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l33tminion) wrote2009-06-04 02:34 pm
l33tminion) wrote2009-06-04 02:34 pm
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L33t Links: Tech Demos Edition
There's been a lot of buzz around the gamer community lately about all the stuff coming out of E3. But the coolest thing, tech demo wise, seems to be Microsoft's announcement of Project Natal (like the city in Brazil), which takes the concept pioneered by the Nintendo Wii to an extreme conclusion, ditching the controller entirely in favor of advanced image processing and motion capture. (Evidently, Microsoft hired this guy as a developer, which explains a lot. Nintendo really missed an opportunity there.) Of course, I'm going to remain a bit skeptical until I see it live, since plenty of promising demos don't work out so well in real life.
While we're on that topic, here's the best review of Duke Nukem Forever I've seen yet, an excellent take on a game that revolutionized the genre and was totally worth the wait.
In more concrete matters, here's a tech demo for the system created by Kiva Systems, where Ginneh works.
Finally, in case all of the above is just too new for you, here's someone demonstrating a modem from 1964, using it to dial into a remote terminal. Surprisingly, it still works... they really don't make 'em like they used to.
While we're on that topic, here's the best review of Duke Nukem Forever I've seen yet, an excellent take on a game that revolutionized the genre and was totally worth the wait.
In more concrete matters, here's a tech demo for the system created by Kiva Systems, where Ginneh works.
Finally, in case all of the above is just too new for you, here's someone demonstrating a modem from 1964, using it to dial into a remote terminal. Surprisingly, it still works... they really don't make 'em like they used to.