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Virtual Boy – Another Perspective…

I don’t really agree with the Virtual Boy being VR’s “nail in the coffin”. I think it was just one of many crappy products. Maybe it could have saved the VR hype for a while if it was a big success, but as it is it’s just one of the many VR obscurities that simply [...] Related posts:

  1. Number 5 in PC World’s “Ugliest Products in Tech History” – VIRTUAL BOY
  2. Retrospective photo review of Forte VFX1 Virtual Reality system
  3. 10 Reasons Why Virtual Reality Did Not Become a Standard

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Number 5 in PC World’s “Ugliest Products in Tech History” – VIRTUAL BOY

Nintendo’s 1995 Virtual Boy was a whole cartridge based game system inside a desktop-mounted-head stereoscopic immersive display. Designed by Gunpei Yokoi of Gameboy fame, and offered for $180 retail, the market was less than kind. It was withdrawn from the market in less than a year and now can still be found late in the [...] Related posts:

  1. Virtual Boy – Another Perspective…
  2. Retrospective photo review of Forte VFX1 Virtual Reality system
  3. 10 Reasons Why Virtual Reality Did Not Become a Standard

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