Hmm. Dunno. Most of the Wii games that make decent use of its controller seem to be 'family' orientated; the X-Box games seem a lot more traditional console++.
The X-Box is a more powerful machine so maybe there is more potential there, but Nintendo have a head start in the 'alternative' game type market.
I hate games too but... Imagine you're making a Quiche in your kitchen... You're stiring with one hand, pouring with the other, and then your doorbell and phone both ring.
Some piece of software could... 1) Detect that it's your wife calling (Call ID) - Spot you're busy cooking and answer the call and autoswitch the phone to handsfree 2) Spot that the person at the door is only the mail-bot with a parcel - And so it could (noting you're still very busy) authorise delivery of the parcel into the porch 3) Cancel the smoke alarm that was about to be triggered and the oven-timer (which was set wrong!) and turn off the oven and enable the extractor fan
Just by spotting "you're" busy "cooking" in the "kitchen" when lower/higher priority stuff happens
Will it be an intensely irritating paperclip that notices that I'm "busy, cooking in the kitchen"? If so then I just may put the device in the oven, for a little test of its capabilities...
Yes, sadly they haven't found a way to ship a product without a supercilious animated-paperclip. May be in the far future... perhaps in our grand- or great-grand-childrens' lifetime
{Wonders what Moore's law has to say on the matter}
Hmm. Dunno. Most of the Wii games that make decent use of its controller seem to be 'family' orientated; the X-Box games seem a lot more traditional console++.
ReplyDeleteThe X-Box is a more powerful machine so maybe there is more potential there, but Nintendo have a head start in the 'alternative' game type market.
Not to be outdone, Sony make a similar announcement
ReplyDeleteI must confess to having no time, desire or space in my life and home for these sort of gadgets. What will they do for me, that I need?
ReplyDeleteI hate games too but... Imagine you're making a Quiche in your kitchen... You're stiring with one hand, pouring with the other, and then your doorbell and phone both ring.
ReplyDeleteSome piece of software could...
1) Detect that it's your wife calling (Call ID) - Spot you're busy cooking and answer the call and autoswitch the phone to handsfree
2) Spot that the person at the door is only the mail-bot with a parcel - And so it could (noting you're still very busy) authorise delivery of the parcel into the porch
3) Cancel the smoke alarm that was about to be triggered and the oven-timer (which was set wrong!) and turn off the oven and enable the extractor fan
Just by spotting "you're" busy "cooking" in the "kitchen" when lower/higher priority stuff happens
Will it be an intensely irritating paperclip that notices that I'm "busy, cooking in the kitchen"? If so then I just may put the device in the oven, for a little test of its capabilities...
ReplyDeleteYes, sadly they haven't found a way to ship a product without a supercilious animated-paperclip. May be in the far future... perhaps in our grand- or great-grand-childrens' lifetime
ReplyDelete{Wonders what Moore's law has to say on the matter}
Why would you want to turn me off?
By that time it will doubtless be known as Moron's Law.
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