Monday, January 25, 2010

New Xbox 720 Technology

Well I play games and my favorite console is the Xbox 360. Until this day any game console that has tried to go away from the normal game controller has pretty much failed. You have games like the Wario which required you to look through glasses to play the game. Microsoft is trying to break the controller bounds by coming out with a virtual experience that would allow you to interact with the system by camera. The idea that they are pushing is that they can get the camera to pickup the movements you want to do and thus you can interact with the system.

I am very skeptical about this system I just don't see the technology yet to perform it and I know that some games will still be impossible to do without a controller. Microsoft is saying they have the technology so we shall see. The biggest issue I see is getting the computing power into the 720 and keep it cost affordable for gamers.

Here is the link you can check out an interview done with a microsoft employee.

http://www.videogamesblogger.com/2007/03/13/next-xbox-720-to-launch-in-2011-2012-according-to-microsoft.htm

Monday, January 18, 2010

Alittle bit of Me

Hello everyone my name is Patrick Nelson. I am working on my CIT degree at ECC and have 6 classes left to go. I already have a Web Technologies degree from Guilford Tech. I have been working with computers every since I was young. I taught myself alot of things by upgrading my own computers or fixing them when they broke.

I was originally looking to get a job working with web design and code but the job market for that isn't as good. I'm hoping my web background will be a good addition to the other things I know.
I'm looking forward to learning new things in here that I may be able to use later.