Virtual Boy: Difference between revisions

 

==Production==

When [[Gunpei Yokoi]] first had the idea of a Virtual Reality gaming console, he referred to it as "Virtual Utopia Experience".<ref>[http://www.planetvb.com/modules/hardware/?type=vb&sec=protos&show=2 Virtual Utopia Experience]</ref> However, {{wp|Argonaut Games|Argonaut}} was working on an advanced virtual reality gaming system called the "Super Visor" for Nintendo, which Yokoi canceled in favor of his own idea.<ref>Hamill, Jasper (September 26, 2018). [https://metro.co.uk/2018/09/26/secrets-of-lost-nintendo-console-revealed-by-british-gaming-pioneer-who-led-its-design-7980023/ Secrets of lost Nintendo console revealed by British gaming pioneer who led its design]. ''Metro'' (retrieved June 4, 2019).</ref> The first concept drawings showed the possibilities of 3D images by displaying two slightly different images using mirrors. During development, the system was codenamed "VR32", meaning "Virtual Reality 32-bit". The early patents of VR32 were made public in 1994, with diagrams showing that the controller was originally going to have three buttons on the right, near the D-Pad. The system was officially announced at the Japan Shoshinkai event on November 15 and 16, 1994<ref>[[Nintendo Power Volume 68]], January 1995, page 52.</ref>, where it was first known as "Virtual Boy". The prototype which was unveiled differed from the final version, as the system was colored blue and red, and the blue controller had multicolored buttons. It looked very similar to the future [[Nintendo GameCube Controller]]. The public were shown how each lens displayed a different image, giving the impression of "True 3D".

 

===Early design===

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Virtual Boy Mirror Scan Diagram.png|Basic design of how the 3D images were to be displayed

Virtual Boy Shoshinkai Patent.png|Shoshinkai patent 1994