TheCongressman1
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Would be a neat addon, but I think it would be really cheesy to integrate it into the console.
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Nintendo Patents Projector That Displays Flat Images On Uneven Surfaces
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Fredrik
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This is a fan dream scenario and just like the dreams of all the possibilities of Wii and WiiU it's very likely that it won't become reality.
jabberwocker
Banned
I love how anything without real details can be patented. The whole system is a joke.
A projector means I don't have to carry TV's to run Smash tournaments.
Wyndstryker
Member
People will always find a lag excuse in smash.
They'll say the surface is causing the projector to lag or some other craziness. Never underestimate a smash player's ability to deflect the blame to something else.
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Deleted member 465307
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While I see the point you're going for, I guess I'm not the kind of person to want to play video games on walls in public places. Seems like it would be kind of disruptive to the other people nearby and I'd worry about people walking in front of the projector. However, if you would actually use it, I hope it's an option for you at some point, either because it's built-in or it's an attachment.
Nostremitus
Member
Hmm... Augmented reality where the controller is a flashlight(projector) that projects images... It would need a couple of cameras to detect objects in three dimensional space and adjust the image accordingly.
Yeah, this one is probably a extrovert person feature. If you have a good TV and mostly play by yourself a projector is not a big deal. But its a cool feature to have.
For example, I never "got" 3D because I can only see properly with one of my eyes, so the effect is lost in me. Its still something cool to show off to people who can enjoy it. Same with a projector, is the kind of stuff that will get people to say "Wow you can DO THAT."
Fredrik
Member
It's great in theory but in reality I just think that something will prevent you from doing this anyway. Either there won't be a Smash NX or it'll be crap or the detachable controllers will have too few inputs or the projector lamp won't be bright enough or the battery life will be 30 minutes in projector mode or the resolution will be 240p or whatever. I'm sorry to be such a party pooper but I'm just going by past scenarios where these early dreams of new Nintendo tech possibilities usually don't become reality.
Neuromancer
Member
Maybe they're doing Illumiroom since MS never bothered. I'd be all over it.
FinaruDensetsu
Member
Even with the screen flattened it would still look horrible. A flat screen is the smallest problem to solve.
Turbowaffles
Member
The Nintendo Tribrid!
And what do you know. There was also patents of removable controllers.
Whoa do we have a separate thread about this? This is the first time we've seen these patents, correct?
If its designed to track the perspective of the viewer and considering the trick can only work from 1 specific angle. Would be challenging to use the tech effectivly at a large convention. But could possibly be useful still.
The new Moto Mod projector you can snap onto your smartphone comes to mind.
Up to 70 inches in 480p. It costs $299 and has a 1 hour battery life.
Up to 70 inches in 480p. It costs $299 and has a 1 hour battery life.
Great points, lets see if I can work around them.
If it has two USB ports as rumored (And Smash NX is just a enhanced port of Smash 4), then it makes sense it will support Gamecube controllers.
Battery life easily solvable by connecting the console to a power supply.
The light not been bright enough is the hardest one to solve if you are not indoors, but if it has a "Projector mode" that changes the colors to make it easier to pop out, eh, could work. But if the light IS bright enough then there is no problem at all.
The resolution is something I don't really care about, as long as it runs smoothly. I have played Smash 4 tournaments in CRT's before.
You'll be lugging that CRT around forever.
Milly Osworth
Member
Who needs 4K and HDR when you have low quality projection!!
Cthulhu_Steev
Member
I hope NX has a decent flap to hide the projector behind.
"4K"
TLZ
Banned
Cow Mengde
Banned
You know how handhelds are hard to play with friends if you have to take turns? Imagine with the NX, you can play from the screen, and the image is also projected onto the wall or something, and all your friend needs is a wireless controller to join you!
Or even something as simple as being a spectator. Your kids brother doesn't have to lean over to watch you play. You just project the image, and he can watch you play without leaning over you to see.
And of course, you can just set the damn thing down anywhere to play when used as a portable.
I wonder how clear is the image if you play outside in the sun though. would be crappy if the sunlight overpowers the brightness of your projection.
Also, doesn't being a projector make this device a hybrid!? That means the device can instantly transform into one of the other if the projector is built in, and not part of the dock or something.
Gyro stabilizers.
Or even something as simple as being a spectator. Your kids brother doesn't have to lean over to watch you play. You just project the image, and he can watch you play without leaning over you to see.
And of course, you can just set the damn thing down anywhere to play when used as a portable.
I wonder how clear is the image if you play outside in the sun though. would be crappy if the sunlight overpowers the brightness of your projection.
Also, doesn't being a projector make this device a hybrid!? That means the device can instantly transform into one of the other if the projector is built in, and not part of the dock or something.
Gyro stabilizers.
Serenitynow
Member
Quick observation before bed:
Emily Rogers made a "tiny update" to her blog on September 20th. It reads,
MEGACHIPS CORPORATION is the co-assignee of this patent.
Emily Rogers made a "tiny update" to her blog on September 20th. It reads,
https://arcadegirl64.wordpress.com/2016/09/02/rumor-what-should-we-expect-from-the-final-nx-product/ (Bottom of page)
MEGACHIPS CORPORATION is the co-assignee of this patent.
It worked perfectly fine for me lol
Chittagong
Gold Member
NX is Schrodinger's Console.
It currently exists in a super position where it is both a handheld and a portable, has projectors and controller attachments, supplemental computing units and vitality sensors, Nvdia chips and AMD chips, scroll wheel triggers and regular triggers, right analog stick above and below the action buttons, split d pad and regular d pad.
Once NX is finally observed the wave function collapses.
It currently exists in a super position where it is both a handheld and a portable, has projectors and controller attachments, supplemental computing units and vitality sensors, Nvdia chips and AMD chips, scroll wheel triggers and regular triggers, right analog stick above and below the action buttons, split d pad and regular d pad.
Once NX is finally observed the wave function collapses.
TLZ
Banned
Just don't tell us she knew about this already. She's done that a few times now and will seem fishy.
I'm still waiting on them taking 3D to the next level with holograms, so this might be very helpful
Nostremitus
Member
perfect
Neither will this. Pico projectors have shit brightness and even normal projectors can have issues getting a decent image in a bright room.
And this patent only seems to cover geometry - what if the uneven surface has different coloured areas - do many people have bumpy surfaces that are white?
I could perhaps see this as an accessory but not built into the core unit. Most of the time you'll be playing handheld or if you're at home you'll have a TV nearby
No idea what this could be about really.
"Instead of having a VR device taking you to into the game, we have the game come out for you!"
"Instead of having a VR device taking you to into the game, we have the game come out for you!"
I thought it meant "get ready for dem gif reactions" in NeoGAF threads lol.
Edit:
Phoenix Wright on a wall. Look for clues, ON A WALL!
Professor Layton on a wall. Solve puzzles, ON A WALL!
As will GAFs hopes and dreams. Which are subsequently not only a waveform, but given the weight of expectation, also a particle with gravity. A supermassive particle. We shall dub it unobtainium.
I made a silly projector joke a while back about the NX not having a camera on the screen portion because the projector was taking up too much room. Would be gloriously weird if it actually has one. That said, it seems pretty far-fetched that the NX could have a way to offer this kind of gaming at decent quality on the go... or anywhere for a low price, for that matter.
This WOULD fit all the talk about a "new way to play games" and changing the idea of what home or portable gaming is, though. Actually it makes a LOT of sense given what Nintendo has said.... it just doesn't make sense given what seems realistic for a low-price device.
This WOULD fit all the talk about a "new way to play games" and changing the idea of what home or portable gaming is, though. Actually it makes a LOT of sense given what Nintendo has said.... it just doesn't make sense given what seems realistic for a low-price device.
I love Pico projectors. My research group has a dozen of them. Their sharpness and luminosity are easily as good as some of the bigger projectors you're used to, and all in a very small and cheap package. A projector that you can carry around and basically forget you have in your bag. But it would probably add another $40 to the price, and if Nintendo was as rumors suggest sitting on a mass market price, I doubt they would want to get back to Wii U problems.
If they do include it, I really, really doubt it would be on the handheld itself.
A projector
- adds bulk
- gets hot and needs strong active cooling (well maybe they already have this given the devkit)
- above all is not kids proof, and you don't want the thing to break one week in
- has only a very limited use case, i.e. indoors and darkened, which is the opposite of what you want a portable to be able to do
No really our research group bought a $25000 projector for outside projection mapping, and it's still useless basically in anything but pitch dark. You can only make this work with lasers and a) that's not in the patent, and b) think about all the Daily Mail headlines going Nintendo is frying the eyes of our kids.
Now as part of the docking station though, that's certainly possible. You're indoors, most people play in the evening if they also have a handheld and otherwise it's not hard to close the curtains. The inclusion would only be constrained by price considerations. Well that and you can't put it in a cupboard, but that's problematic for a dock anyway.
If they do include it, I really, really doubt it would be on the handheld itself.
A projector
- adds bulk
- gets hot and needs strong active cooling (well maybe they already have this given the devkit)
- above all is not kids proof, and you don't want the thing to break one week in
- has only a very limited use case, i.e. indoors and darkened, which is the opposite of what you want a portable to be able to do
No really our research group bought a $25000 projector for outside projection mapping, and it's still useless basically in anything but pitch dark. You can only make this work with lasers and a) that's not in the patent, and b) think about all the Daily Mail headlines going Nintendo is frying the eyes of our kids.
Now as part of the docking station though, that's certainly possible. You're indoors, most people play in the evening if they also have a handheld and otherwise it's not hard to close the curtains. The inclusion would only be constrained by price considerations. Well that and you can't put it in a cupboard, but that's problematic for a dock anyway.
A projector in a handheld would be as great idea as the Gamepad in Wii U. Neat, but making it a very poor value product.
Maybe they could make it an accessory. But as built in it fucks up everything: size, heat, battery life, price.
I guess posting this would help people understand what megachips is.
http://www.megachips.co.jp/english/company/features.html
Best to just read what they are in the link.
Edit: There was also this thread so it actually was already known.
http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=1224114
Rösti;204721020 said:
More at the link.
