21st February 2006, 5:27 PM
And I agree for the most part, but did you read the article? There are some very weird things being said by people in Nintendo, all of them leading to the idea of 'TV-less displays'.
It starts to get less unbelievable when you consider full VR stereoscopic goggles for less than a 100 bucks, or a projector that uses lasers to make a ten foot HD display that is cheap to make and slightly larger than a nickel. i think i still have that link somewhere... yup here it is: http://www.lightblueoptics.com/
With Nintendo VP's, presidents and game designers all saying 'I'd like to fill the room, get away from the TV, make our own display etc etc" and then not show any games for rev? It can only mean a few possibilities - 1.) The graphics are so suck they're afraid to show them until they drain every ounce out of the machine or 2.) the way the graphics are displayed is another thing that Nintendo wants to keep underwraps for fear of being copied or stolen. 2 could also mean that Nintendo is getting away from traditional graphics as well, such as the cube mapping and what not, which would be something that Nintendo would want to patent and keep under wraps as well. But SOMETHING is definitely up, Nintendo has never been this secretive about showing off games to the point of showing us the box, the controller, the peripherals, the way we'll use the network, all this stuff and not show a single game? You cant deny the weirdness.
This reminds of the wird patents that were filed by Nintendo, one showing a 3-D display with characters on a flat screen being represented on another screen in 3-D and then the other one where a 2-D display was able to have depth, so it didnt actually pop out at you but you could see 'in to' the display as if looking in to a window. very strange patents for some kind of display device. so again, something's up.
Do i think its going to be some uber set of goggles with super immersion technology? not really, that would be expensive... but then again, wouldn't it make sense to release a $150/$200 system with a $150/$200 special display device that you can get seperately? The Rev has component out to hook up to a TV, but what if that component out is to hook up to a set of goggles? And all the rumors about 3-D, well, guess which type of connection offers the cleanest possible 3-D (such as LCD shutter glasses)? Component.
My prediction is that there will be something special in how we view the games, i doubt it will be a special display device like a internal projector or VR goggles, but a system that uses a TV to produce 3-D graphics through the use of LCD shutter glasses i can totally see happening. It fits well with Nintendo comments of 'With revolution we'll be using a technology that has been around for a long time in a new way' or 'the last secret of revolution actually has less to do with gaming'.
i dont mean to sound like a broken record, but SOMETHING is UP.
It starts to get less unbelievable when you consider full VR stereoscopic goggles for less than a 100 bucks, or a projector that uses lasers to make a ten foot HD display that is cheap to make and slightly larger than a nickel. i think i still have that link somewhere... yup here it is: http://www.lightblueoptics.com/
With Nintendo VP's, presidents and game designers all saying 'I'd like to fill the room, get away from the TV, make our own display etc etc" and then not show any games for rev? It can only mean a few possibilities - 1.) The graphics are so suck they're afraid to show them until they drain every ounce out of the machine or 2.) the way the graphics are displayed is another thing that Nintendo wants to keep underwraps for fear of being copied or stolen. 2 could also mean that Nintendo is getting away from traditional graphics as well, such as the cube mapping and what not, which would be something that Nintendo would want to patent and keep under wraps as well. But SOMETHING is definitely up, Nintendo has never been this secretive about showing off games to the point of showing us the box, the controller, the peripherals, the way we'll use the network, all this stuff and not show a single game? You cant deny the weirdness.
This reminds of the wird patents that were filed by Nintendo, one showing a 3-D display with characters on a flat screen being represented on another screen in 3-D and then the other one where a 2-D display was able to have depth, so it didnt actually pop out at you but you could see 'in to' the display as if looking in to a window. very strange patents for some kind of display device. so again, something's up.
Do i think its going to be some uber set of goggles with super immersion technology? not really, that would be expensive... but then again, wouldn't it make sense to release a $150/$200 system with a $150/$200 special display device that you can get seperately? The Rev has component out to hook up to a TV, but what if that component out is to hook up to a set of goggles? And all the rumors about 3-D, well, guess which type of connection offers the cleanest possible 3-D (such as LCD shutter glasses)? Component.
My prediction is that there will be something special in how we view the games, i doubt it will be a special display device like a internal projector or VR goggles, but a system that uses a TV to produce 3-D graphics through the use of LCD shutter glasses i can totally see happening. It fits well with Nintendo comments of 'With revolution we'll be using a technology that has been around for a long time in a new way' or 'the last secret of revolution actually has less to do with gaming'.
i dont mean to sound like a broken record, but SOMETHING is UP.