The Insane DIY VR Accessories You Can Make with a Laser Cutter – Creality Falcon A1 10W Laser

What if you could make your own VR accessories with just a laser cutter or a 3D printer? We’ve been looking into DIY VR accessories and found some real gems: simple builds, designed by the community, that make your XR corner nicer to use or to look at. A while back we designed our own VR piece and laser-cut it on a Creality Falcon 2 Pro. This time, instead of designing from scratch, we looked at what the internet already offers, then cut one of the designs on Creality’s newer, more affordable machine, the Falcon A1 10W.

Creality sent us the Falcon A1 10W to review. They didn’t tell us what to say about it.

Where to find laser-cut files for VR accessories

Etsy

One of the best places to find laser-cut files for VR accessories is Etsy. It might surprise you, but there are many digital downloads from independent creators there: headset stands, controller docks, wall-mounted charging stations and more.

A favourite is a wood and acrylic headset stand by Fresh Start Customs. The download includes everything you need to build it: SVG and PDF files plus assembly instructions. It works with different headsets and has a sleek, layered look that suits any desk.

Browse around and you’ll find plenty more in plywood, acrylic or a mix: some minimal, some modular, many ready to cut without much editing. Two things to keep in mind:

• Make sure a file works with your laser cutter and materials, or that you can convert it. Some are made for Glowforge-style machines, others suit diode cutters like the Falcon A1.
• Etsy downloads aren’t free.

If you want clean, practical files that are ready to cut, Etsy is a great place to start.

Thingiverse and Cults3D

Thingiverse is the go-to site for 3D printing files, and its big plus is that the files are free. We weren’t sure it had laser-cut projects too, but we found a few that caught our eye:

• A Google Cardboard headset model. Yes, the old-school one. It’s not very useful today, but it’s a nostalgic build and a fun desk decoration for longtime VR fans.
• A laser-cut face cover. Not something you’d think to make yourself, but it’s useful: it keeps your headset clean, especially after a sweaty session.
• A headset stand. You know we love a good headset stand, and this is one of the best free models we’ve seen. It holds your headset well and doubles as a display piece.
• A Batman bust from Cults3D, for something more stylish with a superhero twist. It has a strong look if you want your VR gear to sit on something bold.

Cutting a Google Cardboard on the Creality Falcon A1 10W

After browsing all those designs, we wanted to cut one ourselves, and we picked the Google Cardboard from Thingiverse: simple, nostalgic and a perfect test piece.

The Falcon A1 is aimed at beginners, with plenty of pre-programmed features. Unboxing is quick, and there’s no assembly: it comes fully built. It’s also an enclosed model, which makes it safer to use indoors, without fiddling with extra frames or ventilation setups. Compact, enclosed and ready to go.

What stood out in the software:

• A built-in smart camera shows a live preview of your material, so you can position the design precisely.
• Outline extraction lets you trace the shape of your design before engraving or cutting.
• Batch fill lays out multiple copies automatically in one click, which saves time when cutting several.
• Material recognition detects supported materials and loads the best cut settings, so you don’t have to dig through manuals or guess speed and power.
• Speed surprised us for a desktop cutter: up to 600 mm per second, and the quality holds up.

The cut came out super clean, and it was easy to go from a digital file to a real object in a few steps. There was one surprise: when Chary showed off the finished Cardboard, we realised the logo had come out mirrored, because something needed rotating before the cut. We decided it’s a custom version and kept it anyway. It’s going on a shelf in the new studio.

Is a laser cutter worth it for DIY VR accessories?

If you like making things, it’s a fun way to personalise your VR setup, and you don’t need to design anything yourself: community files on Etsy, Thingiverse and Cults3D get you a long way, and those sites have plenty of non-VR builds and engravings too. The Falcon A1 10W surprised us with how easy and fast it was to use, which makes it a good fit if you’re just getting into laser cutting.

We mostly focused on laser-cut designs here, but we’re big fans of 3D printing too, so a video on 3D-printed VR projects might follow. We’ll share more of what we make with the Falcon A1 once we’ve moved into the new studio.