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SvennoJ on 10 January 2022
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HoloDust said:
SvennoJ said:

We've had plenty carboard headset solutions for phones, so yep a slightly smaller and sleeker, lighter Switch 2 with detachable joy-cons could easily double as a VR display. All you need is a headset with the lenses and a place to slide the Switch 2 into. 2 Cameras on the back of Switch 2 can provide the inside out tracking.

You can slide it into a dock for playing on TV, attach the joy-cons on the side for handheld play. The cameras can be used for handheld play as well for any augmented reality games or simply for looking around or assisting gyro aiming.

Switch 2 could do all 3!

That approach was first that came to me as well, since it's only logical continuation of Switch...but that means that base model (tablet) need to have extremely  high resolution (compared to Switch) to accommodate for VR as well. Now, I'm fully not expecting (though hoping) for them to actually make a little cube (or something similar) with SoC and RAM that's just pops into different form factors and switches between them (depending on what you choose to buy), but on the other hand I just can't see Nintendo going with 4K display for tablet, just to accommodate for VR.

A 1440p screen is enough. PSVR was already good enough at 960x1080 per eye. Astrobot and Moss didn't suffer one bit from the low headset resolution. At 90 degree FOV (same as PSVR) 1280x1440 per eye will be plenty for a decent VR experience. Even if it's just 1080p, still as good as PSVR.

The current 720p screen is indeed too low, but I doubt Switch 2 won't have a higher res screen, 1080p at least. Perhaps some oddball resolution 2560x1080 to accomodate VR while keeping costs slightly lower than a full 1440p screen. HW upscaling to handle the aspect ratio difference. Would work well with 720p and 1080p games in handheld mode. 720p simply double horizontal with resampling vertical, 1080p resample horizontal resolution. VR 1280x1080 per eye. Best of all worlds.

4K screen definitely won't happen. A standalone cube also very unlikely. I would love a console only edition of the Switch, but Nintendo won't make one.