It can’t get any more wireless than this; Microsoft leaped forward and slapped Wii on the face when presenting the idea of not having a controller at all. And Opera will allow you to surf the web using that gorgeous face God gave you.
Xbox 360 will have a infrared system in 3D, allowing the console to recognize your body movements and voice, so you don’t need a joypad, controller or whatsoever. The technology should hit the stores sometime next year. For now you may check the presentation at E3:
For the Opera bit, it’ll let you execute many commands via webcam and facial expression recognition. The video may just look funny to you, but imagine the applications for it for the handicapped. Version 10 of the browser should be out soon.
The guys who developed the tool that eventually became Google Maps decided to come up with something new. So they created Google Wave, which is basically a site that focus equally on personal and professional communication and collaboration.
Through a single page you can chat with friends, share docs, read and write emails, see and publish pics and videos, send instant messages, play with friends, check maps, read feeds and tweets, add gadgets, etc, etc. Which is basically everything you do on the internet (alright, it lacks torrents =o).
And you can do all this with a single site/login. It works like this: you create a wave and add people to it, and with the collaboration and exchanging of info and docs, the wave gets bigger. There’s even a playback button so you can see how the wave got started.
Here’s a (long) video of the product’s presentation this week at the Google I/O 2009:
First we have SeeScan, which will run on Windows Mobile, Symbian and iPhone. By using the cell’s camera, it can identify objects and say what they are aloud, based on a comprehensive database. Entries can be added with the help of a person that is not sight impaired. The app could even “see” a folded money bill. Just in the U.S., there are about 11 million people with sight problems, and about a million totally blind.
On the other hand, those of you who are “temporarily blind” when immersed in gadgets will be glad to know that Email’n’Walk is already available at the App Store. It uses de iPhone camera to film and place the images in the background of the screen, so you can check emails and see where you’re going without having to take your eyes off the screen.
That’s what Google’s CEO asked in a graduation attendance at Penn. In a good mood, Eric Schmidt compared his youth to teens nowadays: “we took pictures, navigate with maps, listened to transistor radios. You have cell phones. We were embarrassed. You post it on YouTube”. (free transcription)
In a world where all information is being kept, he also affirmed that what really matters in life is people and human contact, saying that “you’ll find people around the world care about the same things, you’ll find curiosity, enthusiasm and passion are contagious”. That being said, let’s call it a day. C ya tomorrow. =o)
It was a sure bet, but we could not let it go without posting a few lines. Obama’s campaign for president received 2 awards at the 2009 Clio Awards – the biggest American advertising event by far, which ended yesterday.
One was the Grand Clio for the campaign in general, in the Integrated category for used different media – we could risk saying that the web made all the difference. The other was a Gold in Interactive, for the viral video below:
With almost 18 million views, did anyone seriously doubt they could? =o)
Mercedes-Bens has launched a cool iPhone app for those who like cars and the brand. Besides info about the cars and the company, their history is also told through that old and good card game which we boys that already shave have played in our childhood.
Don’t panic, the servers are not down and you can still access Gmail and Maps and the other company’s services. The thing is, for the first time in history, Google will invest in traditional media and have some ads on the telly.
The chosen product for this is Chrome, with a commercial that’s been available on YouTube since January. Rumors go that the next one to go down this road will be G1. This means war…
The guys at Engadget got their hands on an OLED Walkman from Sony and wrote a “pre-review” (since the model was a Japanese pre-release with no internet access nor WiFi). Here’s some of the highlights:
Cool design for a robust, yet fully portable device. To those of you who get nervous with the tiny little nano iPod, it’s a good option.
The 3-inch screen (after all, it is OLED) is a hit. Its 243x240 resolution delivers clear and bright images with great touch features.
The software is pretty easy to use, as the file transferring from the computer.
Battery lasts for up to 33 hours.
Audio is the “ok Sony, you nailed it!” highlight. Well, it’s a PMP, isn’t it? According to the testers, it’s simply the best hi-fi sound you can get in this market.
You can check a video here. And if you want to see some features they didn’t dig, you can click here.
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