Games consoles
- Created by: AdamDuncan
- Created on: 02-02-17 12:56
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- ICT
- Wireless and hands free gaming
- With Nintendo Wii and PlayStation 3, users need to hold a motion sensor which has buttons for control.
- Xbox kinect gives "true" hands-free gaming- using a laser and in infrared camera. it builds up a picture of your room and works out what is a person and what is furniture. it then identifies which parts of your body are moving.
- Features of games consoles
- High resolution output for high definition games.
- CD, DVD and Blu-ray optical drives.
- Connectivity- USB, Bluetooth, WiFi and Ethernet network cable.
- Capable of multi-player online gaming.
- Current developments
- Smart TV- also called "connected TV" because they have an internet connection. Used for online interactive media and on-demand film and game streaming.
- Smartphones and tablets- have wired and wireless HDMI connectivity so you can use the device to play games on an HD television.
- Future developments
- Controlling a game using thought alone is the aim of many developers.
- An iPhone app is available that allows users wearing a neuro headset to move and control objects on the screen using thought.
- Signs of overuse
- You are giving up other hobbies and interests.
- You spend all your free time gaming.
- You are not keeping up with your homework and your grades are falling.
- You are irritated and agitated when not playing games.
- Wireless and hands free gaming
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