Windows 8 is being touted as a serious game changer and for Microsoft this definitely looks to be true. For Microsoft. this isn’t a game changer in terms of UI innovation it just seems to be an attempt to catch up to Steve Jobs and the innovations Apple’s made in UI, which no doubt was ripped off and improved from somewhere else and so on and so on. It’s an interesting concept for sure and looks like M$ is position itself for the day when the vast majority of devices are tablet-esque in nature(be it yuor fridge, an actual tablet, your phone, etc etc).
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From a bit of research this is an area that microsoft has been toiling hard in for a few years now but it looks like this year it’s all coming together for them. There are two videos below that show just where this could be going and in my opinion could do for the xbox with this technology what DVD’s did for the PS2 and blue-ray did for the PS3. There’s also some exciting talk about more and more mobile devices becoming equipped with 3D displays. As has been the case last decade Nintentdo(which did you know is Japanese for “we do all that we can, as best as we can, and await the results.” ? ) is leading the charge with the new DS3D.
This first video highlights what head and eye tracking can accomplish with an off the shelf television. This is starting to turn into something pretty cool looking:
Now this is where it gets unreal. This video was posted 2 days before the prior one but it shows advancements in 3D technology unlike anything we’ve ever seen before and then some. Watch it all the way to the end and prepare to have your mind absolutely blown by where this will take technology over the next 5 years. The future is going to be far more futuristic than we could have ever have imagined
Here is a link to a story going over 3D being incorporated into mobile devices:
http://www.technologyreview.com/communications/25081/
and here’s a link to the software they from DDD that they mentioned in the article.
http://www.ddd.com/cart/product.php?productid=3&cat=0&page=1
Just caught this story on Cnet and thought I’d share. Benchmarks of Windows 7 Vs Snow Leopard are coming in and the results are pretty much what you’d expect them to be. Windows trumps the show with 3D stuff and Gaming, Snow Leopard takes the cake with Multitasking, encoding and boot times, as well as Battery life.
The entire article can be found here: http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-31012_7-10319612-10355804.html and here are some of the highlights:
The conclusion? First all of all, you’ll get much better battery life running OS X on Mac laptops than running Windows. Secondly, performance-wise, Windows 7 is probably a better choice if you are a gamer (there are more games developed for Windows, anyway), even on Mac hardware.
Third, if you can get by with just software designed by Apple and if money is not a big issue, you will be happy with a Mac. Examples of these software choices are iTunes, iLife, QuickTime, Safari, iChat, and so on (and you probably won’t need much more than those for daily entertainment and communication needs). Finally, if money is not an issue–and it definitely is for most of us–you should get a Mac anyway. It’s the only platform, for now, that can run both Windows and OS X.





The tracking on this thing looks really impressive(“Sub-milimeter accuracy”). To take the Wii Experience, but better, and put it on the power of the PS3 is enticing to say the least.
And M$ wouldn’t be outdone by Sony and is also jumping on the Nintendo Bandwagon. Now what we really should be excited is to see, maybe not this year, what Nintendo is doing to improve it’s system so that it can stay ahead of the competition as they look to enter into a domain and market created by Nintendo.






