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Nintendo Rolls Out 'Stunning' No-Glasses 3D Game System

Nintendo's 'stunning' 3DS can also take 3D pictures

By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff

Posted Jun 16, 2010 7:21 AM CDT

(Newser) – Nintendo made a deep splash at E3 last night with the 3DS, a 3D version of its portable system. The device doesn’t require any glasses to produce the illusion of 3D, and can turn the effect off if your eyes ever get tired. It can also play 3D movies and, maybe most impressive of all, take 3D pictures with its built-in camera, the New York Times reports. It also boasts an analogue stick (finally), and iPhone-esque motion controls. Wired is wowed, calling the roll-out stunning.

Sony is on the 3D bandwagon, too, but it’s focusing on producing games for 3D televisions. “This will be the year of 3D,” promised the president of Sony America, boasting that the PS3 would have 20 3D titles by March. Sony also unveiled its own movement control scheme—simply called Playstation Move—which uses both Wii-mote-esque controllers, and a camera that the company says will combine to accurately capture players' moves.

Satoru Iwata, president of Nintendo Co., Ltd., shows off the highly anticipated Nintendo 3DS at E3 last night.
Satoru Iwata, president of Nintendo Co., Ltd., shows off the highly anticipated Nintendo 3DS at E3 last night.   (Casey Rodgers/AP Images for Nintendo of America)
Peter Dillie, Senior Vice President, Marketing and PlayStation Network, left, and actor Kevin Butler address attendees at the Sony Computer Entertainment America press event in Los Angeles on Tuesday.
Peter Dillie, Senior Vice President, Marketing and PlayStation Network, left, and actor Kevin Butler address attendees at the Sony Computer Entertainment America press event in Los Angeles on Tuesday.   (Chris Weeks/AP Images for SCEA)
Jack Tretton, president and CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment of America, speaks during the introduction of new Sony PlayStation products, as part of E3 Tuesday.
Jack Tretton, president and CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment of America, speaks during the introduction of new Sony PlayStation products, as part of E3 Tuesday.   (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
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Electronics hardware makers Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft unveiled new 3D and motion-controlled game devices, hoping to lure new users.   (Reuters Business)
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COMMENTS
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JohnEd
Jun 18, 2010 2:25 AM CDT
this generations' answer to good drugs!
G.O.P.
Jun 17, 2010 4:03 PM CDT
I see cross-eyed children
Silverbow7
Jun 17, 2010 3:50 AM CDT
I can't wait to play a 3D game. I get all wiggly just thinking about it.
 

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