potato_hamster said:
Conina said:
Saying that the Virtual Boy is similar to a modern VR headset (or even the Forte VFX1 of the ‘90s) despite lacking a lot of features which are essential for a VR experience (and we are not talking about resolution) is like saying that PDAs (f.e. Apple Newton) were already smartphones because they had many of the smartphone features (while ignoring the lack of other essential features).
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As for smartphones:
"In March 1996, Hewlett-Packard released the OmniGo 700LX, a modified HP 200LX palmtop PC with a Nokia 2110 mobile phone piggybacked onto it and ROM-based software to support it. It had a 640×200 resolution CGA compatible four-shade gray-scale LCD screen and could be used to place and receive calls, and to create and receive text messages, emails and faxes. It was also 100% DOS 5.0 compatible, allowing it to run thousands of existing software titles, including early versions of Windows."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smartphone
Sounds to me like taking a PDA and mashing a Nokia phone on the back of it does actually make a smartphone. Sure the Omnigo doesn't have much in common with the first iPhone, but they're both still considered smartphones. Imagine that.
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But that's exactly the point: A simple PDA is no smartphone. A simple mobile phone is no smartphone. A simple digital camera is no smartphone. A simple music player is no smartphone. A simple video player is no smartphone. A simple navigation device is no smartphone.
Combining all these features in one device makes it to a smartphone. If most of the key features are missing, it is only one piece of the puzzle.
And the same goes for the Virtual Boy.
