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Why Nintendo Will Win the Coming Virtual Reality Console War

In the coming war to evolve a console for virtual reality gaming, Nintendo has historically had the edge over Microsoft and PlayStation.

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porkChop3327d ago

I think Switch is going to provide different types of VR experiences than what we've seen on PSVR and PC. Not necessarily better or worse, but probably different. The modular and portable nature of the Switch will make the VR very easy to set up and use though.

kneon3327d ago

With the low res screen of the switch, VR would be hideous. Even the Vive, Oculus and PSVR have barely adequate resolution, and that's with nearly 3 times as many pixels.

porkChop3327d ago

That's if they use the Switch as the screen. It could also just be used for power and rendering. We don't really know what they're going to do, as it appears to be at least a couple years away.

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jaymacx3326d ago

@Kneon thats true only if they go that route. They could just release a headset with a screen built in as porkChop said. They themselves said they are playing the waiting game for now. Speculation is not reality. We have to see what direction they take.

Scatpants3326d ago

If you try to strap that screen to your face it's going to be worse than terrible. It's far to big and heavy for a VR screen. If anything it would have to be a second screen that plugs into the Switch. Switch is not well suited for VR at all.

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Nu3327d ago

Augmented Reality is the future for Nintendo according to this theory https://www.youtube.com/wat...

Aenea3327d ago

"That's if they use the Switch as the screen."

But the Switch isn't exactly powerful and VR takes more power to do it well, has to hit at least 60fps constantly and then has to do it at 1080p or higher.

And if they don't use the Switch as a screen it won't be easy to set up nor will it be cheap either...

I can see it happening if they release a 1080p version of the Switch in 3 years that is also more powerful than the current one. A Nintendo 'New Switch' perhaps, but not in it's current state...

rainslacker3326d ago (Edited 3326d ago )

If the definition of what people consider VR has to be changed for Nintendo to even have a place in the discussion, then they already lost....and technically aren't even competing.

What they have isn't even VR. It's not AR. It's motion controls, and a different form of immersion than what VR/AR have to offer. Nothing more, nothing less.

Using the screen in some sort of GearVR type thing is just not practical. It's too big, too heavy, and the pixel density is nowhere near good enough to make it good enough to put it that close to your eyes. The colors and what not of the screen are fine, but put that thing an inch or two from your eyes, and see exactly why it won't work.

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EddieNX 3327d ago

Don't fancy strapping a Switch to my head with the joycon still attached, cus that's where the gyros are. Leave VR its not ready yet, not until we can get the set up for cheap.

deafdani3327d ago

Unless they make a headset with gyro sensors built into it. That could work.

EddieNX 3326d ago

Yh it would. We need 1080p screen at least though as well. It might happen with Switch plus

Perjoss3326d ago (Edited 3326d ago )

It's a catch 22 thing, people don't want to buy VR because there aren't enough good games out for the headsets. Developers don't want to make games for the headsets as the install base isn't big enough for them to make the money back that invested in making a VR game.

Cheap headsets might be the answer, the PSVR has already proven that people are way more likely to jump in if the price is much lower, apparently it's sold more than Oculus and Vive combined.

TheUndertaker853327d ago (Edited 3327d ago )

Right? Nintendo owns the fact they have one of the very first VR devices to fail.
https://www.fastcompany.com...

If PS4 can't deal with VR the same as Pro what makes anyone think Nintendo can deliver better VR with lower specs while docked and even lower specs undocked?

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iplay1up23326d ago

Really? I mean yeah it was supposed to be a type of VR, but things have come a long way since those days. I have played VB, it is pretty bad. That tech is more than 2 decades old though.

TheUndertaker853326d ago (Edited 3326d ago )

Yes really.
https://youtu.be/17euo2DzBZ...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/...

Things may have come a long way but that doesn't change the fact that Nintendo had one of the first VR devices to fail.

I'd even say paint a sad picture of virtual reality.

Then the Switch, if they attempt VR, will be the opposite of the best VR out there simply because Switch can't cut it. If Nintendo release another VR device expect a higher price than PSVR then likely missing the targets VR has already set.

Athos3326d ago

Virtual Boy was not a VR device, it was a 3d device. It literally sat on a tripod so how could you possibly even think it was VR. it did fail because it sucked, but it wasnt VR.

TheUndertaker853326d ago (Edited 3326d ago )

That's not how Nintendo referenced it at the time. They did say 3D but even the name has virtual in it. Nintendo wanted it to be early VR.

We could also talk about the Power Glove if you wish. It also demonstrated early VR mechanics. It's why it had attention but no support. What the Power Glove did was rebranded as motion controls.

I suppose you had to have been there at the time. Nintendo convinced people that's what the devices were. A form of VR.

Athos3326d ago

I was there... trust me and long before that.

So by your logic anything with Virtual in it intended to be early VR. Show me a single piece of evidence it was advertised as VR, You cant, because it wasn't.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wi...

TheUndertaker853325d ago (Edited 3325d ago )

It's not my fault that's how Nintendo chose to promote it.

Here you go.
https://youtu.be/Jjz4bls_gP...

https://youtu.be/lzSwrHldg0...

Further what people who've never used Virtual Boy before thought. Not scientific but what the consumer thinks.
https://youtu.be/1Cu_9YPLuF...

rainslacker3326d ago (Edited 3326d ago )

They also had one of the first failed motion controllers in the Power Glove, but that didn't stop them from releasing the Wii.

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Aenea3327d ago

Huh? They don't even have announced anything related to VR yet!

Besides the Switch is a lovely little device but for VR to work nice you need quite a bit of power which it is lacking.
And if they are planning to use the display of the Switch as the VR display it would be bad. Biggest downside to VR at the moment is that the resolution isn't all that high of the displays and 720p would be even worse.

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Babadook7753d ago

Should this be in the PC section?