*~Xbox 360 Accesories HARDCORE~* - Page 9

lucasmxbr · 05-13-2006, 05:37 PM

put the Xbox 360 cam review later man...
good post ;D

Supraman84 · 06-18-2006, 06:53 PM

Will the future of games be through motion sensing controllers? I can guarantee that Microsoft and Sony are both either researching these types of controllers or possibly even started working on one for the next generation. We have had two hands on the controller and been pressing buttons, then moving analog sticks, then pulling triggers. For the first time in gaming history we are dramatically changing the we play games. Take the mouse for example, we use it to point, but it is not in a 3d space. We move it left to move left, and move it right to move right. We do not pick it up and move it around to show direction. The space that the mouse lies on is 2 dimensional. And we only move the mouse on a two dimensional plane. Other input devices, like our car’s steering wheel must also be considered. You do not move the steering wheel up and down to accelerate. You move it on a two dimensional plane. There is no 3d movement in driving a car. There are 3 dimensional controllers, however. To fly a plane you use a 3 dimensional space to navigate the path you will go. And you are in a 3d space, so the controller is appropriate. Another example that is a bit more complicated is the shooting of a gun. You aim the gun through a skewed 2d plane, but this is not all that you are doing. You must also move in a direction. So in the end shooting a gun in most videogame applications will be in a 3d space. When you throw a football you move on a two dimensional plane and throw on a two dimensional plane thus making the entire movement a 3 dimensional action. On the Nintendo Wii’s controller, you use the analog stick to accomplish one two dimensional movement and the pointing or sensing ability of the main controller to control the other two dimensional movement. You must also notice that the Wii’s controller can also operate as a 3d function like swinging a sword. You may move the controller up and down to cut thins, but stabbing the opponent would make it 2 two dimensional movements (or a 3d movement). The Wii’s controller pushes all of the boundaries that would be restrictive on a normal controller. On a normal controller, you can only control two separate 2 dimensional actions. On the Wii’s controller, you can control one 2 dimensional action and either a 2 dimensional or 3 dimensional action. The Wii’s controller is literally the boundary of which Nintendo can push physics of interaction. You cannot have two three dimensional actions (contrary to what Sony believes the PS3 can achieve). The human brain cannot process it. There is no fourth dimension possible (yet). The Wii’s controller will become the future of controllers everywhere. All that must be achieved as of right now is for developers to learn how to properly calculate how to control this new device. And keep in mind that every game will not possibly ever use this type of control. Some 2d actions simply feel better in 2d than in 3d. Now that we have pushed what is possible in controllers, we must push the games to new heights. And 3d motion sensing controllers ARE the Wave of the Future.