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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

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Leia Inc makes a “lightfield experience platform” – a 2D device that displays 3D content through head tracking. Demos on the AWE floor included more intimate recordings and video calls with loved ones, as well as a game built for 2D but ported in through a Unity SDK.

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Microsoft May Leapfrog Facebook and Google in VR With HoloLens Tracking

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Head tracking is an essential part of all mixed reality technology, both VR and AR, and the so-called inside-out variety in a VR headset makes set up dramatically easier. “The strategy has become clear. Low end VR on Xbox and these new headsets, all the way through high end mixed reality on HoloLens.

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The MR Headsets Market Map for 2023

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

The product includes a resolution of 2880 x 1440, as well as a 95-degree field of view and a 90Hz refresh rate. With this device, users can also take advantage of built-in head tracking to keep them immersed within the digital experience as they’re moving around.

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The Top Mixed Reality Headset Vendors for 2023

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

With this device, users can also take advantage of built-in head tracking to immerse them in the digital experience as they move around. Canon Still, in the early stages of developing its mixed reality strategy, camera developer Canon announced its entry into the immersive landscape in 2021.

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Getting Fit with a VR Toolkit, and Other XR Tips with VRd?j?’s Michael Eichenseer

XR for Business Podcast

Michael: And this is why I’ve been working on starting this dojo, or this VR maker space; because the tools for building — there’s VRTK for Unity… there’s just all these tools. And the next generation of headsets that will come out in the next 24 months will all have eye tracking and head tracking.

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Getting Fit with a VR Toolkit, and Other XR Tips with VRd?j?’s Michael Eichenseer

XR for Business Podcast

Michael: And this is why I’ve been working on starting this dojo, or this VR maker space; because the tools for building — there’s VRTK for Unity… there’s just all these tools. And the next generation of headsets that will come out in the next 24 months will all have eye tracking and head tracking.

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