Nintendo is looking into virtual reality, 20 years after its failed Virtual Boy console, suggest reports that surfaced Tuesday. Nintendo President Tatsumi Kimishima reportedly described VR as “interesting technology” during an earnings call to discuss the company’s Q3 financial report. Two decades have come and gone since Nintendo released the Virtual Boy. With VR finally appearing poised to break into the mainstream, and with Nintendo’s hardware sales struggling, the company could find a way forward by returning down an old path.
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Virtual Reality May Be Coming Around Again for Nintendo
Posted by: Quinten Plummer February 3, 2016 02:23 PMNintendo is looking into virtual reality, 20 years after its failed Virtual Boy console, suggest reports that surfaced Tuesday. Nintendo President Tatsumi Kimishima reportedly described VR as “interesting technology” during an earnings call to discuss the company’s Q3 financial report. Two decades have come and gone since Nintendo released the Virtual Boy. With VR finally appearing poised to break into the mainstream, and with Nintendo’s hardware sales struggling, the company could find a way forward by returning down an old path.