

It might not be quite as satisfying as pulling down that orange arm and watching as the one three-dimensional image is replaced with another slightly washed-out pic with rounded corners, but Fisher ...

When Google introduced its cardboard VR headset, there was an easy point of reference. It’s like a View-Master, but with full-on virtual reality. And now, the marriage is official because Mattel and ...

Mattel is teaming up with Google to bring the View-Master into the 21st century, the toy company announced Friday. The original View-Master, introduced in 1939, was an attempt at a binocular 3-D ...

Remember those old plastic View-Masters your parents (and grandparents) played with as kids? Well, they’ll soon be heading to the big screen at a multiplex near you. Mattel Films and MGM announced ...

Before there was Oculus Rift and Cardboard, there was View-Master. Children who grew up in the analog era will have special memories of this stereoscopic viewer and its accompanying cardboard disks ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I focus on the intersection of games and technology. Toy industry giant Mattel is partnering with Google to revive its classic ...