Lets find out if the Nintendo Switch has a camera and what its for.
Each motion-sensitive controller has an infrared (IR) camera on the bottom.
It doesnt look like a camera.
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Again, its not a traditional lens, but youll notice it by the black spots on the bottom.
This isnt far from how sonar works.
This allows Joycon controllers to see objects and motion and use them as input.
The Nintendo 1-2-Switch game uses this camera to detect motion in one of the minigames.
The image detection is probably much better than you would expect.
However, its not high quality or has a perfect camera.
Although Nintendo has demonstrated a cardboard-style camera, you cant buy one.
That may come in the future.
You cant yet point the Joycon remote at any image and take a picture.
When Labo was first released, Nintendo detailed Joycons technical skills and showed what the camera saw.
The IR sensor can also detect a heat map.
What games use infrared motion cameras in Joy-Con?
Press the camera buttonon the left Joycon controller to take a screenshot.
This will instantly save a capture of what is shown on the screen.
The button is indicated by a square with a circle inside under the D-pad.
By default, the Switch will not display images or videos that arent screenshots of the Switch itself.
MicroSD cards can store downloaded games or upload screenshots you take on the console.
Its unclear why this functionality is so limited, but its nailed down.
Even if you rename the JPG image to Nintendos custom screenshot format, it wont fool the system.
