Microsoft gave a sneak preview of its latest Natural User Interface (NUI) research recently at their Seattle offices, giving lucky observers a good look at just how far 3D Avatar capture and model rendering has progressed in the last few years. More »
Gamers looking for a 7.1 channel surround sound gaming headset might want to pay a bit of attention to Sennheiser’s latest release: The PC 163D and PC 333D headsets are designed to offer a completely immersive aural experience with sound from Dolby. More »
Yesterday afternoon at the Kickstart Forum up in Queensland, there was a bit of a panel discussion about the government’s IT policy over the past 12 months. You know, NBN, Internet Filter, structural separation of Telstra… All those things that mean we get to have a “Conroy” tag. On the panel were (among others) Senator Scott Ludlam from the Greens and Exetel chief John Linton, who thought the discussion would be a perfect opportunity to call all Labor voters “stupid” and argue that gamers have no life. More »
We can only guess what the ancient Romans might have thought about the latest revision of the Dungeons and Dragons rulebook (super approachable; they’d love it!), but we do know they were gamers. That’s because an incredibly old, incredibly valuable Roman glass d20 was sold at auction by the famous Christie’s auction house. For US$17,925. Historians know the symbols are Roman, but have yet to figure out which game for which it was used. Any guesses, Gizmodo readers/ancient gaming history buffs? [Christie's]
John Nilsson is the man behind the jDome, an invention that will give gamers a massive 180-degree field of vision instead of the usual 15 to 20 degrees they get from their monitors. All you do is put the jDome in front of a projector, mirror the image in the projector, change the Field of View and you’re good to go. Nilsson’s already patented his idea, and he’s looking for donations to get the jDome into production—he reckons it will cost between US$125 and US$200. [jDome]
