The developers behind hit rhythm game franchise Rock Band have announced that the third game in the series will bring with it some of the most realistic, complex controllers that have ever been seen. The first controller is a mixture between a keyboard and a guitar, which has two octaves of black and white keys to hit. The mode that makes full use of all of the keys is...
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Sony has started the roll out of 3D TV technology in the UK, first with an update for the PlayStation 3 earlier in the week and now with the arrival of the first Bravia TVs capable of displaying 3D images. The new 3D TVs on which Sony has been working are available in a number of styles, although you will have to put up with a limited amount of content if you are going...
Panasonic has created one of the largest televisions in the world, with its latest plasma screen measuring 152 inches across the diagonal and coming with 3D playback capabilities. The size of the screen is impressive on paper, but it is the incredible native resolution of 4096×2160 that will really blow viewers out of their seats. Given that it supports 3D content,...
Apple CEO Steve Jobs and a host of partners and colleagues took to the stage at the WWDC event in San Francisco on Monday in order to unveil the iPhone 4. The latest addition to Apple’s smartphone line up represents the biggest step forward since the first iPhone was launched in 2007 and it has got even the cynics excited, desperate to get their hands on a retail...
Rumours suggest that the next handheld from Nintendo, which has been tentatively nicknamed the 3DS because of its 3D gaming capabilities, will be much more powerful than the full sized Wii home console. Some have claimed in the run up to the E3 gaming expo that the 3DS will have a graphics chip and central processing unit so powerful that it will be able to directly compete...
Sony has said that the process of bringing 3D gaming to the PS3 is not running as smoothly as it had hoped, with assurances of full backwards compatibility with older titles not being made. Sony’s Simon Benson said that many PS3 games would be compatible with the 3D gaming experience, but that there were still franchises that Sony could not optimally convert to operate...
A Taiwanese firm has said that by 2015 the use of polarising or active shutter 3D glasses in home cinema systems will be a thing of the past as technology evolves to make them unnecessary and obsolete. The first crop of 3D TVs are all going to use the slightly wacky glasses to provide the 3D effect in the home and at the moment this is being seen as an added expense that...
A series of standalone digital cameras which can capture still images in 3D have been created by Sony, which is hoping to ride the wave of consumer interest surrounding upcoming 3D TV and gaming systems. The Alpha range of cameras is not heading straight for the professional market, as serious SLR lovers will probably have a hard time accepting that 3D photography is the...
The BBC has unveiled its plans to launch a high definition version of BBC One, which is set to begin broadcasting in the autumn. At the moment the only way in which to get HD content from the BBC is to tune into BBC HD, which represents an amalgamation of various programs shot and shown in HD format from across the BBC’s catalogue, but it does not marry up directly...