Natal is a lot more than 'just' a 3D camera like 3DV was selling. The body tracking routines, the facial recognition, everything. Maybe 3DV was trying to sell their 3D camera to Nintendo, but that's hardly the same thing as selling Natal.
Way to act like snarky condescending dickheads again, Engadget. Did your egos get in the way from seeing the difference between "smartphones could be simpler to use" and "a phone should just be for calling people" or what?
Sure, the flag thing should have gone in one swoop so that it would've been less boring to watch, but.. An HTC Magic taped to a cardboard box is "impressive", and this yields nothing other than the trademark Engadget jaded cynicism?
Maybe you guys should disable all commenting again and post another article about how you are definitely not biased in any way.
Uhm, no. The fun bit about a ViewMaster or VR headsets is that they provide a slightly different image for each eye, thus giving you 3D images. This adds exactly nothing to what the HTC and Street View can already do.
Nintendo said Ninten-no to Project Natal in 2007?
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So.. which is it?
"•The ebook implementation is about as close as you can get to reading without a stack of bound paper in your hand"
Oh good, I guess that e-Ink stuff all those e-readers have was pointless after all.
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Oct 28th 2009 9:19AM (Engadget)Maybe you guys should disable all commenting again and post another article about how you are definitely not biased in any way.
DIYer concocts homegrown View-Master, relies on HTC Magic and Google Street View (video)
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