To clarify the policy of Nintendo to advance research on VR technology, challenge a new virtual boy


ByFrédéric BISSON

Takeshi Kimishima president of Nintendo announced that it plans to advance technology research on VR compatible hardware as Nintendo in the future.VR headset "Oculus Rift"YaPlayStation VRAlthough it is said that it came out following the fact that it came out, if Nintendo also issues a VR headset, it was released in 1995 but it did not sell much "Virtual boySince then, it will be a challenge beyond the time of more than 20 years.

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President Kimishima's remarks on VR technology were made at a press conference after the closing of accounts held on February 2. We are interested in the appearance of VR compatible hardware, and it was revealed that Nintendo is also a policy to advance research on VR technology, but it seems there is not something finely decided at the present time.


Since virtual boy, Nintendo has not shown so much interest in VR, and creator Mr. Shigeru Miyamoto questioned about compatibility between Nintendo's thinking play form and VR.

Also, President Regi Fisamay of Nintendo of America (NoA) is known as a VR skeptic, and remarks that as of 2014 VR has not yet gotten a place to have fun. In 2015 I was told that it was not fun and social.

By the way, although Nintendo is planning to release the information of the next game machine "NX" in 2016, it is unknown whether VR technology which Kimishima president told this time will be installed in NX. Apart from NX, will you develop a VR game machine?

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