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Nintendo and Panasonic join forces to improve game interaction.
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Professor Lich
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People seem to forget that the Wii U can do video chat. The Wii U gamepad has a built in camera and mic which are suppose to be of a decent quality. I believe it was said they in theory had the tech (in addition to maybe using the Wii remote and sensor bar) already to pull of what is being done with Kinect and possibly even the Oculus Rift as well. Kinect possibly being the easier one to pull off since you'd have to mount the gamepad to do what OR is doing. It would possibly come down to the proper software which is what it seems this new deal could likely address.
ViewtifulJC
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sörine;83784229 said:
because that's how Q worked at the time.
I suppose there are complications to implementing Blu-ray playback into an existing OS that does not pay the license.
anyways, nothing on the hardware front to expect from this deal.
I'm still hopeful one day, Nintendo & Panasonic will venture together in the broader tech business. I'm postive Nintendo could use its gaming knowledge in non game-centric products. a little miiverse in cameras, a little spotpass in phones etc...
I was always under the impression that, at least with Nintendo/Sony, the next console is always in the works.
yes.
it's probable Nintendo thinks NUI is a mature enough/cheap tech to be implemented.
Nintendo has history with implementing stuff once it has reached pervasiveness in other products.
they bought the rights to patents and can influence NUX researches to fit their goals.
Meesh
Member
Interesting, if you could have your iPhone/Android or whatever mobile device communicate with your console. Like simple shit to start, taking pics of people creates Miis instantly transferred to the verse. Or even a photo album that you share with friends over the same community. Or, seeing as mobile devices use gps there could be an app for Miiverse that shows your location to other friends/Miis on a globe or map, completely scalable and on your console. And like Facebook, those Miis could have connections to others you may know...I'm sure there better ideas, I just thought you had an interesting point.
It's not like it's common knowledge that they start R&D on the next one as soon as a system is out the door lol.
w1gglyjones
Member
Whatever they do, at least you can rest assured that it will work properly. Nintendo doesn't fuck around with input. DS and 3DS touchscreens have better response time than an iphone 5. They've pretty much always stressed superior control in their input schemes.
John Dunbar
correct about everything
did anyone actually own a panasonic q?
ShinHayase
Member
Still have it. Pretty awesome. Lost the remothe though....
Interesting news but we prrbably won't see anything shaping up anytime soon.
w1gglyjones
Member
Yeah. What kind of sandwiches does it make?
Prince Vultan
Banned
Don't trust them Panasonic! They'll be in bed with Samsung by the end of the week or some shit! 
Voice recognition? Nintendo SIRI with the voice of Peach NOW! :O
Same voice actress does Cortana.
AcademicSaucer
Member
panasonic blu ray - i zeldas incoming
Gorgeous BLTs, at 4k/60fps, with 8X AA/AF.
Yes please!
Gamecube didn't have a full featured OS capable of supporting multiple applications though. If Panasonic made a movie playing variant of Wii or Wii U, I'd expect the DVD/BRD player to be just another channel in the regular OS menu. Maybe even the same as the Game Disc channel.
I know they're not gonna make a console whatsoever, but if they ever did, they could call it the Fun Unit Q... aka Fu-Q.
Ha ha ha ha, y so funny?!....
Anyway, I think we're probably never get to anything from this collaboration, not directly (it'll be behind-the-scenes stuff we'll learn about several weeks/months later).
Ha ha ha ha, y so funny?!....
Anyway, I think we're probably never get to anything from this collaboration, not directly (it'll be behind-the-scenes stuff we'll learn about several weeks/months later).
Cygnus X-1
Member
Nintendo looking ahead to the after Wii U?
Canis lupus
Member
Wii Q
Sir Alemeth
Member
Can't wait for my cd-i Zelda 4.
... do people NOT realise the CD-i was from Phillips, not Panasonic?
Of course they are, just like they're already looking ahead to the after 3DS. Even if they weren't, that doesn't mean the Nitnendo engineers just sit in their office all day without doing anything. They're always researching stuff, not even necessarily for their next console(s).
Of course they are, just like they're already looking ahead to the after 3DS. Even if they weren't, that doesn't mean the Nitnendo engineers just sit in their office all day without doing anything. They're always researching stuff, not even necessarily for their next console(s).
Technically pretty much all the major players doing speech recognition do all the heavy lifting on remote servers. I doubt that this will be different.
The ones that don't, require training that is kind of the opposite of easy to use/set up.
Oh of course, how could we forget Hey You Pikachu!
That would indeed be something!
Yeah, people love jumping conclusions -___-
I agree. Didn't Nintendo learn anything after what happened between them & Sony back in the 90's?
StreetsAhead
Member
PUX (and Panasonic) are listed in the Special Thanks of the Wii Fit U credits.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q79v5fM-Tm0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q79v5fM-Tm0
