Is this the future of gaming?

By Al Zamora | Posted in Loot Ninja | Tagged Games, GDC, Videos, Wii

Let’s hope not for all of our sakes, but according to Softkinetic’s it is. At GDC ‘08 they were showing off their 3D Gesture Recognition Middleware that “Redefines the Way Players Interact with Videogames”, wait a second this seems to look a lot like WiiFit or Warioware?? I think the novelty of Gesture Recognition is a decent idea, but won’t add to a gamer’s experience until developers really embrace it and build it into games. Until then this is as far away from the future of gaming as you can get.

Written by Al Zamora on February 22, 2008 at 10:27 am.
and tagged Games, GDC, Videos, Wii
Bookmark the permalink.
Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post.
Post a comment or leave a trackback.

4 Comments

Write a Comment»

Suki

Posted February 22, 2008 at 10:49 am | Permalink

1
Just ew. I’m not in the group that will speculate on what type of games would be perfect for that. Nor am I want to jump into that sort of immersive gameplay. I’ll stick to look sane for now.
nostars

Posted February 22, 2008 at 12:04 pm | Permalink

2
This reminds me of Sega’s Activator. But you know what? This gimmick could be great for drunken frat parties everywhere.
Adam

Posted February 22, 2008 at 12:33 pm | Permalink

3
I don’t know this could be amazingly fun for hanging out, partying, or just messing around. Although you will need to buy a 72″ TV to really get into the gameplay haha.
CJ

Posted February 22, 2008 at 3:21 pm | Permalink

4
oh no… this is what video gaming brought to mainstream has become… thanks alot Wii, look at this shit. I want to play my games, not jump up and down and go into wierd poses.