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Sony Shows Off PS3 Dashboard Interface
Gamespot has a rundown on Sony's demo of the PS3 dashboard, looking at the media use options (including music and photos), and the game download elements. From the article: "Harrison selected a slideshow option that arranged his photos as if they were set down on a flat white surface. As he cycled through them, dates were displayed in a handwritten font. Harrison stated that this was an example of one of many slideshow functions that will let people display their photographs in unique ways. The ornate interactivity comes courtesy of the PS3's RSX processor, which allows photos to be moved around like 3D objects." To see it firsthand, 1up has video of the interface demo.
> I could do this on my Amiga 1200 at 1024x768 without a RSX processor. This is supposed to impress me?
Fear the 7mhz Amiga's awesome 3d power! Let's not forget that the Amiga wasn't even powerful enough to playback MP3s...
Literally - no: it's not supposed to be that impressive.
It's a set of "bonus features" you get with the PS3 as part of its "media center" thingy. Just like the original PlayStation could play CDs with colorful blobby visualization and the PS2 could play DVDs, the PS3 has a bunch of extra features related to digital media.
This is just them showing the extra features to some journalists to give them an idea of the UI and what extra features are going to be available.
So, no, they're not supposed to be incredibly impressive. It's a useless "bonus feature" that I doubt many people will ever use. The main features remain giant crabs and real-time weapon change. Or whatever they are.
Seriously, there are plenty of legitimate reasons to laugh at Sony. This isn't one of them.
You are in a maze of twisty little relative jumps, all alike.