The moment made famous by R2D2 slinging out a 3D image of a certain Princess is getting closer to reality.
This Sony prototype is now on show in the flesh in Tokyo.
Check out the vid below and you’ll probably be pleasantly surprised by the 96 by 128 pixel res – apparently when seeing it first-hand the objects appear to have depth, and can be viewed from all angles.
The prototype is about 10.6 inches tall (and 5.1 inches in diameter) but it seems that Sony doesn’t really know what to do with it next.
Obviously this is new tech and is still under development – but the cool thing is that you don’t need special glasses to witness the 3D glory
Whilst the news of a Wii price cut was still warm in our ears it seems that Nintendo has something else up their collective sleeve.
According to Yoichi Wada, head honcho over at Square Enix, Nintendo will be rolling out the successor to the Wii by the year 2011.
And what sort of features will the new beast be blessed with? Well……..to be honest it sounds like they’ll be the ones that are already available in PS3 and Xbox 360 along with a new controller.
The software house Chief Exec also stated: “Present game machines already have a lot of functions: they are a network terminal, a Blu-ray or DVD player, and a gaming machine” he said. “Compared to these three pillars, the [new motion] controllers are quite limited, so the impact may be small.”
If you were concerned – don’t be.
If you were thinking bout adding one to your Crimbo list still do so as it’ll still have decent life and at the new reduced price you could get an extra game or so
Researchers at the University of Tokyo have figured out to make holograms touchable.
This means that you can actually “move” the holographic images on-screen by moving your hands as well as being able to feel pressure sensations on the skin when you push or squeeze it!
The project is on display at SIGGRAPH 2009 in New [...]
The PS3 Slim has been bouncing around the interweblogosphere for a while now and there’s even been pictures of the new console and its packaging but no one really had an idea when, if at all, the thing would bounce into the stores.
Until now!
How about this month? How’s that grab ya?
The folk over at TechRadar spotted [...]
What you are looking at is a lovely iPod/iPhone dock that features wireless speakers.
The EOps 124R3 has Just been unveiled at Tokyo Designer’s Week and is quite possibly up for the award for being the best-looking speaker system for the iPod/iPhone ever!
This Michael Young designed idock comes with a woofer-equipped base station and is paired [...]
Check out this extremely cool bit of tech my fellow gadget lovers!
It is able to sling and record real-time data for objects via the iPhone and has been named the Sekai Camera (or “world camera” in Japanese).
Developed by Tokyo-based Tonchidot, the software allows users to geotag any real world location and add info.
So, when someone wanders into a tagged [...]
Although not really gadget or tech news, except for the tenuous link to a wi-fi connection, I thought it would be nice to get a little glamour and fashion on a Monday morning.
I’m talking about all those young Japanese ladies that lead super-hero style double lives: Mild-mannered students in plain-Jane uniforms by day; French maids, Furries, and [...]
ZMP, the Tokyo based “world’s first venture company focusing on robot technology” is selling the source code (Japanese site) for nuvo, one of its best-selling robots.
nuvo was unveiled in 2004 and ZMP says it’s the first robot for home use.
The company are aiming to establish a research community focused on the findings from research with [...]
Let me introduce you to the very cool (if not a little scary) world of Augmented reality (AR).
This is the combination of virtual worlds and reality and could lead to extremely useful applications in navigation systems, medicine, architecture and many other fields.
Geisha Tokyo Entertainment Inc. [JP] now found a way to help all single Otaku [...]
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