It’s now simply 2 and a half weeks earlier than Nintendo will likely be giving the Swap 2 a extra detailed unveiling through the upcoming Swap 2 Direct. Within the meantime, Swap 2 information has been primarily patents, FCC filings and rumors. The patents and FCC filings have been significantly attention-grabbing as that is, maybe, the closest we’ll get to official affirmation from Nintendo in the intervening time.
This time, it’s not essentially a brand new patent. It’s really an replace to a patent already posted. Nevertheless, the up to date patent now provides info concerning AI decision upscaling. It’s value noting that this isn’t the controversial generative AI, however a way for decision upscaling that isn’t native. Whereas this expertise could possibly be used for Swap 2 video games, it’s more likely that this can be used to reinforce Swap 1 video games being performed on the Swap 2.
After all, whereas it is a patent from Nintendo, there’s nonetheless room to maintain an open thoughts. Nintendo hasn’t really correctly spoken concerning the matter but, and outdoors of the patent itself, there’s extra hypothesis from this than any concrete info. Nonetheless, this has been rumored beforehand, so this solely provides extra proof that that is one thing that Nintendo will seemingly convey up of their Swap 2 Direct on April 2nd. That each one mentioned, you possibly can see an image of the patent replace down under.
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