Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!news From: dave@lunar1.demon.co.uk (David Wagner) Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.freetalk.english Subject: Re: Next generation games? Date: Sun, 7 Mar 1999 01:30:38 -0000 Organization: Zygote Commando Lines: 32 Message-ID: References: <36E0633E.661EBA92@hotmail.com> <36e12161.4582204@www.netyaroze-europe.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lunar1.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: MicroPlanet Gravity v2.10 In article <36e12161.4582204@www.netyaroze-europe.com>, yaroze@theburrow.co.uk wrote... > What will probably happen is people will chuck out the same sorts of > games but with vastly increased graphics and sound and fmv (although > its not needed with the power of PS2 it means companies can outsource > non-interactive elements of the game). > > Theres a bit of a debate over how a company could utilise the extra > power - more realistic physics etc, etc, but nothing with a huge > impact on games has been mentioned so far (not in the same way that > the PS allowed new types of 3D games in the home). > > Personally, I keep wanting the PS2 equivalent of the Sega Master > Systems 3D glasses. They worked, and I want an affordable, non > intrusive way for 3D in a game. Its the last dimension left not used > by games :( > > Rob > That would be pretty groovy, just so long as you don't get motion sickness from playing Wipeout on them :) If something like this was released for the PS2, perhaps we would move one step closer to having affordable immersive VR machines. Whatever happened to them anyway? They were the "next big thing" several years ago but they have never really made much impact. bye... Dave [Who thinks. But only when he really has to.]