Nintendo granted patent for multi-display Panorama View feature on Wii U

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2012/12/wii-u-1356472676.jpg 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).
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