{"id":459328,"date":"2016-12-15T09:37:55","date_gmt":"2016-12-15T14:37:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nintendoeverything.com\/?p=459328"},"modified":"2016-12-15T10:00:55","modified_gmt":"2016-12-15T15:00:55","slug":"new-switch-patents-hmd-vr-touchscreen-gyro-much-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nintendoeverything.com\/new-switch-patents-hmd-vr-touchscreen-gyro-much-more\/","title":{"rendered":"New Switch patents: HMD \/ VR, touchscreen, gyro, much more"},"content":{"rendered":"

Back in June, Nintendo filed several new patents pertaining to Switch. The full set of documents were finally published today.<\/p>\n

There’s a whole lot of information to sift through here, to say the least. However, these are some of the main points that have been uncovered thus far:<\/p>\n

– Images \/ text pertaining to HMD (head-mounted display) \/ VR
\n– Touch panel \/ touchscreen mentioned
\n– Gyro support is apparently in
\n– Shows two full controllers \/ four half JoyCons being connected at once
\n– Alternate JoyCon configurations with actual d-pads
\n– Shoulder buttons on JoyCons (L\/R)
\n– Seems to confirm right JoyCon has an IR sensor (ie pointer)
\n– Both JoyCons have rumble motors
\n– NFC is in the right JoyCon
\n– The grip controller is basically a battery pack
\n– Seems to show fan in the Dock
\n– Seems to further suggest USB-C
\n– Console mode and portable modes mentioned where portable mode has less capability than docked mode
\n– One portion of the patent essentially talks about a sleep mode<\/p>\n\n\n \t\t\n\t\t\t\t