Zeus
01-20-2008, 01:32 PM
Peter Svensson of the Associated Press reports that the Wii's motion based controls has sparked a range of ideas taking the intuitive control mechanism a stage further. Profiled is a boxing game by 3DV that allows gamers to control their on-screen character just by moving around thanks to a special camera and JVC's prototype TV that uses gestures and sounds to perform functions such as volume control, channel changes and to turn the unit on or off.
JVC, also known as Victor Company of Japan Ltd., demonstrated a prototype TV with controls based on the same idea: Gestures and sounds, such as snaps and claps, turn the set on or off, control volume or change the channel.
The prospect of never having to search the sofa for a remote is sure to be welcome in many homes, but the traditional fight over the remote could become worse. Imagine two kids engaged in a sign-language duel to control the set, with the picture and sound changing frantically.
In another demonstration, when a 3DV employee did boxing motions, an avatar on the screen in front of him mimicked the movement of his entire upper body -- quite a step up from the boxing game of the Wii, which only senses the movement of the controllers.
A particularly popular Wii game is bowling, where the user swings the remote as if it were a ball. Two phones that hit the Japanese market in May include bowling games that work the same way, but without the Wii. Swing the cell phone and you launch the ball down the lane shown on the screen.
News Source: <A href="http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080120/BUSINESS/801200421/1003" target="_blank">Courier-Journal</a>
JVC, also known as Victor Company of Japan Ltd., demonstrated a prototype TV with controls based on the same idea: Gestures and sounds, such as snaps and claps, turn the set on or off, control volume or change the channel.
The prospect of never having to search the sofa for a remote is sure to be welcome in many homes, but the traditional fight over the remote could become worse. Imagine two kids engaged in a sign-language duel to control the set, with the picture and sound changing frantically.
In another demonstration, when a 3DV employee did boxing motions, an avatar on the screen in front of him mimicked the movement of his entire upper body -- quite a step up from the boxing game of the Wii, which only senses the movement of the controllers.
A particularly popular Wii game is bowling, where the user swings the remote as if it were a ball. Two phones that hit the Japanese market in May include bowling games that work the same way, but without the Wii. Swing the cell phone and you launch the ball down the lane shown on the screen.
News Source: <A href="http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080120/BUSINESS/801200421/1003" target="_blank">Courier-Journal</a>