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Why Nintendo Hasn’t Made a Real VR Headset Yet

Road to VR

Lateral Thinking with ‘Withered’ Technology Much of Nintendo’s market strategy can be attributed to Gunpei Yokoi, the prolific Nintendo designer best known for pioneering the company’s handheld segment. That’s basically been the case from Game & Watch all the way to Switch and Switch Lite.

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AWE 2022 Day Two: The Floor Opens. Talks on Interoperability, Hardware, and Software

ARPost

Leia Inc makes a “lightfield experience platform” – a 2D device that displays 3D content through head tracking. The panelists were technologist and author Charlie Fink, futurist at Paramount Ted Schilowitz, HTC China President Alvin Graylin, and Media.Monks SVP of Growth and Metaverse Innovation Strategy Catherine D.

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A brief history of VR and AR

TechCrunch VR

The system featured a head-mounted display with head tracking that could be used to explore virtual environments or real remote images from a camera — foreshadowing future breakthroughs in teleoperation. Image Credits: Apple Magic Leap is far from alone in those struggles.

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