Friday, July 29, 2005

Revolution to have a virtual headset?

Was the Nintendo On video to be authentic after all? Most people now say no, especially after Pablo claimed to be the creator of the video, and that it was only a mockup based on his speculation about Nintendo's nextgen system.

If you don't know or haven't seen the On video (you won't be much of a Ninty fan), it is available at http://www.nintendoon.com. It is a 6 minute long video showing an incredible virtual headset that was supposedly the Nintendo Revolution.

Now, why the virtual headset theory was revived, you may have seen this...
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Call this number 425.882.7878
Virtual Vision
7659 178th Pl NE
Redmond, WA 98052-4953
(425) 882-7878
Virtual Vision Phone Phone Number

2. Ask for Bruce
3. When they say "Bruce who" reply "The One who Pilots the Cessnas"
4. When Bruce answers, ask how the meeting with Nintendo went today
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Those are supposedly instructions on how the leakers obtain inside information on the Revolution (try it if you dare). Virtual Vision is the Washington Division of the eMagin corporation. eMagin is a company that produces virtual headsets with inbuilt groscopic tenchnology.

Of course, many believed this to be a fake, as anyoone could have come up with those instructions. But some people actually followed them. Bruce's secretary answered the phone number, but Bruce wasn't there to take the phone. However, one caller actually got through to Bruce, the conversation was recorded and available here.

Again the recorded conversation was seen by many people as a fake. But then many who had dared to phone Virtual Vision, although Bruce wasn't there to answer the call, heard his answering machine, and can confirm the Bruce's voice matches the one in the recorded conversation.

If this was true, that it means that Nintendo have made an agreement with imagine, and there will indeed be a headset for the Revolution. One drawback of this idea is that eMagin's latest stereoscopic headset costs $899 U.S dollars, so it'll be a wonder if Nintendo could squash that price down to an affordable number.

And so the speculation continues...

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