Bio-mechanical engineers have extensively studied and developed CAD models surrounding the physical motions and techniques in major sports. Professional sports teams pay top dollar for bio-mechanical engineering firms to develop 3D models of their athletes motions and techniques and show them how to improve. This isn’t sci-fi, this is regularly done today. With precision motion tech like Move and Kinect coming to consumer consoles, that high end service will become a mainstream commodity. If your son or daughter is in a little league team (or other sport), you will be able to buy a PS3/360 program that will actually help his real world baseball swing and pitching techniques. There are already lower-end services that cater to regular families. Some involve emailing video clips of swing/pitching technique and receiving analysis. However, mainstream products like Move and Kinect will dramatically improve this type of service. For full body motion study, I’d imagine that Microsoft’s Kinect will be the more appropriate technology than Sony’s Move. Regardless, this is a really amazing technology development.

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Prediction: VR Athlete Training on PS3/360

Here is my fantasy peripheral wish list: HDMI 1.4 (and maybe DisplayPort) connection for any video source (PS3, Roku, laptop, smartphone, etc). Separate left eye, right eye displays. Full, perfect stereoscopic 3D without any loss in brightness or picture quality. Rechargeable battery. So you only need the HDMI cable. Models with clutter-free audio via the same HDMI connection Affordable entry price point with higher end premium models. If I search for “video glasses” on Amazon, several similar devices exist, including 3D capable options, but none of them are close to what I want (most of the physical designs look terrible, most are low-res, have VGA instead of HDMI, and are from no-name suppliers). It’s inevitable that a HDMI 1.4, HDMI-audio capable, PS3-friendly model will hit, but I’m hoping one of the mainstream consumer electronics vendors (like Sony, Samsung, Panasonic, Toshiba, etc) will make some really nice options. Does anyone know if there is there some physical, health, or optical problem with screens so close to your eyeball? That is the only thing I can see holding the major vendors from entering this field. Seriously, if people could buy a nice set of 3D video glasses in the ~$200 price range instead of having to commit to a new full price big screen HDTV set, I think 3D would have a far wider appeal. Secondly, once people buy video glasses, you are a hair away from adding a head tracking sensor and creating a classic VR type system.

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Wishlist: 3D Video Glasses

Its shiny, its quite,  it has 250 gigs, heck even Microsoft gave them away for free at E3. But they still vaporize you disc when you move it the slightest as you could see in the video the perfectly beautiful alien wake becomes worthless in 3 seconds. When I saw this the first thing that crossed my mind was a garbage disposal. It seems that Microsoft didn’t care to that much to get rid of  this problem which isn’t new to the franchise, it seems to me it has only gotten worse.  So I just wanted to show why Microsoft still disappoints me, and why I will not be buying a Xbox 360 Slim. Any thoughts on what other things Microsoft didn’t fix?

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Ah the 360 Slim….

June 14th is over, and so far Microsoft, EA and Ubisoft showed us their weapons. Although everybody would expect a lot of hardcore titles, what we saw was mainly casual titles. From Microsoft point of view of DVR and Skype to Ubisoft’s Michael Jackson rhythm title (which showed us nothing but dancers in the stage), we can only think that publishers want us sweating to the bones. All of them empathized the use of motion controllers or motion detection systems and we had a great time trying not to laugh from some presentations. Of course, there were some good titles like Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood, Metal Gear: Rising, Medal of Honor and Call of Duty. But I could bet my chips that from a total of at least 5 hours, we spent not even one hour talking about these ones. I really would like to see things different from June 15th’s presentation, but hey, Nintendo’ll be there… After all, E³ is not just about video-games. It’s Entertaining, even if we have to watch dancers out of sync with the game they’re presenting and a proud parent hunting his kids with a laser tag…

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E3 2010: A Year in Motion?

The box art for Konami’s Metal Gear Solid: Rising has landed on XBox LIVE. Featured on the box art is a shot of Raiden from behind standing over what appears to be the remains of a Gekko. Since this was first revealed on Microsoft’s system, some are jumping to the conclusion that Microsoft and Konami have struck some sort of timed-exclusive deal for MGS: R.  Adding fuel to the speculation is a recent visit to Kojima Productions by a couple of Microsoft representatives in Japan. However, if this is the official box art for MGS:R it’s mising the “Only on XBox” logo found on several timed exclusive games released for the system.

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Metal Gear Solid Rising Box Art Causes a Stir

Included in the company’s first quarter fiscal results Activision Blizzard released an internal estimate for console and portable hardware sales for both North America and Europe. For the current 2010 calender year Activision is expecting the PS3 to top Microsoft’s Xbox 360. By Activision’s estimates the battle for second place will be a close one by years end between the two HD systems with the PS3 forecasted to edge out the 360 by a mere million units. With the PS3 currently trailing the 360 by 4.5m units worldwide, Activision’s predictions just may become a reality.

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PS3 Sales to Over Take 360 in 2010, Says Activision

  Ubisoft’s Splinter Cell: Conviction is currently only available for Microsoft’s 360 and PC. What are the chances for a PS3 version down the road? “We’ll have to see what decisions are made by Ubisoft’s management in the future,” the creative director of Conviction stated in a recent interview . “The decision for Conviction was purely a business move. Microsoft have been wonderful in    their support for Conviction.” He added: “It’s been an absolute pleasure working with them on Splinter Cell Conviction.”  With the current strong line up of games releasing for the PS3, would Ps3 owners lose any sleep over not being able to play Conviction? If someone without a 360 wanted to play Conviction they could simply buy it for the PC. I’ve never been interested in Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell series myself so whether or not Splinter Cell Conviction is released on the PS3 doesn’t concern me. For the sake of argument, though,  let’s say Splinter Cell Conviction is released at a later date for the PS3. Would you buy it?

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Do PS3 Owners Want Splinter Cell: Conviction?