If you’ve been watching Nintendo Switch 2 news like a hawk for the past few weeks, you may have spotted leaks about the new and improved Joy-Con controllers, and wondering just what an IR sensor is.

The motion IR camera was used in the March launch game 1,2, Switch for an eating contest challenge. With the sensor pointed at the player’s face, the system could track the opening and closing ...

1-2 Switch Nintendo That may have been for the best, because the Nintendo Switch 2 doesn’t appear to feature IR sensors — or at least not in the same way that they appeared on the original Switch.

If the Switch 2 is indeed missing the IR camera, games that use it will either be unsupported or switch off that functionality. Nintendo Labo, the experimental virtual reality add-on kit, would be ...