Google Hangouts provider Vidyo powers video chat for Wii U (and sees a $1B opportunity in Nintendo)

The Nintendo Wii U video game console is now hitting homes everywhere gamers who must have the newest new thing out — and it’s coming with high quality video-conferencing technology built-in. That technology, I learned last week, is actually the basis for a content delivery platform that its provider thinks is a billion-dollar opportunity.

Until now, it’s been a mystery who was providing the video-conferencing technology in the Wii U. It turns out that Vidyo, the same company that powers Google Hangouts, helped Nintendo deliver living-room teleconferencing.