Nintendo 3DS could offer 3D video chat

So it turns out the Nintendo 3DS is built from even more awesome than I originally suspected. As well as glasses-free 3D game visuals, the new handheld could theoretically offer full 3D video chat, according to a Forbes interview with Nintendo big boss Satoru Iwata. Hey, I’m IN YOUR ROOM AND – oh Jesus, there’s a time and place for that kind of thing.

“Technologically speaking, a variety of different things are possible with the 3DS, for example, 3D video chat.”

I love the way Iwata nonchalantly drops it in there, then doesn’t even bother mentioning it again in the interview. But is this really possible? The Nintendo 3DS we saw at E3 had three cameras: two on the outer casing, and one looking in at the player. If I’m not mistaken, you’d need two cameras facing the player to achieve this effect, so maybe the 3DS hardware is still being revised.

It’s all speculation for now, but hell, this got me all excited for the 3DS again for about the 18th time this month.

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[Forbes, via VGChartz]