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PS3 Motion Controller Officially Lands Next Spring
The PlayStation motion controller wand won’t hit shops until next Spring, but SCEA research head honcho, Richard Marks, gives a pretty interesting look at its background and capabilities in this video. Hearing how the technology works is cool and all, but what caught my attention was that it’ll have rumble feedback, buttons, and an analog trigger. I’m looking forward to seeing how games use it at the Tokyo Game Show on September 24.
In part one, Sony explained that next Spring’s glowing wand will have rumble feedback. In part two, Anton Mikhailov (the guy from the E3 demos) dishes the prototype was built using parts from Home Depot, and caused a stir with airport security.
Mikhailov also confirms that the combination of camera tracking, gyroscopes and accelerometers are precise enough for the wand to be used in more complicated games, not just casual titles.
Microsoft’s Courier Dual Screen Tablet
Yesterday, the cats over at Gizmodo got a look at what appeared to be a pretty groundbreaking product from Microsoft — the Courier — a dual-screen, multitouch tablet with an advanced UI the likes of which we’ve rarely seen. According to the site’s report, the product was in “late prototype” stages, and judging from the video, it looked to be pretty far along (at least as far software was concerned). Today, MobileTechWorld looks as though it might be shedding a little more light on the device and its software… but it might not be quite what you think.
via Engadget
Mechwarrior 5 announcement soon
A series of new teaser trailers hint quite obviously that a new Mechwarrior game could be in the making.A series of new teaser trailers have just been released on IGN which hint quite blatantly that a new Mechwarrior game could be set for an imminent reveal.
The trio of trailers each show massive robotic bipeds stomping around in cities, which is a pretty sure clue that even if the teased game isn’t a Mechwarrior title then it’ll still feature massive robotic bipeds that can stomp around in cities.
Google announces Chrome OS, coming to netbooks in 2010
It’s been an exciting nine months since we launched the Google Chrome browser. Already, over 30 million people use it regularly. We designed Google Chrome for people who live on the web — searching for information, checking email, catching up on the news, shopping or just staying in touch with friends. However, the operating systems that browsers run on were designed in an era where there was no web. So today, we’re announcing a new project that’s a natural extension of Google Chrome — the Google Chrome Operating System. It’s our attempt to re-think what operating systems should be.