Check out Microsoft's new game technology:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-10797_3-10253892-235.html?tag=newsLeadStoriesArea.1
This is well worth watching. This takes the Wii to the next level allowing the user to move completely around in 3D space, use voice and fully interact with the game in new ways.
Take this to the next level and imagine multi-player games. You could play tennis with a friend across the globe and see and interact with your friend almost like you were on the same court.
Now imagine how this will be when business applications of this occur? Can you imagine video conferencing using this technology where you have two people on either side using this and interacting with each other. If you incorporate Microsoft's surface technology (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rP5y7yp06n0) into this image the power of "video" conferencing. I put video in quotes because it is interactive conferencing/meetings - it takes video conferencing to a whole new level. You get many of the advantages of in-person communications with all of the advantages of virtual communications. How long will it take for the pros of interactive meetings to surpass in-person meetings for most meetings? At what point will you use interactive meetings to meet even when the person is just down the hall?
When we reach this point what is the purpose of locating in the same physical building? How will this technology change how we interact with each other, who we interact with and ware we live and work? What impact will this have on your business and how you find and manage We are only just beginning to see the future that the Digital Age will bring about.
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
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One big advantage of the WII is the pad used for wii fit. Sure this new tech can do things without a controller for gross movements, but what about fine movements, especially of the feet, used for balance, and such sports as snowboarding. The pad also appears to check your weight for the fitness program, which I think is a big part of WII's success.
There are some better video's of surface where they use it in a business setting on the wall instead of the table. Unfortunately the table application is still too costly, but this is definetely the future, multi touch terminals. As someone who has used touch terminals extensively, I really miss it when I go back to a normal terminal. This really gets us a lot closer to star trek visions.
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