What Microsoft’s Project Natal will do is best summed up by Director Steven Spielberg:
"I’ve been asking the crucial question: how can interactive entertainment become as approachable as other forms of entertainment? The vast majority of people are just too intimidated to pick up a video game controller…Despite the size of (the video game) industry, [...]
Update – The Seattle Times has an article on the XBox Natal controller. This is a bar with both cameras and voice allowing people to use both their voice and body as a controller. Click here to read the Seattle Times article.
Rumors are starting to run rampant that the XBox will beat the Wii’s [...]
Rumors are starting to run rampant that the XBox will beat the Wii’s casual gamer friendly motion sensing game controller by simply getting rid of the controller. In what may be an E3 announcement, XBox will use their 3DV acquisition to turn your body into a controller. The rumored XBox Fluid will use a [...]
Hitachi is announced they are working with Canesta’s to create a new 3D controller (press release here). This means you’ll be able to control programs on your TV by simply moving your hands. The the real beauty is the ability for the TV to detect which parts of your body are moving and how fast [...]
Thanks to LG, every box that delivers content to your HDTV will be undergoing an existential crisis.
For years, I’ve been talking about a day when you bring home your TV, plug it in to an electrical and broadband outlet, and start getting a range of content and applications – no boxes or cable needed…cable companies [...]
Reuters is reporting that a video distribution service will be launched on the Wii by Dentsu, a Japanese ad agency, in Japan in 2009.
Video content will be created specifically for the Wii with cartoons being cited as the first example. There will be a mix of paid and free content.
There are a few interesting points [...]
Are video games recession proof? The evidence seems to be piling up the favor of the video industry. It makes sense. People will still want to be entertained and video games are a cost effective way of entertaining even small crowds in the digital living room.
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For years we’ve seen adults playing video games. However, from a marketing perspective, using video games still seem the be the domain of young ‘uns.
The latest Entertainment Software Association survey (read it here) found the following:
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Dailymotion just posted new game trailers from E3 at http://www.dailymotion.com/Gametrailers. Even if you don’t like video games, the quality is amazing. If you’re a fan of CG animated movies, you’ll see how the line between movie entertainment and video games grows thinner every day.
Here’s what they have so far:
Lord of the Rings: Conquest – E3 [...]
