Virtual Boy 2

[lamprey]

Supposedly, Nintendo is going to announce a Virtual Boy 2:
http://www.finder.com.au/nintendo-to-announce-virtual-boy-2

Might be kinda cool, if true.

[opt2not]

So let us speculate, too.

It's just speculation. Though VR is currently trending, I have my doubts that Ninty would also jump on that boat.  Nintendo tends to do their own thing, and rarely follows trends because they'd rather carve out their own market and not compete with the other consoles.

[lamprey]

So let us speculate, too.

It's just speculation. Though VR is currently trending, I have my doubts that Ninty would also jump on that boat.  Nintendo tends to do their own thing, and rarely follows trends because they'd rather carve out their own market and not compete with the other consoles.

That does seem to be there MO. However, I read they are getting into smart phone games now, so maybe a DS phone is in the works.. 

[ChanceKJ]

If it is a console, (keyword here could be console, as in, not handheld). I'd want to think a VR type rig with the budget and R&D Nintendo has on parallex barrier displays might be the mix for the wow factor.  That would be surreal if there was a VB2

[mgb]

That article wasn't even educated speculation. It was just silly.
If Nintendo followed what everyone else was doing, I seriously doubt they would have come out with Wii U

[ChanceKJ]

Quiet you! A man can dream, can't he?!

[keilmillerjr]

Some how the author of that article took quite a leap from what is claimed as "what we know for sure" to this:

So let us speculate [...] the Virtual Boy 2 is set to be announced by Nintendo.

None of the "what we know for sure" even hints at a virtual boy 2.

[Xiaou2]

VB  was seriously hampered by lack of colors and raw horsepower.   However... the power is available now..as are cheap hi-res displays.

 From what I recall reading. .. Nintendo was considering 3d display on one of their consoles..such as the n64.  Even Sega tried to make a VR setup for the Genesis... but it was horrific by read accounts.  Still,  one of my favorite 3d games is: missile defense 3d... for the SMS.

 The WiiU,  shows Nintendo seems to be trying to shift gaming to be mobile & personal.  As in, its "your" machine... rather than a shared box.

 Display tech was abit of a stumbling factor in many recent systems.   From different ports, to different standards of resolution.. and even different aspect ratios.   The display tech is speeding up exponentially. .. so a console designed today... may not be very cutting edge when released to 8k laser projector style output. .. and whatever new HDMI varient needed to even be compatible.
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 Making games open ended in compatibility... usually means sacrificing performance and gameplay accuracy.  Thats the whole reason why they want a console... so there is a locked-down hardware& software environment. No surprises or incompatibilities.

 And while VR & ugmentation was challenging, limited, & expensive.. in years past.... its now very viable.  They even sort of prepped the expense and progrmmers experience. .. when they used dual screens on their handhelds.

 Btw...If nintendo released a phone os.... id prob. Switch in a heartbeat.
  All phone os's / interfaces, are wretched.