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Nintendo 3DS Announced: New 3D handheld (no glasses!), reveal @ E3, out by March 2011
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Dacvak
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So is it popular opinion that the 3DS will be 3D using head-tracking?
I'm still in the camp that it'll use an autostereoscopic screen. At least, that's what in hoping for. (I want shit to pop out of my screen!)
I'm still in the camp that it'll use an autostereoscopic screen. At least, that's what in hoping for. (I want shit to pop out of my screen!)
brain_stew
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Dacvak said:
Its popular opinion among clueless idiots, sure.
Huevos de Oro
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I...think I just want regular games, thanks.Dacvak said:
Cygnus X-1
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Interesing will be the way Nintendo will market the portable, since no TV ads, or poster, or screenshots or trailers will transmit the effect of 3D.
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I think it will have both.
3D, headtracking, and tilt controls would be fucking crazy.
If you're like turning it to steer or something but everything stays perfectly level in track with your eyes AND it's popping out of the screen!
3D, headtracking, and tilt controls would be fucking crazy.
If you're like turning it to steer or something but everything stays perfectly level in track with your eyes AND it's popping out of the screen!
ShockingAlberto
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So popular opinion on GAF.brain_stew said:
JoshuaJSlone
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I really know jack about LCD tech, but I suppose that's feasible. Would be a lot more limiting in terms of depth, though. Rather than two images that combine to create whatever sort of distance view the developer desires, it would be like a screen with a third resolution number (400x300x4 or whatever), and each layer always being separated by the same distance--the thickness of one LCD layer. Still, it would fit the requirement of 3D effects without glasses.wind_steaker said:
Dacvak
No one shall be brought before our LORD David Bowie without the true and secret knowledge of the Photoshop. For in that time, so shall He appear.
Well, autostereoscopic screens don't work correctly if you tilt your head 90 degrees, so if motion controls have been confirmed for the 3DS then I'm guessing it will end up using head tracking.Jtwo said:
chixdiggit
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goomba said:
Maybe. But I don't think it will really be a new platform like the DS or Wii. I think it will be like the DSi. But yea, wouldn't be the first time I was wrong.
Seems more likely Nintendo would just use virtual analog again, only this time with selective rumble so you can actually "feel" the edges.Linkzg said:as for a d-pad that can become an analog stick, it would be interesting if they looked at the dinovo mini method. That's more a 5 way d-pad that becomes a small thumb touch pad, but if they have a dip and leave it textured, I don't see why they couldn't just have a "touch" based analog stick. The reason it didn't really work on the DS or iPhone is because you didn't know where the borders were or the relative range; you had to build that muscle memory for each game you played.
This is what it looks like:
In the top picture it is in the mode where you can click in in the four directions or press it down. In the bottom picture it becomes a touch pad like you'd find on a laptop, but a bit more designed for thumb use.
Huevos de Oro
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People are already thinking in 3D! A humble D-pad isn't going to cut it anymore.goomba said:Why do people think Nintendo will replace the DS Dpad with an Analog stick?
Doubt it. Dpad is more casual friendly
But seriously, I also believe that Nintendo's design will always aim for something unimposing and easy to approach, from a consumer standpoint, that is.
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Aw lame. Oh well!Dacvak said:
Flying_Phoenix
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brain_stew said:
Not that I assumed that it was going to work that way, but how exactly is this most likely going to work?
Grampa Simpson
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Lenticular Posters is one way. CG heavy TV ads would be another. They'll probably tend towards TV ads that shows celebrities' reactions to the system.Cygnus X-1 said:
ShockingAlberto
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I doubt the analog stick, if it's there, will completely replace the D-Pad
I'm guessing D-pad is primary placement, recessed stick beneath it
I'm guessing D-pad is primary placement, recessed stick beneath it
Always-honest
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goomba said:
Indeed. there will be no analog sticks imo.
maniac-kun
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why would they keep a 2d input device when the thing is promoting 3d
goomba said:Why do people think Nintendo will replace the DS Dpad with an Analog stick?
Doubt it. Dpad is more casual friendly
Remember the DS launched without a analog stick and its main launch game was Mario 64 , the defining 3d analog stick game.
Because the Nikkei speculates it will have one and as mentioned earlier in this thread they have been correct about Nintendo related info in the past.
ShockingAlberto
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Why does the PS3 have a D-pad.maniac-kun said:
Flying_Phoenix
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maniac-kun said:
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maniac-kun
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right like they cant translate analogstick input to 8 digital directionsMik2121 said:
HAL_Laboratory
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Instead of "fixing" my mockup, why don't you make your own?Mik2121 said:
abstract alien
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:^| indeedFlying_Phoenix said:
ShockingAlberto
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Do...do you realize that BC was already announced or are you making the funniesQuincey said:
AceBandage
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I think if it's the size of the XL, they could easily include both a analog stick and d-pad.
Speaking of which, I got to try out an XL today (I know a Nintendo rep) and damn that thing is sexy. I love everything about it.
I hope the 3DS is designed in a similar way.
Speaking of which, I got to try out an XL today (I know a Nintendo rep) and damn that thing is sexy. I love everything about it.
I hope the 3DS is designed in a similar way.
Grampa Simpson
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The analog stick and d-pad are different experiences and represent different reaction times. Try playing Megaman with a stick sometime.maniac-kun said:
Azure Dream
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HAL_Laboratory said:Mock-up attempt #2
That's more like it. What's that on the top half mirroring the buttons, though?
JoshuaJSlone
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It could get at least as close as PSP did.Quincey said:
Sorry. Thanks to BC, you're already lost.Osietra said:
So are analog sticks disallowed, too? They're just really really precise 2D.maniac-kun said:
MisterHero
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People are assuming such because the DSi already has cameras and has face detection, why is head-tracking such bad speculation?Flying_Phoenix said:
if it were stereoscopy, wouldn't that mean the DS would have to render the same scene multiple times to create the alternating images?
see I haven't been paying as much attention as other Hi-def Hi-tech afficionados on GAF
I don't think it's mirroring, but rather something like you would find on a pen tablet? At least it looks like that:Kulock said:
I have no clue about why did he add that, or if it's really that or not. I would delete that part and upload a new mock-up fix but then again he apparently didn't like what I did before.
HAL_Laboratory
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Unannounced feature. Conceptual obviously. It's a track/thumb pad that can take fingerprints and measure pulse... like the Vitality Sensor.Kulock said:
Azure Dream
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HAL_Laboratory said:
I suspected something like that. I feel like it should be on the left side for Book Format use, though.
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