Posted 03.23.2010 at 12:36 pm
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Nintendo DS Enters The Third Dimension
via Kotaku
With Avatar, the highest-grossing movie of all time, and the World Cup, the most-watched TV broadcast, both in 3-D, it was only a matter of time until Nintendo, the most popular video game maker in the world, jumped on the three-dimensional bandwagon. And last night, Nintendo confirmed as much, announcing that a 3-D DS will soon hit the market.
So far, the details are slim, with the press release only noting that the 3-D DS will land on shelves sometimes between this April and next March, that it will play older, 2-D DS games, and that it won't require 3-D glasses.
How the device will produce a 3-D effect without glasses has set off a wave of speculation. Initial theories focus on motion sensing, like in the iPhone game WordFu, or head tracking as utilized by the extant DS game 3-D Hidden Picture -- see video below.
Either way, with Nintendo promising to unveil the new device at this year's E3, we will only have to wait a couple more months before we find out.
[Kotaku and Ars Technica]
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great another expensive piece of elections fo my daughter to chew on and destroy that is labeled "must have"
Looks more like a clever use of tilt sensors than anything else.
and when will the wii obtain a 3d experience?
I haven't decided on this one yet. It looks like it could be cool, but it also looks like it could get annoying extremely fast. Mario Kart would be cool for example, but a plain Mario would get annoying fast. Maybe if it was a 3D Wii, but not a handheld.
you could possibly do that with revolving mirrors from both screens that clash with another color to create the color with the 3d effect but by itself appears invisible cool concept.. but impractical as a DS device i think maybe if it was like the 2 screen laptop then it would be able to work more.. but as Geawiel said.. would not handle well
you could possibly do that with revolving mirrors from both screens that clash with another color to create the color with the 3d effect but by itself appears invisible cool concept.. but impractical as a DS device i think maybe if it was like the 2 screen laptop then it would be able to work more.. but as Geawiel said.. would not handle well
Just an idea, but they could make use of multi directional LCD screens. Sharp (amongst others) have a triple directional LCD that shows different video from the front, the left and the right.
With a bi-directional LCD and holding it the right distance away you could create a stereoscopic effect.
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by Sean Ballard, this looks very interesting and cool
This new Nintendo 3DS looks like it will change the way kids play handheld games. I really wonder how Nintendo will make the 3D work. by Sean Ballard
Sounds like a fun concept but I doubt the 3D will really be a worthwhiel feature. Probably just a silly gimmick, at least in its first version... Good call on not requiring glasses to do it at least!
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Man i love video games but this is becoming too much the industry has to slow down im an oldies gamer and its getting harder to get the gear for them anymore
I think Nintendo has done a really great job with the Nintendo 3DS. They really won this year's E3 hands down. While Microsoft and Sony played catch up with both the Sony Move and MS Kinect, they announced this beautiful creation names 3DS.
But aside from the powerful specs and built-in 3D capabilities, I think the success of this console pretty much depends on the support of good and known 3ds games. Without the support of the developers, this device would fall flat on its face. Luckily, a lot of developers are on board this project. Looking forward to see how the games come out with the 3D visuals.
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