The Nintendo Virtual Boy (released on August 14, 1995 in the USA and July 21, 1995 in Japan) is a video game console that used a twin eyeglass style projector to display the games in "true" 3-D (though monochromatic). The launch price was around US$180.The console was designed by Gunpei Yokoi, inventor of the Game & Watch LCD handhelds and the Nintendo Game Boy, but was not intended to replace the Game Boy in Nintendo's product line. Nintendo intended to use the console to take advantage of the then-recent interest in virtual reality brought on by movies like The Lawnmower Man and a number of virtual reality arcade games.
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Planet Virtual Boy
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