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History
Development
The Toaster VR was under development from 1992 to 1995 with an expected launch in 1996.Hasbro Toaster VR [Cancelled 1992 Virtual Reality Console] - Unseen64 https://www.unseen64.net/2018/10/04/hasbro-toaster-virtual-reality-console/ Unseen64: Beta, Cancelled & Unseen Videogames! 13 November 2020 4 October 2018
Legacy
Hasbro spent millions of dollars developing the Toaster VR before deciding to cancel the project.Your Engineering Heritage: The Long Road to Consumer Virtual Reality, Part II https://insight.ieeeusa.org/articles/your-engineering-heritage-the-long-road-to-consumer-virtual-reality-part-ii/ IEEE-USA InSight 13 November 2020
The Hasbro Toaster VR is remembered as a potentially industry changing product that was not launched in favor of safer bets in the market.
Technology
The Hasbro Toaster VR would have been a 3D oriented system.VR Shop - Hasbro Toaster Review - Buy Now, UK https://www.virtual-reality-shop.co.uk/hasbro-toaster/ The VR Shop 17 December 2015
An unspecified VR system being made by Hasbro at the time, potentially the Toaster, used three ARC cores for processing.https://www.eetimes.eu/arc-from-3d-game-chips-to-licensable-risc-processor/ 10 May 2022Hamill Jasper Secrets of lost Nintendo console revealed by British gaming pioneer https://metro.co.uk/2018/09/26/secrets-of-lost-nintendo-console-revealed-by-british-gaming-pioneer-who-led-its-design-7980023/ 10 May 2022 Metro 26 September 2018 en
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