Saturday, April 28, 2007

The Wiinds of change...

Time passes...

Well, it's time to talk again about THOSE projects. You know them, you dont?

Do you remember NEAR?
"New Environment Applied to Reality"
Before E3 '06 I was talking about a new secret. This secret was one of (project) NEAR's ideas. So, as I said you, this secret was in the controller and was about Environment. And you know, after the E3 '06 you had view this secret of NEAR... don't you know what I'm talking about? It's easy, this was the NEAR's secret:

Yes, that thing above the "1" and "2" buttons is the NEAR's secret I was talking. With that, the sound is more near to you. Sound is part of the environment of a game. This is one of the ideas of NEAR project.


And now, how this will change the way you play games?
Imagine you're playing Metroid Prime 3: Corruption. When you charge your shoot, you will hear that sound in your hand, in your controller.
Imagine "Wiintendogs". When the dog is far to you, you will hear the barks in the TV, but, when the dog is near to you (you're touching it) you will hear the barks and growls in your controller.

Amazing, isn't it? In some way, and, as I said, you will touch the things, you will touch the sounds in the air. Touch the air... remember that? yes, this is certainly the secret of NEAR. And this will change the environment of the games more than 5.1 audio.

And more than that. This will be part of the gameplay. A little creativity of the developers and you will interact with the sounds of the controller. They can make "audio-games".

You know, it will be too revolutionary.



And now, let's talk about another project. You've heard about Project Reality. The Project that begun with the N64. The ideas of the Project Reality are a great source for the Project RS. Remember what RS is? It's Reality Simulation.

With RS, you will have this Reality Simulation, and the capabilities of the controller of the Wii are the big part of this project.


And yes my friends, this is being a great success in the gaming industry...

more is coming.


--T0RTUS
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