Comments on: GDC: amBX chief talks consoles, GDC and why PC gaming is “the testbed” http://www.vg247.com/2008/02/25/gdc-ambx-chief-talks-consoles-gdc-and-why-pc-gaming-is-the-testbed/ VG247.com Wed, 15 Feb 2012 22:14:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: smokewithoutfire http://www.vg247.com/2008/02/25/gdc-ambx-chief-talks-consoles-gdc-and-why-pc-gaming-is-the-testbed/comment-page-1/#comment-1213 smokewithoutfire Tue, 26 Feb 2008 02:10:52 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/02/25/gdc-ambx-chief-talks-consoles-gdc-and-why-pc-gaming-is-the-testbed/#comment-1213 The one thing I'll say about AMBX is that they're still here! It was easy to laugh and scoff at the beginning but ppl are actually buying this kit so there's def a market out there. And I've heard a rumour about Rock Band releasing some Xbox lighting and smoke kit. Unless the big corporates have gone mad, Philips, EA and Microsoft must know something we don't. The one thing I’ll say about AMBX is that they’re still here! It was easy to laugh and scoff at the beginning but ppl are actually buying this kit so there’s def a market out there. And I’ve heard a rumour about Rock Band releasing some Xbox lighting and smoke kit. Unless the big corporates have gone mad, Philips, EA and Microsoft must know something we don’t.

]]> By: patlike http://www.vg247.com/2008/02/25/gdc-ambx-chief-talks-consoles-gdc-and-why-pc-gaming-is-the-testbed/comment-page-1/#comment-1199 patlike Mon, 25 Feb 2008 19:42:09 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/02/25/gdc-ambx-chief-talks-consoles-gdc-and-why-pc-gaming-is-the-testbed/#comment-1199 I can honestly say I've been impressed by amBX, and I genuinely do think it'll work. There have been a lot of doubters, but spending time with the team's a real eye-opener. They're really not messing about, the it does have a very positive effect on play. I think we'll be seeing an awful lot more of it as we go along. I can honestly say I’ve been impressed by amBX, and I genuinely do think it’ll work. There have been a lot of doubters, but spending time with the team’s a real eye-opener. They’re really not messing about, the it does have a very positive effect on play. I think we’ll be seeing an awful lot more of it as we go along.

]]> By: lightsaber http://www.vg247.com/2008/02/25/gdc-ambx-chief-talks-consoles-gdc-and-why-pc-gaming-is-the-testbed/comment-page-1/#comment-1198 lightsaber Mon, 25 Feb 2008 18:49:44 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/02/25/gdc-ambx-chief-talks-consoles-gdc-and-why-pc-gaming-is-the-testbed/#comment-1198 We sure are at the beginning of the road for game peripherals. Ambient light for PC was first pioneered in 2001, much before Philips, and have since grown to incorporate advanced AI to recognize in game events for translation into real world effects (works with any game or movie). You can find a lower cost and more open and flexible system at http://www.a-r-e.nl It also comes with free SDK, ambient light alerts for events, dynamic color show for static images, virtual color landscapes for mouse movements, empathic text to color translation, and even documentation on how to connecting it to any DC device of your choice. Worth checking out; I have their system driving my living room HDTV, gaming station, and MAME arcade cabinet. We sure are at the beginning of the road for game peripherals.

Ambient light for PC was first pioneered in 2001, much before Philips, and have since grown to incorporate advanced AI to recognize in game events for translation into real world effects (works with any game or movie).

You can find a lower cost and more open and flexible system at http://www.a-r-e.nl

It also comes with free SDK, ambient light alerts for events, dynamic color show for static images, virtual color landscapes for mouse movements, empathic text to color translation, and even documentation on how to connecting it to any DC device of your choice.

Worth checking out; I have their system driving my living room HDTV, gaming station, and MAME arcade cabinet.

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