Wily hacker makes Nintendo 3DS games work with Oculus Rift
Virtual Boy 2
Although new models of the Nintendo 3DS promise better visibility when it comes to the console's stereoscopic visualisation, it probably never even occurred to the Big N that a virtual reality headset might be the best solution.
In fact, this probably isn't the solution at all, but that hasn't stopped electronics developer KatsuKity from putting this bizarre theory to the test. Its 3DS video capture card has now been updated to add Oculus Rift devkit 2 support.
The facts are these: The KatsuKity board grabs a video output from Nintendo's handheld and boots it to your PC. Useful for us game reviewing types who want to lavish tasty screen captures upon you, the punter.
With DK2 support now in its capture software, booting this video feed - including full stereoscopic support - to the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset then becomes a relatively simple matter, allowing you to get a deeper, more stable look inside the world of 3DS games.
The tricky bit is actually disassembling your 3DS to install the KatsuKity capture board in the first place, and isn't a task for the technically squeamish. But you can buy pre-modded devices, if you really do want to strap a 3DS to your eyeballs.
