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Technology Showdown: Sony’s Move vs. Microsoft’s Kinect vs. Wii

Jeremy — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 16:51:31 +0000

E3 is back in a big way, and this year was the battle of the motion controllers and 3D tech. While Nintendo® was the first to prove that motion technology was viable to gaming with the release of the Wii™, Microsoft® and Sony® are attempting to raise the bar with their own versions of motion control...but have they succeeded? The answer is yes and no. We'll break down both technologies and point out advantages and disadvantages versus the Wiimote™.
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Microsoft Continues Its Policy Of Blocking 3rd-party Hardware From The Xbox 360

Jeremy — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:57:48 +0000

Datel is just the latest victim of Microsoft’s heavy-handed 3rd-party hardware lockout. As part of the latest update to the 360 dashboard, Microsoft will be locking third party memory units so they won’t work with the Xbox 360 anymore. “Don’t use unauthorized Xbox 360 storage devices,” is the message being sent from Microsoft’s Major Nelson. [...]
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R2-D2 Arcade Machine’s Got Game

Jeremy — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 17:01:35 +0000

Star Wars and Gaming fans unite in awe at this R2 with more gaming power than the original Star Wars special effects computers and C-3PO combined! PopSci reader and engineering student Brian De Vitis converted this R2-D2 cooler into the ultimate Arcade Droid with eight game consoles, even including a projector in it’s dome just [...]
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Frankencade – The Scariest MAME Cabinet Alive!

Jeremy — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:59:46 +0000

What happens when Frankenstein asks someone to build a custom arcade cabinet for his den? Well…THAT! The creative madness of Doug Haffner, this monster plays classic arcade games when you run electricity through it’s veins. This machine may very well be the best custom arcade cabinet ever made. “I am a Steampunk fan, to be [...]
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A Virtual Tour of Heaven – Michael Jackson’s Arcade Room

Jeremy — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:07:48 +0000

We’ve covered some of the best home arcade gamerooms on the planet like the Luna Arcade and “Gibby’s Gameroom“, but none have even come close to what you’re about to feast your eyes on here. It’s been reported that Michael Jackson spent a King’s fortune on videogames, reportedly over $500,000 in fact. If there was [...]
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Nintendo Guru Matt Cassamassina on Natal’s Technology

Jeremy — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 04:19:13 +0000

Way back in at the annual Game Developer’s Conference in February of last year, IGN’s Nintendo team leader Matt Casamassina got a chance to try out what may or may not be the technology powering Microsoft’s new Project Natal, the ZCam. He was extremely impressed with it, even going so far as to say that [...]
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E3 ’09 Microsoft’s Project Natal vs. Sony’s Eyetoy Motion Controller

Jeremy — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:29:13 +0000

If anyone was still unconvinced that motion control was the future of gaming, there can be no question now after it was the star of the show at all three press conferences at E3 2009. And while Nintendo brought the idea to the forefront first in most gamers' minds, the fact is that Sony did it first on a much smaller scale with the original EyeToy. And while Nintendo tried to market their Wiimote add-on Motion Plus at E3 as the next step forward in waggle gaming, Microsoft and Sony smashed their hopes with ambitious plans of their own. So now the question that will be debated long into the foreseeable future is which of the two technologies reigns supreme. We'll try to answer that question as best it can be with what little we've seen of both so far.

E3 ‘09 Sony Reveals EyeToy-based Motion Controller

Jeremy — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 21:11:05 +0000

Well it looks like we’re two-for-two this year, as Sony enveils it”s own version of motion-controlled gaming to compete with Microsoft’s technology. Their version, which went unnamed, uses a handle with a glowing ball on the end of it which their EyeToy-like camera can see in real time. Every motion of the controller is seen [...]
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E3 ‘09 Xbox 360 Motion Controls Are In, Controllers Are Out!

Jeremy — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 19:06:55 +0000

As previously reported, the Xbox 360 is getting motions controls that blow the Wii out of the water, no controller needed! It’s The best controller ever made…you! While it looks something like a glorified sensor bar, it’s actually a camera that sees you as the controller, with depth perception brought on by a 3D depth [...]
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E3 ’09 to Bring Motion Controls to the Xbox 360 and PS3 At Last? No, really!

Jeremy — Fri, 29 May 2009 19:37:52 +0000

E3 is here again! The excitement as usual is unbearable, what-oh-what will be revealed this year. We find it interesting that so little is known about any big announcements expected this year from anyone. Does this mean that there will be surprises of a major scale from all parties? A new Mario from Nintendo perhaps? Let's revisit a rumor that we have been following closely for quite some time now that just doesn't go away...motion controlled gameplay on true next-gen consoles! The month of May has been blowing up with new information that leads us to believe (yet again) that it will finally be revealed this year. Follow along to see what the buzz is all about.
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