God, I hate cleaning...
Especially when approximately 99% of the mess I'm cleaning up was caused by my sister. She really is quite a slob, and it goes to the extreme. We actually have to vacuum UNDERNEATH the cushions on the couch to get everything. It doesn't help that our cleaning actually kicked up a lot of dust, so that I can barely breathe right now. We actually finished a few hours ago, and the dust is still getting to me. Her mess actually destroyed one of her favorite video tapes a few years back, along with our VCR. It seems the tape had been placed in some...substance...and she then attempted to place it into the VCR to watch it. The substance (which I believe was composed in part by popsicle, lollipop, and milk) was all over the tape, including the magnetic ribbon inside. When the VCR tried to read it, the substance ended up contaminating the heads within the machine, rendering it useless.
On a side note, has anyone heard any of the latest rumors regarding the Nintendo Revolution? There are many, and if even half of them are true, then the next Nintendo home console will be the most realistic video game system ever. For instance, one rumor discusses a visor helmet, incorporating full head-tracking, meaning that control of the camera will be dependant on how you turn your head. Another uses two facts to make a speculation: 1. NASA has recently developed a holographic projector, capable of displaying real-time 3D images; 2. An undisclosed Japanese gaming company contributed $300,000 to the development of said projector. Is Nintendo going to have a holographic projector as part of its next system? Further advancing the concept, another rumor states that, in conjunction with either the projector or the visor, the system will actually be able to scan the environment you are in (your room) and use that as the game environment. Finally, another states that the control system will consist of a pair of gloves capable of providing what is called "haptic feedback," or contact simulation. Say you cause the character to touch something hot; the gloves heat up, but with built-in safeguards to prevent injury. Also, Say the character picks up an object. The gloves provide resistance against your hands to correspond with how that object should feel. So, say you grab a baseball bat; the gloves push back against your hand in the appropriate spots to make it feel as if you are holding a bat. Crazy, isn't it?
On a side note, has anyone heard any of the latest rumors regarding the Nintendo Revolution? There are many, and if even half of them are true, then the next Nintendo home console will be the most realistic video game system ever. For instance, one rumor discusses a visor helmet, incorporating full head-tracking, meaning that control of the camera will be dependant on how you turn your head. Another uses two facts to make a speculation: 1. NASA has recently developed a holographic projector, capable of displaying real-time 3D images; 2. An undisclosed Japanese gaming company contributed $300,000 to the development of said projector. Is Nintendo going to have a holographic projector as part of its next system? Further advancing the concept, another rumor states that, in conjunction with either the projector or the visor, the system will actually be able to scan the environment you are in (your room) and use that as the game environment. Finally, another states that the control system will consist of a pair of gloves capable of providing what is called "haptic feedback," or contact simulation. Say you cause the character to touch something hot; the gloves heat up, but with built-in safeguards to prevent injury. Also, Say the character picks up an object. The gloves provide resistance against your hands to correspond with how that object should feel. So, say you grab a baseball bat; the gloves push back against your hand in the appropriate spots to make it feel as if you are holding a bat. Crazy, isn't it?
posted by Qantravon at 7/13/2005
1 Comments:
While that would be crazy to have it would also be crazy expensive.
I highly doubt the next system would have that seeing as how
1. They would have to make it costeffective
2. Games would have to somehow incorperate it into their games so they would have to have the technology available to them as well.
3. portablilty/durablilty issues. These are kids, for the majority, so it would have to withstand some punishment.
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