Revolution controller info?

Crash · 04-26-2005, 01:31 PM

from the patent office

http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-P...do&RS=nintendo

Built in microphone
built in speaker
buit in video camera

Quote:

A video game controller for a game console configured for playing an on-line game over a network. The video game controller includes a plurality of control elements suitable for receiving input from a user. An interface circuitry is used for communicating with at least one other game console through the game console over the network. A built-in microphone converts voice into an electrical signal output to be transmitted through the interface circuitry and the game console to at least one other game console. A built-in speaker converts an electrical signal output from at least one other game console received through the interface circuitry and the game console into an audible signal. The video game controller may also have a built-in video camera for taking video images and transmitting them through the interface circuitry. The video game controller may be coupled to the game console over a cable or over a wireless communication channel such as radio frequency channel or BLUETOOTH.TM.. An expansion module having a built-in microphone and a built-in speaker may be used with a standard video game controller.

Null · 04-26-2005, 01:45 PM

this seems oddly familar....

*remembers going thro all the discussions about this stuff with the GC controller*

ohhhhh. yes.

patent findings never mean anything. hardly ever amount to something real. I seriously doubt any company would waste the time putting a built in speaker on a controller. seems utterly pointless.

MuGen · 04-26-2005, 01:51 PM

Yeah, that would be pointless... i dunno about everyone else but I'm satisfied with my 1000 watt altec lansing gaming surround system. Especially when playing DDR....

Crash · 04-26-2005, 02:03 PM

aren't altec lansing computer speakers... ?

all I know is the xbox headset is a piece of **** that breaks too damn much

MuGen · 04-26-2005, 02:04 PM

Altec Lansing makes systems for receivers too... I use it for my gaming and TV

http://www.alteclansing.com/product_...asp?pID=XA2021

that attached to my 1000watt amp....

Canyarion · 04-26-2005, 05:41 PM

Hm..... I found the other article, about the gyros, more interesting. And believable I guess.

DarrenMcLeod · 04-26-2005, 08:25 PM

Microphones are fun. Mario Party 6 and Yoshi Touch n Go prove that. Hopefully they can make it good for online use too... and hopefully you can mute other people talking easily. I hated 85% of people on XBox live, and I don't think those going online with any console would be much different.

GameMaster · 04-26-2005, 09:34 PM

OMFG, built-in video camera in controller?!

High resolution custom face mapping for every character in every game!

Nintendo has set a new standard for gaming. Can Sony and Microsoft live up to it?

Null · 04-26-2005, 10:22 PM

lol. sometimes you crack me up

+rep

DarrenMcLeod · 04-27-2005, 12:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GameMaster

OMFG, built-in video camera in controller?!

High resolution custom face mapping for every character in every game!

Nintendo has set a new standard for gaming. Can Sony and Microsoft live up to it?

Nothing I'd like better than playing as a sexy Darren McLeod while shooting at the supple teets of enemy Darren McLeods, hopefully with help from those hot bodied teammates, an illustrious team of Darren McLeods.