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 ...

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 ...

COLUMBUS, OHIO — Amber LaPointe’s introduction to one of the country’s greatest tourist attractions came from small square pictures on a white wheel. “It was like you could look into a world away,” ...

A reel showing Bruce Goff’s 1947 Ford House in Aurora, Illinois, from View Productions (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic unless otherwise noted) Each reel comes with a short essay on its ...

Amber LaPointe's introduction to one of the country's greatest tourist attractions came from small square pictures on a white wheel. "It was like you could look into a world away," said the ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Google and Mattel today announced a View-Master for a new generation that swaps out the classic toy’s slide film ...

Amber LaPointe’s introduction to one of the country’s greatest tourist attractions came from small square pictures on a white wheel. “It was like you could look into a world away,” said the ...

Remember View-Master? That hunk of plastic you held up to your face, stuck cardboard reels into and advanced through 3D images of landscapes, animals and cartoons with the satisfying pull on a lever.

The toys of the past may have been cheesy, but you can’t deny the creativity needed to build something engaging without any electronics. One stalwart toy from this category is View-Master, the little ...

Well before the digital age – before smartphones and tablets became the predominant means of looking at photographs, and before virtual reality headsets such as the Oculus Rift were invented – kids ...