Sharp to provide Nintendo with free-form display (Rumour) [Guys Who Made the 3D Screen for 3DS] Next HH Earliest Holiday 2017?

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DanneSandin said:

Ninsect said:

DanneSandin said:

theprof00 said:

Just a half-brained thought, you could just have a screen with the buttons actually coming out of the screen itself.

Now, THAT would be interesting!

And highly unpractical.

Why? I'm not suggesting that they actually build buttons right in the screen, rather that the screen could be used as in mobiles (and mobile games) but with the addition of slight indentations in the screen for your thumbs instead for those sloppy "buttons" real mobile games use.

That's actually a different tech that exists where the screen pops out a bit to give buttons some depth. I'm saying holes in the screen where buttons come through. It would block out a portion of viewable area, but in most games those areas aren't super important anyway, and could instead allow for a full screen handheld. Instead of one with all that bulky plastic.