When Sony first announced Remote Play I got a little excited. I fully embraced the idea of playing games remotely from my PS3 onto my PSP. I was a little disappointed though when it turned out that it was only really PS1 games that you could play. There are a few exceptions, but nothing too amazing. [click to continue…]
December 2008
Super Hi-Vision is a technology that was first introduced in 2003. It has various names such as UHDTV (ultra high definition television) and makes 1080p (Full HD) look small. SHV runs at a resolution of 7680 x 4320 pixels which is the equivalent of 16 1080p screens stitched together. According to a report in September from the BBC they say that SHV will be coming to the home around 2015 although many changes can happen in 7 years from now. What they are aiming to do is step up another level to what ever that might be. All we do know is that resolutions will be a lot higher then they are now to give you an even finer image. It’s debatable about how much you will actually notice on screen sizes that are commonly seen in the home.
Gamersyde released a statement today announcing that finally the world of ‘Home’ is coming to the PS3 (in an open beta). Home has been delayed multiple times by Sony, in their quest to make it right. But have they waited too long? Has the moment passed where Home was cool and novel, and now it just doesn’t excite people?
If you’re interested by the open beta of Home download it Dec 11th, and see what you think. I’ve been lucky to be part of the closed beta, and must admit…I haven’t been amazingly impressed. One aspect which does excite me though is the Red Bull Air Race though, it now appears that there is a game which you can play which I am very much looking forward to. Let us know what you think.
A few years ago a patent by Sony was filed which described a system where you could smell, taste and even feel things. A device was described which transmitted sensory data to the brain and by targeting the right parts of the brain it could simulate those senses and trick you in to thinking you had actually tasted something.
Most people know that the Sony Playstation 3 sucks up power like crazy. Back in May, Choice (based in Australia) ran some comparisons of how much it costs to run various gadgets and consoles that are commonly seen around the home. Out of a list of 15 electrical items the PS3 was the most expensive to run. This is the scary part though… if you leave your PS3 switched on and just let it idle, it would cost you $157* per year to leave idle and while playing a game would add just another $7 or so dollars to that if you were to play 24/7/365. Folding@Home suddenly became a little more expensive then you expected!
The Nintendo Wii is a massively popular games console. I would say it has far exceeded initial expectations and perhaps even shocked Sony and MS. And it has done so on old-generation graphics. However, the novelty of the control method has begun to dwindle somewhat in my opinion. All the new releases I see are a re-hash of games that have been done already, or require an expensive new piece of hardware to be bought (think of the Mario Kart steering wheel, golf club, fishing rod, maraccas…) the list goes on.
Yes, we all know the PS4 isn’t particularly close to release yet, but I always like to imagine what games will be released with the arrival of a new console. Obviously there will be many new titles available, which we have never before seen, but a next-gen console also allows for an often much needed improvement to a series of games which is already familiar to us, the gamers. [click to continue…]
Johnny Chung Lee is a master in all things Wiimote (plus a lot of other things I imagine). He has manipulated the use of the Nintendo Wii controller to provide such things as multi-point interactive whiteboards, finger tracking and now head tracking. The Wiimote features an Infra-Red camera, which reads the location of the infra-red LED’s generally found in the sensor bar which is placed above the TV. By reversing the setup, mounting the wiimote on the tv, and effectively wearing the infra-red LED’s on your head, the Wiimote can be configured to feature head tracking. [click to continue…]
The revolution of the internet is in full swing, as is the drive on reducing our ‘carbon footprint’. With internet speeds continuing to increase, such things as downloadable movies and game demos for the current PS3 have become available. If Sony decide to insist on all PS4 content being downloadable only it would remove the need for an optical disk drive. This would also remove the cap which games have due to the finite limit of data which can be stored on a disk. No longer will games be confined to DVD or Blu Ray capacity disks, instead they can be of an almost infinite size. This exclusion of a drive will also reduce the overall price of the console, noise and power consumption [click to continue…]
Back in October, Polyphony Digital held an event that celebrated the 10th anniversary of the Gran Turismo series. The event named DOWNSHIFT SESSION 2008 was put together to show off the highest possible quality presentations. They managed to do this successfully by achieving a super HD resolution of 3840 x 2160 pixels by connecting together 4 Playstation 3 consoles and making each display one quarter of the super high def screen (ie, 1920 x 1080 pixels of 1080p Full HD time 4). The system worked successfully. A graphical detail can be seen below of how it all worked. [click to continue…]
I was just browsing the internet super highway and found this little cookie on the Konami Website:
MGS Coming to XBox??
It has caused a lot of speculation as to the meaning of the picture since the ON symbol somewhat representsa similarity to that of the XBox 360. However, the symbol is a universally recognised ON symbol, which could have been conveniently coloured XBox Green just to start speculation.
Also, note the line within the ON symbol is not a solid line, but rather an exclamation mark. Rumors are pointing to the possibility of a multiplatform Metal Gear, either on the Mobile level, such as iPhone/ Nintendo DSi, or a full blown Multi-Platform release.
Whatever the true meaning, Konami has wanted us to get thinking and talking and it sure has done that! Let us know what you think over in the forums.
Image Source: Konami
I’m sure most of you have heard the rumours regarding the supposed forwards compatibility of the next-gen XBox 720. I was just wondering what you all think as to whether the PS4 will feature the same technology also?
Incase you don’t know, forwards compatibility is the ability for the PS4 to play PS3 games at a vastly improved level. We’re not just talking things looking a little better, we’re talking the level of re-draw being vastly improved, or the possibility of multiplayer games being able to feature 32 players online instead of 16 etc. Basically the PS3 game benefits from the extra hardware capabilities of a new system.
I personally think it’s a great idea, giving older games a new lease of life by utilising the extra hardware power of a next-gen console! Currently whenever i go to play my old PS1 or PS2 games on my PS3 I get bored after just a few minutes because they instantly look so dated. Having forward compatibility will eliminate this. Software houses may decide to release new DLC for the game which fully utilises the extra hardware.
I guess perhaps one reason why Sony may decide not to do this would be a lack of revenue, as people may not be so eager to buy new games if their old ones are getting a new lease of life!
Feel free to discuss until your hearts content about the possibility of this feature over at our forums!
