How 3D is Nintendos “Glasses-Free” Game System?
While at E3 in LA this week, I got to spend some more time playing around with the Nintendo 3DS, the upcoming “glasses-free” 3D version of the popular handheld game system. Nintendo was showing a few limited applications of the device, including the camera feature, two playable games, and some video demos. The 3DS looks like the current DS, with two screens – a touch screen on the bottom half of the device, and the 3D screen on top. One of Nintendo’s challenges will be marketing this device to the general public, since you can’t really appreciate the glasses-free visuals unless you’re eyeballing it live. This is why, at the press conference, Nintendo quickly dispersed dozens of models into the audience to let attendees check it out first-hand. During my extended time with the 3DS later, I tried to put myself in the mind of a kid picking it up for the first time – and heard a resounding “awesome!” echo in my brain. But my grown-up brain had a few quibbles. Though Nintendo isn’t revealin
