potato_hamster said:
Well, I mean, besides the features it does have in common with VR headsets. If we ignore those, you're right. Just because VR headsets have evolved since then to include things like head tracking or a wide field of view doesn't mean it wasn't widely considered to be a VR system at the time. Here. Let's ask Nintendo. From their original press release (emphasis mine). |
Even years before the Virtual Boy was released there were headsets with headtracking, which ment the user could be placed inside a world (with real scales etc) instead of the user simply seeing a small scene in 3D infront of them. Nintendo marketed the VB as VR, but it never was that.
The VB is simply put a "weird looking" 3D monitor.
Last edited by Lafiel - on 20 August 2018
