Nintendo Granted Patent for Multi-display Panorama View Feature on Wii U

Sarah Silbert:

Nintendo lays claim to one of the more advanced implementations of dual-display gaming; its Panorama View Feature lets you move around the Wii U controller to see a different perspective than what's shown on the external TV screen. The company was just granted a patent for this very technology, and the document goes into great detail about the gyrosensors used to determine the controller's change in position. It's a lot simpler in practice than in theory -- just take a glance at the image above or peek at our hands-on demo of the concept at E3 2012 (embedded below the break).

[Zhipp]

A patent that isn't completely retarded. I never thought I'd see the day...

[Blackdeath_663]

i have to say while i don't like the idea of the patent (or patents in general) at least this one makes sense i can understand why nintendo would want to keep dual-screen panorama as a signature feature. lets hope nintendo make the most of it as patents have a tendency to limit a products potential to the creativity of just one company.

[Griffin4871]

Wow, that's awesome.

[specialguest]

That's actually pretty cool. Knowing Nintendo, they'll actually use this neat function which is what matters at the end.

[Septic]

Precisely. With Nintendo, you can almost always remain confident that not only will they utilise the tech, but also strive to use it in original and innovative ways.

[Mathew9R]

Now this is what i'm talking about Nintendo!

Finally you have stepped up yer game and now trying great things with the unique device you invented :)

And this is not trolling, I always wanted to see Nintendo do something out of the ordinary.

If this works, I might pick up the WiiU.

[Ben_Rage_3]

I want to see this used in a game like Mario Kart where one person is driving and the other is using panoramic view as weapon/special item turret. Can you imagine shooting shells at karts that are right behind you or beside you! That would be awesome.

[rainslacker]

Something similar was done on the Zelda game on NintendoLand. Don't know if it was fully panoramic, and the other person wasn't controlling the character(was on rails), but it's not much different than what your saying.

[GreenRanger_]

Didn't Sony do this on the Everybody's Golf game on the Vita?
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[rainslacker]

It wasn't multi-display. The premise behind this is that you would have one display on the TV, and then a different, panoramic view on the gamepad. The Vita was just a panoramic view on a single screen, something that's used in more than a few mobile games.

[zebramocha]

I don't see how that's different,Sony's version is done with in a game and nintendo is using a pre-recorded footage that is streaming to the pad,it doesn't seem like it would be difficult for Sony to do this with the vita.

For the disagrees,atleast explain why you think my assumption is wrong?because I don't think it would be difficult for any device to have this feature.

[ElectricKaibutsu]

Zebramocha, you're right that it is easy for any device with a screen and a gyroscope to do panarama: Vita, 3DS, iPhone/iPad all have games and apps that do it. The patent is specifically for a device showing the same visuals as a TV while allowing you to look "outside" what the TV shows by moving the handheld around.

[tre]

Yes they did but this is different. Nintendo patent lets you move around the Wii U controller to see a different perspective than what's shown on the external TV screen. Must have two screens.

[mamotte]

This + the Fatal Frame franchise = Win. Can you imagine scanning your room using the WiiU controller as the obscure camera, since you cannot see ghosts in the tv screen? Madness.

[Kennytaur]

This is a very strong patent. But both Sony and Microsoft will find a way around it.

[millzy102]

not unless they invent different methods of movment than gyroscopes, the patent protects it through gyro technologies so even the vita and ps3 is locked out as psvita uses gyros, very clever really, so this means the vita can do it on its own games but not when connected to ps3 or 4 as its a dual screen patent.

[lilbroRx]

Looking at the first three comments to get the "troll" rating, its clear that this site has turned to shyte.

You can talk as much trash as you want about Nintendo here and get praised for it. Point out a single negative thing about Sony or defend Nintendo in any way, and you get nuked.

They may as well delete the entirety of Nintendo news from this site, because it just gets bashed and trolled into oblivion by actual trolls. Anyone with anything good to say becomes labeled a troll by the actual site itself on top of having their commenting capability destroyed for not contributing to the hate. The site owners are clearly not going to address this either.

The commenting system on this site is broken. Whether or not you get bubbles or agrees depends 100% on how much of a fanboy for Sony you are.

[pedroyamato]

Well said sir. I tried to say that to one sony drone here that always come to my message box to talk bullshit and he said I was being biased...

This place is infested by sony drones, they vote you down, report you, bubble you down, only to make sure that only sony users will remain; and the fail commenting system on this site doesnt helps either since it praises the number, not the quality.

Fortunately nintendo users are just not retarded as sony fanboys, so they dont care about being voted down by teenagers but it is just said that sometimes, you cant comment whitout being labelled by troll only because your comment is about how you enjoy your wii u or 3ds.

Fanboys are gonna kill this site, sooner or later

[tre]

Yes, I don't care to get down rated. I am a Nintendo and Microsoft fan. Last time I play anything on playstation was when FF7 was released. I rather be playing Dreamcast games over anything Sony.

They spend too much time copying ideas and losing money. PS4 better sell well or they will be out of there. I have everything I want with Nintendo/Microsoft. Whatever happens, I won't miss them.

[ElectricKaibutsu]

I still like the comment system here. It's better than any other site, even with its flaws. Yeah, those couple people up there didn't deserve to be bubbled down as trolls, but look at Akuma. If your right that people who constantly bash Nintendo get praised for it, why is he down to one bubble? I've found that on the whole, the people with 5+ bubbles tend to be worth listening to and people with one do not. So the system has to be working in some way.

[pedroyamato]

It would be cool if they release some games as:

Visit Series=

Visit Tokyo, Visit London, Visit NY, Visit Rio, etcetcetc

The game would give you hundred of routes inside the cities and with the panaroma view you would actually feel like being there, just amazing.

[wiiulee]

nice nintendo should get that...they are the ones that innovate

[sidar]

When the article hit about the Google maps app, people went ape-s**t. " Why do you need a google maps app". All sorts of negativity.
This feature people seem to praise now could be used in google maps street view as well.