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NWR: Could a Switch VR-Related Announcement Be Approaching (Rumor)?
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I'd be interested in a Labo VR. It would be an interesting experiment.
Though, I'd be far more interested if Nintendo leveraged their IP to create content for the PC VR market (preferably the Vive, because it's the one I own). If they use it as a gateway to introduce more people to their IP and try and push them to get fuller experiences on their own hardware, like they do with Mobile.
They already have the VR Mario Kart experience, I'd like more consumer level releases like that.
Though, I'd be far more interested if Nintendo leveraged their IP to create content for the PC VR market (preferably the Vive, because it's the one I own). If they use it as a gateway to introduce more people to their IP and try and push them to get fuller experiences on their own hardware, like they do with Mobile.
They already have the VR Mario Kart experience, I'd like more consumer level releases like that.
I don't see foveated rendering happening too soon anyway. Oculus will be the first to crack it, as they are the leaders of VR/AR, and even they are looking towards 2022.
I'm aware Vive Pro Eye does it, but that's not a consumer product and even if it was, it wouldn't be priced as one.
How could this work with the Switch screen? Feels like it would need to be its own system to me.
I feel like this would need to be on Switch 2 to be any good. They can always make a quirky low resolution Google Labo cardboard of course, but it might not leave the best impression.
I know very little about the technical details behind VR but I also had the impression current Switch would struggle with VR.
Novel, but not durable. Even Velcro straps won't be enough to stabilize your $300 console to your face.
You can on PC.
Nintendo's scumbag lawyers and sycophantic fanboys don't like it, but that just makes it all the more satisfying :)
Well with that thinking, nothing would get anywhere. You're saying it isn't getting mainstream appeal, yet how else do you get better tech than to work on it in the first place?
It depends on the games... There are already quite a few vr for Gear and Google Dream/Cardboard and those are for phones with similar to weaker specs. You wouldn't expect even base PS4 quality, but you definitely could do some fun/simpler games without much struggle.
The bigger issue is definitely the resolution of the screen... but all the rumors point to a new revision out this year that will be smaller and aimed at being more portable. Smaller = higher pixel density and the cost of a 1080p+ screen at that size wouldn't be that more expensive than a 720p one since it'd likely be made in the same production facilities as existing smart phone screens.
Yes, I was joking. But 1995-era Nintendo marketing definitely wanted you to think it was real virtual reality.
It depends on the game. A Labo mini-game with cartoonish 'low-poly' graphics could be fine for the Switch. I don't think Nintendo are going to go all-in with VR, just experiment with it with their Labo 'platform'.
*First* VR announcement? Oh please.
:p
Lol, that wasnt even the first...
You think a Switch revision will drop right before the Kit then?
Thank you for the detailed explanation.
I guess we should expect some kind of Labo implementation or experimental games in the vein of 1-2 Switch as opposed to more detailed games. Will be interesting to see how Nintendo will interact with VR in the future, especially with their history of innovation and motion-controls.
True, but then again all these 'hoverboard' products want you to think they're actual hoverboards.
An actual 1995 VR headset was the VFX-1.
What if Labo was used to build various immersive VR controllers? All the plastic gear of the Wii era, but now in cardboard! (Kidding. Mostly.)
I had some decent Gear VR experiences on my Note 4. A Tegra, especially a Tegra 2 bump, would have no issue. The Joycons already make decent VR controllers.
I think the trick would be to ship with a panel that runs in 1080p mode for normal Switch Pro games, but is actually higher resolution, to accommodate VR play. Sounds like a bit much, but even mid-tier cellphones are shipping with higher resolution screens in a much more compact form-factor. It'd be a good trick.
I had some decent Gear VR experiences on my Note 4. A Tegra, especially a Tegra 2 bump, would have no issue. The Joycons already make decent VR controllers.
I think the trick would be to ship with a panel that runs in 1080p mode for normal Switch Pro games, but is actually higher resolution, to accommodate VR play. Sounds like a bit much, but even mid-tier cellphones are shipping with higher resolution screens in a much more compact form-factor. It'd be a good trick.
They jumped into glasses free 3D tech before any other major company... though they were also one of the few that did at all so I guess that doesn't necessarily mean much.
I mean, they could have something similar with labo and extra joycons. Maybe just not with stereoscopic 3d, just head tracking and motion controls
Heh, I still have mine xD*First* VR announcement? Oh please.
:p
Plus, jumping in with a LABO VR is jumping in on the Google Cardboard concept a few yrs too late. It's a low risk venture. Cost for the VR gear will be next to nothing and the software is likely just mini-games without much substance. I'd be more interested if games like Thumper suddenly got a VR patch on Switch to compete with the PSVR/PC version of the game.
True, true! I wish I could have played around with one of those as a kid.Lol, that wasnt even the first...
If it is going to be Labo VR or a shell for a Switch. doesn't that make a smaller, handheld only Switch, less likely?
I mean it seems unlikely they'd make two different sized headsets for two different sized screens with different lenses required for each.
I mean it seems unlikely they'd make two different sized headsets for two different sized screens with different lenses required for each.
vern said:
https://www./threads/nintendos-big-...mi-kimishima-bloomberg.1302079/post-221838503
Vern said:
https://www./threads/nintendo-switc...-the-day-countdown-etc.1313334/post-227697826
That's all I could find searching VR.
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Vern said:
https://www./threads/nintendo-switc...-the-day-countdown-etc.1313334/post-227698980
Vern said:
https://www./threads/nintendo-switc...-the-day-countdown-etc.1313334/post-227746572
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Watch them call it virtua switch lol*First* VR announcement? Oh please.
:p
Well this will place a new perspective over Link's Awakening. You will be literally looking over the Island.
Please be true.
VR needs Nintendo. They are the only ones who can manage to push VR into the mainstream.
VR needs Nintendo. They are the only ones who can manage to push VR into the mainstream.
Yeah they would need to severely downgrade... everything in any games that end up supporting it. If they do indeed plan to roll out VR they'd need to do that along a massively revised version of the Switch, either that or just wait until Switch 2 comes out.
