http://mynintendonews.com/2014/07/03/nintendo-patents-eye-tracking-device-which-enables-3d-on-a-2d-display/#comment-1106734

Nintendo has filed a rather interesting patent that depicts an eye tracking device which enables 3D viewing on a conventional 2D display. The patent was published today via the USPTO. The patent works by having the user wear special glasses or something similar. The user is then tracked by a camera placed above the television. Once the person moves his or her head then the user will view the image displayed on the television screen in 3D. Nothing may come of this, but it’s interesting nonetheless.

The IGN Article can be found here

Sounds exactly like this:


BTW, this video is from Dec 2007.

DAAAAANG They probably got him on that. That is awesome. 

Meh. 3D technology is becoming cheaper anyway, and if I still need glasses, I don't see the point.

I hope not, 3D these days is just extremely unnecessary.

It would actually be nintendo's take on VR.

He went to work for Microsoft last I heard.  Was surprised much of his tech didn't show up there.  Maybe he moved on over...or maybe Nintendo just changed a few details and called it their own.  Either way, this is much more impressive tech than current 3D.

Hope nintendo got him, that could be why nintendo has been saying virtual reality isn't for them, because they have this instead.

That is so cool...

(the video that is)

VR huh? Well we all know what happened when Nintendo did that...