Comment by Ecco

Didn't you see the section where joycons appear to slide over a table? If anything, the video confirms the rumor

It would be awesome to have new Labo sets that make use of that sensor. But I suspect that Labo will not get a second chance, given that the first sets were seen as a failure (despite being really cool).

At 1:02 it shows the optical mouse sensor pretty clearly.

Yeah the sensors are there, you can see them if you look closely

> There was a rumor about an optical sensor on the side of a joycon that would turn it into a mouse. Is this out of the equation? This would have been awesome!

They literally depict them as mice at 1:12. Like the animal, or at least that's how I interpreted it before I even knew about this rumor from your comment.

Im not sure what the point is. Sure you can point and click but no keyboard? That's way lower input than simply using the joycon and all the buttons. Seems like a gimmick.