(Rumor) Ubisoft employee details Nintendo's Next console

[Pyro as Bill]

archbrix said:

Pyro as Bill said:

Skip to 3:00. Wii can already do 3d on normal TVs. You swap the wiimote and the sensor bar around. Some rumours have suggested the controller can act as a sensor bar. Combine that with a camera on the TV. It's like the opposite of the 3DS 'sweet spot'.

So, let me get this straight:

#1)  The effect in this video is achieved without any special screen or lenses, just a camera by the TV, IR sensors and the naked eye (the glasses in the vid are for mounting the sensors only).

#2)  Kinect hacks already show similar types of head-tracking techniques.

#3)  This video was from 2007, and... 

#4)  The alleged Ubisoft emloyee's statement specifically states that the new controller's built-in screen and camera play a crucial role to Nintendo's new hologram effect.

Now why would people have to stare through the rumored controller's screen when this video clearly doesn't require that?  Perhaps Nintendo has found a way for everyone holding this new controller to essentially share the same holographic illusion with its newfangled tech.  I'm not saying these rumors are 100% true either, but how can people be so quick to dismiss the possibility of this?

Pretty much. In theory you could put two candles on your head or the controller to replace the ir glasses. I thought Nintendo might have actually put something like this in Wii Party. Kinect doesn't need ir lights because it can track your actual head. If N6 has a camera capable of detecting where your face is..... hmm where have I seen Nintendo doing face recognition software recently?

Yeah, 2007. I think Johnny Chung Lee is working for MS/Kinect now.

Splitscreen multiplayer wouldn't be a problem, same screen would.

Seems like a nice simple way of doing 3D without glasses. Right up Nintendo's street. It would be funny to see little, old, technologically backward Nintendo announce 'We've done it again! Moar 3D without glasses!'