PEOPLE: - Shigeru Miyamoto, age 58. Creator of Zelda & Mario. - Gunpei Yokoi. Creator of Nintendo’s first video game, designer for the D-Pad, the Game & Watch, the Gameboy, and the Virtual Boy. QUOTE: Miyamoto: To start at the beginning, at the time I was interested in virtual reality, and was one of the staff that went on and on about how we should do something with 3D goggles. I didn't exactly twist his arm, but I would talk with Yokoi-san about how goggles would be interesting. But then when development of the Virtual Boy actually began, I was busy developing the Nintendo 64 system. Another complicated thing is that 3D graphics were a major theme for both Virtual Boy and Nintendo 64. Things may have turned out differently if the two devices shared their technology, but they had different purposes.
Miyamoto on his excitement for 3D goggles and encouraging Yokoi, 2011.
Source: Iwata Asks
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