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05-19-2011, 09:28 PM
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420
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Nintendo's 3DS has one substantial feature which made it unique from the mess of handheld. That key feature is something called Augmented Reality.
Augmented Reality:
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For those who are not sure what AR technology does, it basically tracks an object in 3D space and is then able to draw in computer graphics over the top. With the 3DS in hand, you can move the device around and it seems that the real image that the camera is capturing in front of you has a 3D graphic existing within it, blending the virtual world into the real world.
Well, not it seems that Sony has came up with a more upgraded and advanced version of AR, calling it Smart AR. Nintendo's AR tracks an object in a 3D space and then draws it computer graphically. After that, you are free to move the 3DS and it seems as if you are "blending the virtual world into the real world." However, the 3DS's camera must determine the 3D space using a marker. For the video below, the card with a question mark is being used as a marker. Now, the trick is that the 'marker' has to be there at all time in order for this technology to function.
Sony has cleverly gotten rid of the 'markers,' so that users are able to really expand with this technology.
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The advantage of this new tech is that it can identify objects by analyzing features detected from a portion of the image together with their positional relationship. The benefit of this is that the tech can work without markers. It also enables high-speed recognition that is resistant to changes in lighting or the position of the object - even functional if the object captured appears to be comparatively small in the display. The tech works with photos, menus, posters and other similar objects.
Sony may use this new technology in their NGP. Sony has so opportunities with this technology and I'm sure they will continue to push and innovate newer, more updated technology. Sony's AR is far superior to Nintendo's, making Nintendo seem inferior.
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05-19-2011, 09:42 PM
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420
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Originally posted by FlyingIrishMan
Making Nintendo seem inferior? Nintendo are inferior.
I'm too lazy to look into detailed statistics of what each company makes, as far as profit. I'm assuming Sony gets the bigger piece of the cake, but the inferiority factor is a matter of personal opinion. Die hard Nintendo fans may think Nintendo has superiority over basically all consoles whereas PS3 fans would argue otherwise. Either way dude, it's an opinionated statement.
05-19-2011, 09:56 PM
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king of games
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in profit wise wii makes more than both xbox and ps3 put together but if sony wasnt dumb enough to implement blu ray to they ps3 they would be making made profit which may even pass the wii someday, its there stupid rivals with HD that want to make blu ray so popular even if it means spending a bit more...
Originally posted by 420
I'm too lazy to look into detailed statistics of what each company makes, as far as profit. I'm assuming Sony gets the bigger piece of the cake, but the inferiority factor is a matter of personal opinion. Die hard Nintendo fans may think Nintendo has superiority over basically all consoles whereas PS3 fans would argue otherwise. Either way dude, it's an opinionated statement.
05-19-2011, 10:12 PM
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stoolio_sample
Pokemon Trainer
Originally posted by 420
I'm too lazy to look into detailed statistics of what each company makes, as far as profit. I'm assuming Sony gets the bigger piece of the cake, but the inferiority factor is a matter of personal opinion. Die hard Nintendo fans may think Nintendo has superiority over basically all consoles whereas PS3 fans would argue otherwise. Either way dude, it's an opinionated statement.
No, it's not opinionated. A company can't be superior if it's fiscally and technologically inferior. If superiority could be left as an opinion, then it could be true that Texas Instruments is the superior computer software manufacturer.
05-19-2011, 10:21 PM
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Crunk
Sir, I'm too 1337
I don't take either side, but from watching both videos NGP is superior due to the fact that the technology being used is now more common, then when the 3DS was in production, so neither a superior or inferior just using the technology in a different style =D
05-19-2011, 10:31 PM
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E0000B6FAF25838
Nikolai Reznov
Originally posted by sample
No, it's not opinionated. A company can't be superior if it's fiscally and technologically inferior. If superiority could be left as an opinion, then it could be true that Texas Instruments is the superior computer software manufacturer.
Nintendo makes a profit with every console sold. The reason OtherOS and backwards compatibility were removed from the PS3 was because Sony only gets their profits from people purchasing games, they're literally losing money with each console produced.
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