Joy-Con IR camera has another use?

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Peh said:

Platina said:
If you are holding the controller the way it's supposed to be held, I think the motion sensors are enough to determine which is down. Technology is improving so I'm sure they found a work around for the sensor bar but using the IR camera for this would be a bit odd in my opinion

Probably there for whatever handwaving features Nintendo wants to add to their games, but I don't see this being used much :/

I always asking myself if Nintendo actually do have a plan on hiw to use these techs efficiently. Sometimes they add some feature, but let them die out like the AR of the 3DS.

 

So either Nintendo has a plan for that IR sensor or they just put it in for 3rd parties for fun. Needless to say, that it increases the cost of the devices.

 

Possible that the IR camera has only one function, being a gimmick. The only thing Nintendo showed so far using the IR camera is the sandwich eating game in 1-2 Switch. Like you said, Nintendo isn't even doing anything revolutionary with it. If you look at the lens over the sensor on top of a Wiimote, it is pretty much the same shape as the lens over the Joy-Con IR camera. Coincidence? Using up extra stock?