What an incredibly odd statement. He is the CEO of one of the largest technology companies in the world. Do you envision Kimishima as some wide eyed old man who fumbles to unlock his iPhone?
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What an incredibly odd statement. He is the CEO of one of the largest technology companies in the world. Do you envision Kimishima as some wide eyed old man who fumbles to unlock his iPhone?
Kimishima himself has stated there are no Kimishima Asks because he was never a developer.
His background was involved in working with banks as a businessman. I'm not saying he is inept, I'm saying if you want to have a vision of things and predicting to plan for the future, he would have to be consulting with others for expertise.
GiantBreadbug
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AR is far and away the more interesting tech tho
deletethis123
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Mihos
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Just no, AR in your cheetoh bag ridden apartment is not interesting
Tom Nook Sawyer
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In general, I agree. For gaming: not even close.
Mihael Mello Keehl
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Dark Cloud
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What did you just call me?
GiantBreadbug
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Gonna have to agree to disagree.
VR's wow factor lies almost entirely in first person perspective and head tracking whereas AR has maaaaany more instantly impressive applications (gaming and otherwise).
I'll take games in the real world over a VR experience. That's just a preference though.
SinCityAssassin
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Kimishima was primarily a US-centric operator for most of the early 2000s so he's probably a bit better than what your hyperbole is for this.
NinjaCoachZ
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Seeing this discussion about the form factors above, I think this was mentioned earlier in the thread, and Emily suggested it as a possibility too, but it's totally possible that the hybrid could just be the first form factor, and then standalone SKU options can arrive at a later date, right?
Tom Nook Sawyer
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How? Anything you can represent for gaming in AR, you can do in VR too. Not sure why you'd want to though when most environments you're going to be in for AR aren't even conducive for gaming.
I really am baffled how one could think otherwise
Thanks for giving a new explanation for the state of the NX communication.
a got dang hickie-lover
CharminUltra
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Thirstendo
Why not have both? There are people on Kickstarter with AR/VR hybrids.
Yep. My personal hopes and dreams are based on actual, real Nintendo patents.
Most notably:
And:
Kimishima did says he's looking forward to playing some NX stuff earlier this year in a Japanese interview:
Obviously he's going to act like he's interested in their own product, so this doesn't really mean anything, but reading people talk about Kimishima made me remember that quote.
Have you played any third person vr games? I didn't think it would work as well as first person games at first, but the platformer in Playroom VR was amazing. I would love a Mario game in VR.
See, at that time I was really concerned about how to leverage the shared catalog as something more than a more robust catalog for greater sales over time, but as something that would set the device apart at launch. Simultaneous launch? Could they do that logistically? Sell them in bundles? A good, modern handheld that can handle the same games as NX home and a home unit that is competitive with PS4? That sounds way too expensive. Moreover, how does Nintendo make sure that all third-party software works on both devices without twisting their arms too much and scaring them away? Remember all the conversations about how there'd be some that worked on both and some that worked on home console? That just seems helplessly confused, inelegant and just doesn't give the full force of shared catalog.
Hybrid solves all of these issues, but turns out a less powerful machine pushing lower resolution images.
John Harker
Definitely doesn't make things up as he goes along.
There's the truth, and then there's what you want to believe
CharminUltra
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I'm in the "utterly underwhelmed by VR" camp, but I'm also not against the option of having it for those who want it. As long as I get the traditional type of games I'm good.
schaft0620
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So now you know when to wake up for Pokemon announcements.
John can you be straight up like La Flame dude
should we expect something Friday (PST) or just wait next week for investor meeting
Which is lockstep with what Nintendo does.
Mihael Mello Keehl
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I know,that quote gets me hype! But he could also just be talking
Mihos
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VR is about presence, scale, and perspective in any environment you want, 1st, 3rd person and otherwise (honestly 3rd person and diorama views are my favorit). AR is about putting things in your environment, whether it makes sense in that context or not, things like lighting, furnature, even the pile of laundry in the corner introduce variables which can break it (ceiling fans of all things wreak havok) VR can do AR also, but it is not limited by it and both are equally dependant on head tracking. I bring in my 3d prints into VR currently, and do everything you see done with AR without my tools passing behind the object reguardless of what angle I am at.
John can you be straight up like La Flame dude
should we expect something Friday (PST) or just wait next week for investor meeting
If he's specific, we could whip up a GUI in Visual Basic to run an IP trace on his comment and use data forensics to determine who told him that info and Nintendo would have them fired.
Funkyhamster
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Is this a reference to something we've already seen in this thread, or do you have new sources? How many sources do we have for news this week?
SinCityAssassin
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You don't know his life yo what if he was a big Pokémon player as his time as President of that company, in secret, when no one knew and never bothered to ask him.
Mihael Mello Keehl
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You mean something we all heard
So you're saying it's not an interactive, electronic inflatable 4ft Mario doll?
And it's from Eurogamer. (Not a random Twitter account.)
Orakio Rob
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Yeeeeees! God, I'm so hyped!!! It's finally happening!
WHAAAA
Another Twitter person, awwww yeah hype!
SinCityAssassin
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WHAT
Mihael Mello Keehl
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I hope these insiders are right!!!!
RareFantasy64
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He capitalized the N and X in next!
this isn't true.
Aaronrules380
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He's from Eurogamer appearantly
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