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Saturday 9 July 2011

Nintendo sued over glasses-free 3DS technology


"The lawsuit was filed in a New York court by Tomita Technologies. The owner of the patent in question, and founder of Tomita Technologies, is one Seijiro Tomita, who worked for Sony for 30 years.
"Mr Tomita invented and developed technology relating to displaying stereoscopic (3D) images on-screen for viewing with the naked eye... without utilising glasses or other devices," the lawsuit claims.
The original patent, filed in 2003, pertains to "a stereoscopic video image display device for displaying different video images for the eyes of a viewer".
That certainly sounds rather like the 3DS, which uses parallax barrier technology. A thin sheet in front of the display is full of tiny slits that mean certain parts of the screen are hidden from one angle, but visible from another. With your two eyes placed at different angles to the screen, each peeper sees a slightly different picture. Nintendo's implementation is particularly impressive, although the spell is broken if you move your head, or the console, even slightly.
The lawsuit doesn't specify exactly how the 3DS infringes on the patent. Nintendo is no stranger to legal conflict either. Tech companies regularly sue the socks off each other, so it wouldn't surprise us if nothing much comes of this latest courtroom conflict."
Oh Nintendo...


Have any of you purchased to 3DS, if so how is it?

23 comments:

  1. I didn't thing nintendo was claiming to be the originators of this tech or anything.

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  2. I don't have a 3ds but my brother wants one. He says it allows people who only see out of one eye at a time, like me and him, to see in 3d. It is refreshing to see a games company get sued for something other than the content of their games.

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  3. Eh. the 3ds is a good attempt in trying to grab customers for this 3D trend lately. Its really cool especially the zelda game.

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  4. the patent wars in technology industry are silly

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  5. I've never really been a fan of Nintendo, at least for a long long time that is.

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  6. How much money is that guy asking for?

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  7. Tsk tsk nintendo, should have done your homework.

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  8. Big companies always charge each other.

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  9. 3DS is only made for Zelda.

    /thread

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  10. i don´t have a 3ds but i think ill buy a ps vita

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  11. i haven't bought the 3DS yet, i will do it later and let you know!

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  12. 3ds rocks. daughter has one and i have to say.... it's fun

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  13. Silly nintendo.. alphabetalife.blogspot.com

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  14. I tried the 3DS in a shop, didn't like it.

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  15. i miss the old 2D games.

    +follow

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  16. is this just a patent troll? It's hard to tell now.

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  17. I'm definitely going to be waiting until these come down in price. I'll be following the developments closely, though - I'm personally waiting to see if those old DS flash carts will work with 3DS roms.

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  18. Well, played with one once, didnt really like it.
    For handheld games, I think they shouldnt try all this, 2D games are enough, then I mean like mario or something.
    At least for me.

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  19. I miss simple zelda or mario like games in 2D

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  20. I haven't bought a 3DS, but I have played one on several occasions. Its pretty neat for the first little while, but for the most part its overrated. The effect actually gets annoying on certain games.

    Interesting post though +followed!

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  21. I don't think sueing Nintendo is a good idea. Oh well, let's wait and see what happens.

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  22. They're just butthurt because Nintendo is actually implementing these ideas and they didn't.
    I haven't purchased one yet, but I plan too once I get some money or when price goes down. And right now there aren't particularly any games I want. I've tried the demos in stores and I think it's pretty neat. The 3D feels pretty natural, kind of like how Nintendo made 2 screens feel natural with the DS.

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  23. Pfft, one quick pay off (if the guy is lucky) and this gets swept under the rug.

    "No, dude who is suing Nintendo...YOU are smalltime!"

    No, seriously, big companies get away with frikkin' murder and, much like you pointed out, get sued all the time. Plus, Nintendo isn't just some big company, it's a freakin' giant.

    I'm just sayin'...

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