History of video games/Platforms/Hasbro Toaster VR
History
[edit | edit source]Development
[edit | edit source]The Toaster VR was under development from 1992 to 1995 with an expected launch in 1996.[1]
Legacy
[edit | edit source]Hasbro spent millions of dollars developing the Toaster VR before deciding to cancel the project.[2]
The Hasbro Toaster VR is remembered as a potentially industry changing product that was not launched in favor of safer bets in the market.[2]
Technology
[edit | edit source]The Hasbro Toaster VR would have been a 3D oriented system.[3]
An unspecified VR system being made by Hasbro at the time, potentially the Toaster, used three ARC cores for processing.[4][5]
References
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- ↑ "Hasbro Toaster VR [Cancelled 1992 Virtual Reality Console] - Unseen64". Unseen64: Beta, Cancelled & Unseen Videogames!. 4 October 2018. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
- ↑ a b "Your Engineering Heritage: The Long Road to Consumer Virtual Reality, Part II". IEEE-USA InSight. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
- ↑ "VR Shop - Hasbro Toaster Review - Buy Now, UK". The VR Shop. 17 December 2015.
- ↑ . https://www.eetimes.eu/arc-from-3d-game-chips-to-licensable-risc-processor/.
- ↑ Hamill, Jasper (26 September 2018). "Secrets of lost Nintendo console revealed by British gaming pioneer" (in en). Metro. https://metro.co.uk/2018/09/26/secrets-of-lost-nintendo-console-revealed-by-british-gaming-pioneer-who-led-its-design-7980023/.