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Philips amBX: For Ambient Gaming
JamesO writes "Philips has announced amBX, a technology which is said to extend the gaming experience out into the real world.
amBX, developed by the Surrey based Philips amBX Group, is a technology that will take gamers a step closer to a full sensory experience, with amBX enabled games providing gamers with the ability to use light, colour, sound, heat and airflow in the real world during gameplay. The technology uses a scripting language to enable games to send signals to compatible hardware such as lights, fans, heaters, and even furniture. This means that in a game the lights in your room will match up to the environment you are gaming in. E.g. Green for jungle and blue for the ocean. Strobes of while light could simulate a lightning storm and a burst of air from a fan could make huge jumps feel more realistic." Finally, my master goal of a game called "Bacon Fryer" can be brought to the level I've always: wafts of pork smell in the air, grease burns on your hands for bad flipping. And just wait until you have to pour the grease out of the pan!
Why spend the money? I can already get this experience for Doom 3 with the flick of a single switch.
...but what happens when trojan horses and viruses take control of these peripherals? And will I be able to integrate it with web pages or email? I'm sure the pr0n industry will be all over this....
$nice = $webHosting + $domainNames + $sslCerts
Spouses all over the world now have more to complain about. I can hear it now ...
"Stop flickering the damn lights!"
I guess I need to learn how to dodge rocket launchers better.
Ah, the natural bright green glow of the deep jungle.
What next? A piston driven pugil stick attached under your desk, so that whenever you get shot it rams you in the gut? Let's not mention the amBX enabled chair with built-in knives to make those fighting games more realistic. Playing Soul Calibre could leave you in hospital, and let's not mention Mortal Kombat!
"providing gamers with the ability to use light, colour, sound, heat and airflow" ...they've invented a CRT!
Too bad you can play it for real with any stove or grill for about $10. Stupid.
... vigourous. As is the police armed response.
:-(
Well, you can play a remarkably realistic Grand Theft Auto simulation for the cost of a bent screwdriver - but I wouldn't recommend it. The force-feedback is a bit
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Tedious Bloggy Stuff - hooray?
I get to have salty water splashed in my face, and on my keyboard and mouse, and in my computer
:)
How does this differ from your current nightly computer experience then?
(yeah, I know you were fishing for this type of response)
As well as to the Hot Coffee Mod :) Though I'm not sure most slashdot'ers would know how to play..
Flashbangs in CSS will never be the same...
Ah, but you can change things in CSS pretty easily:
{flash-bang: 10px}
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum sonatur.
This thread is useless without light, colour, sound, heat and airflow.