December 28, 2007
The company VRX Industries has created an impressive racing simulator set up for hard core racing fans. The rig come is powered by four Microsoft Xbox 360’s that allows you to play the racing game Forza Motorsport 2. Three Sharp Aquos 37-inch 1080p HD LCD displays show you the front, left and right sides of your car, just as if you were looking out the windshield of an actual car, and a 4-inch LCD simulates the rear view mirror. It also comes with a force feedback steering wheel and of course the pedals. Sound is handled by Harmon Kardon AVR-144 Surround Sound receiver with Bose Acoustimass 10 series surround sound system speakers with a subwoofer. Normally, most rigs stop there, but VRX takes it a step further by adding in a 1500 Watt Tactile Vibration Feedback System, a 1900 Watt Tactile Power Amplifier, and a Virtual Wind System powered by 2 dual Honeywell fans.
There wasn't a price listed for this monster rig, but you can bet it's not for your average gaming enthusiast. You can check out the other specifications on the VRX site HERE.
(via BornRich)
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March 23, 2007
Engadget has an article about a new controller coming out for the PS3, geared toward those that are more used to gaming on a PC. From the article:
Peripheral purveyor SplitFish has already brought some PC-style input to the PlayStation 2, but now, as promised, it's taken its game to the PS3, following up its EdgeFX mouse controller with the strikingly-similar FragFX device. Like the EdgeFX, the FragFX gives you a mouse to improve your aim in FPS games, with the separate left-handed grip controller getting an upgrade this time around to let you take advantage of the PS3's motion sensing abilities. Not one to let a potential selling point go unnoticed, SplitFish is also touting the controller as being "optimized" for use with Sony's recently announced Home virtual world. While you'll have to wait a while to put that particular claim to the test, you will be able to get your hands on a wired version of the FragFX next month for $60, with a Bluetooth version coming "later" for $70.
For more info, you can hit the SplitFish site HERE.
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March 7, 2007
It's only a concept right now, but it would be great to see these start hitting the market. It's basically a 30-inch touchscreen LCD monitor that you can play board games on. Now I'm not really excited to hit a local bar and play Monopoly any time soon, but you have to think people could come up with some very interesting games to play.
From the Philips press release:
The Entertaible concept is a tabletop gaming platform that marries traditional multi-player board and computer games in a uniquely simple and intuitive way. Entertaible comprises a 32-inch horizontal LCD, sophisticated touch screen-based multi-object position detection, and all supporting control electronics. It allows the players to engage in a new class of electronic games which combines the features of computer gaming, such as dynamic playing fields and gaming levels, with the social interaction and tangible playing pieces, such as pawns and dies, of traditional board games.
Initially targeting social gaming away from home in locations such as pubs, bars, hotels or restaurants, Entertaible has the potential to evolve into a gaming platform for the consumer market.
For more pictures, you can hit the site HERE.
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February 28, 2007
Gillette is having a contest and the grand prize is an all-new 2007 Dodge Charger. You also have the chance to win one of two first prizes which are for a Sony 46” High Definition LCD TV, one of five PlayStation 3 bundles for second place, and one of twenty 30GB iPods for third place.
The contest runs through April 30th, and you can enter once per day. If your interested, you can head on over to the site HERE to register. I'd suggest turning the sound way down on your computer though, to avoid blasting out some pretty cheesy music to your co-workers.
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February 26, 2007
SkillGround is an online gaming arena where you can download real video games for free, and play in a secure and fair environment for cash prizes or just for fun. They've set up a Skill Ranking system which is supposed to ensure you will always find someone around your level to play against, and so you have less of a chance to run into a player that has way more play time than you. All you need to play the games is a PC and a broadband connection, and then to download the games. You can play for free for as long as you want on SkillGround, and with a cash account you can also play for real cash prizes.
The games are two first person shooters, a racing game, and a fighting game, and seem to have two modes of play, One On One and Deathmatch. You can join the free games at any time, but if you want to play in the cash games, it looks like you just have to post the entry fee, and then rack in the cash if you win. The number of prizes in a deathmatch game depend on the number of players, with up to three prizes for an eight person game.
Player money awards are posted for at least a little bit, and I've seen players win anywhere from $0.85 to $8.50. If you have some kills, and want to test them against other to make a little cash (or donate to other as the case may be), head on over to the SkillGround site HERE.
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February 21, 2007
The company VirtuSphere has created a system that uses a hollow sphere that can rotate on it's base 360 degrees in any direction. Users can then wear a wireless head-mounted display, step into the sphere, and walk around in a virtual environment without bumping into any real-world objects.
The sphere can be used for more commercial interests, such as virtual training of military and police, architectural walk-throughs, or even exercise. However, the system runs on Windows XP, and the company states that they can adapt it to a Playstation, Xbox, or anything else, which opens it up for use in computer and console games. Not only could you play Halo 3 in a virtual environment, but you could get your exercise too.
You can read more about the VirtuSphere, with pictures and video of it's use, at the companies main site HERE.
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February 8, 2007
See, I'm not wasting my time, I'm improving my vision:
At the Daily Tech website, they reported on a study which showed that playing high action video games, such as a first person shooter, could improve a person's ability to identify letters presented in clutter by up to 20 percent, which is a visual acuity test similar to ones used in regular ophthalmology clinics.
In the test, one group was asked to play Tetris, and the other Unreal Tournament, for about an hour a day. Before the game playing began, the students were given a crowding test. The test measures how well they could discern the orientation of a “T” within a crowd of other distracting symbols—a sort of electronic eye chart.
After about a month of near-daily gaming, the Tetris players showed no improvement on the test, but the Unreal Tournament players could tell which way the “T” was pointing much more easily than they had just a month earlier.
The explanation? The scientists think that “when people play action games, they're changing the brain's pathway responsible for visual processing,” says Bavelier. “These games push the human visual system to the limits and the brain adapts to it. That learning carries over into other activities and possibly everyday life.”
You can read the whole article over at the Daily Tech site HERE.
(via Ministry of Tech)
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