first "non-mobile" is a sleep tracking device Nintendo

first "non-mobile" is a sleep tracking device Nintendo ,

Although Nintendo announced earnings Q2 encouraging yesterday, the company has been clear about his need to expand into new activity area. The news represents the first solid details that we heard about "Quality of Life (QOL) platform, which Iwata first mentioned in January, speaking of mysterious" non-Nintendo portable technology. "

Iwata has expanded the concept of "no -Notebook "today, saying that tracking device sleep does not require the port, the contact operation, time, or the installation effort on hold by the user ;. from a simple drawing on a presentation slide, it is designed to be placed on a bedside table

The device will be developed in collaboration with ResMed, a company that created the technology for treating disorders such as sleep apnea and sells a sleep monitoring device without contact that seems quite similar to Nintendo plans. It will download the data to the QV servers of Nintendo and help users monitor their sleep quality and level of fatigue. Nintendo said that its gaming machines and smart devices will also be able to interface with the platform QOL cloud. The initiative of the QV is set to launch in 2016.

Nintendo entered the same territory before, of course, with the massive success of Wii Fit and the Wii Vitality Sensor radiated. Wii Fit series has sold over 42 million copies, demonstrating the company's talent for simple software that makes sense of fitness data. But he was released in a different world, a front Fitbit, Jawbone, and countless other companies tried to capitalize on the rise of smartphones to help the health of users of the track. (Microsoft has launched its own platform for fitness and coaching hours of portable devices there.) Nintendo has to bet on its ability to differentiate itself with software, and that enough users care about the stipulation "non-mobile" for his efforts to stand out in the crowd.