News: 3DS may capture 3D movies

Nintendo's highly anticipated 3D handheld gaming device, the Nintendo 3DS, is scheduled for a big feature unveiling next week, with some of the lauded features likely to include 3D photography capabilities.

According to Gamespot, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata and Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto recently discussed some of the possible 3D video applications on the 3DS in the latest edition of Iwata Asks, a series of interviews published routinely on Nintendo's site.

Once the subject of the 3DS' 3D camera came up, Miyamoto stated that it would be interesting to see if the 3D camera on the device will help 3D photography spread like cellphone cameras did to photography.

He then hinted at 3D video capturing on the 3DS saying, “Iwata-san also want to include 3D video in the future!”. The president responded, “I think it will be fun if we're able to include video recording capabilities with future updates.”

Iwata went on to comment on the 3DS' capability of storing large amounts of data, making memory intensive tasks such as 3D video recording possible. The 3DS will come standard with a 2 GB SD card but this can be upgraded to a 32 GB card. Iwata said this meant, “Long videos, lots of photos, they'll fit.”

The 3DS will support 3D still photography from launch, but at this stage it is still unclear if 3D video recording will be added to the device via a future firmware update or whether additional peripherals will be needed.

3DS may capture 3D movies

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