The Lost Gizmondo Halo Title 26
GameSetWatch has a piece up reporting on a lost title in the Halo universe. The game, slated for the Gizmondo portable device, utilized a unique control scheme. From the article: "... the game, had it gone into production, would have used the Gizmondo's back-mounted camera to detect motion and provide a 'mouselook'-like effect as you swiveled the handheld around, enabling the player to change the camera view just by physically rotating the machine. Whoa." This game has been rumoured in the past, but this time around GSW has the facts to back things up.
Been done... (Score:2, Interesting)
Re:Been done... (Score:3, Funny)
But on the bright side, the Nokia version was a lot cheaper to alpha-test than the Ferrari Enzo version, which also exhibited similar flaws regarding inaccuracy near objects, particularly while the pla
Re:Been done... (Score:2)
Re:Been done... (Score:1)
Seriously.
Re:What the...? (Score:2, Insightful)
I heard... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:I heard... (Score:2)
Re:I heard... (Score:2)
Re:I heard... (Score:2)
Dietrich was driving way too fast in mein porche
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Accelerometer Instead of Camera (Score:2, Insightful)
It seems to me a better choice than the camera, because as somebody already pointed out here, a camera could have problems with background noise like somebody or something moving. Imagine having to point the camera to a wallpapered wall all the time to get the effect right.
With a 2 axis accelerometer (cheap one, chips sell around 15 bucks retail methinks) you could get a better chance of capturing "natural" movement.
Re:Accelerometer Instead of Camera (Score:1)
How far away is the table top from your 2 axis accelerometer?
Re:Accelerometer Instead of Camera (Score:2, Informative)
It's a device (like the Analog Devices ADXL202E chip, to use an example) that measures acceleration, hence the name.
It could be used to measure displacement, like when you move your hand with the device, that's why i said it could be used instead of a camera. And it would take A LOT less processor time than to analyze a video frame, cause the chip already gives a serial readout with the changes in acceleration.
Probably they used this method in the
Re:Accelerometer Instead of Camera (Score:1)
So in the demo I was watching of the towers on the tabletop, the motion controller would work nicely moving the pieces around on the screen, but the pieces would not be locked and would not appear on the table top because without the refer
Re:Accelerometer Instead of Camera (Score:1)
sometime the position relative to itself IS the desired measurement.
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Chris Mattern
because (Score:2)
it's in a cell phone?
Oh please . . . (Score:1)
Google for the Analog Devices ADXL202E chip, and check for yourself
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Re:Who came up with that name anyway? (Score:2)
Banshee? (Score:1)