Sony Shows Off PS3 Dashboard Interface 47
Gamespot has a rundown on Sony's demo of the PS3 dashboard, looking at the media use options (including music and photos), and the game download elements. From the article: "Harrison selected a slideshow option that arranged his photos as if they were set down on a flat white surface. As he cycled through them, dates were displayed in a handwritten font. Harrison stated that this was an example of one of many slideshow functions that will let people display their photographs in unique ways. The ornate interactivity comes courtesy of the PS3's RSX processor, which allows photos to be moved around like 3D objects." To see it firsthand, 1up has video of the interface demo.
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Fear the 7mhz Amiga's awesome 3d power! Let's not forget that the Amiga wasn't even powerful enough to playback MP3s...
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The GP referred to an Amiga 1200 - sold as stock with a 14MHz 680EC20 cpu. Even so, 7MHz A5/600s can play MP3s, and have been used in kiosk and mobile projects http://home.tu-clausthal.de/~utaba/A600/A600-e.htm l [tu-clausthal.de].
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> http://home.tu-clausthal.de/~utaba/A600/A600-e.ht
You're wrong. Look at the details again. The Amiga is not actually playing the MP3s.
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No, you've missed the point. The PS3's unique internetworking hardware components allow it to connect to a distributed network of other PS3's playing the same game and then dynamically change the price of the weapon for every weapon change. No other platform can match the sense of immersion the PS3 creates. That's where the true power of the Cell becomes apparent.
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No. That demo is not for you.
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Literally - no: it's not supposed to be that impressive.
It's a set of "bonus features" you get with the PS3 as part of its "media center" thingy. Just like the original PlayStation could play CDs with colorful blobby visualization and the PS2 could play DVDs, the PS3 has a bunch of extra features related to digital media.
This is just them showing the extra features to some journalists to give them an idea of the UI and what extra features are going to be available.
So, no, they're not supposed to be i
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The ornate interactivity comes courtesy of the PS3's RSX processor, which allows photos to be moved around like 3D objects.
See that? That's in the Slashdot blurb. You didn't even need to go through the trouble of reading the linked story. Sony is claiming that due to the awesome power of the PS3, they can show pictures. Amazing, huh? Showing pictures on a computer. I think I've been doing that ever since, oh, you know, I owned a PC.
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Why do they bother to put this stuff in? I seriously doubt that it will net them any additional sales. At all. Nobody's thinking "It can display PICTURES?! Here's $600!"
It just seems like a waste of effort, from a business standpoint. It's the kind of thing that I would mess around with, but never pay for.
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I'm glad they're finally putting in a dashboard (Score:2, Funny)
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What?! (Score:1)
Dashboard? (Score:1)
Nice (Score:2)
Is the photo change... (Score:2, Funny)
Rootkit (Score:5, Funny)
youtube here, pretty lame (Score:2)
Sony == Apple?... (Score:1)
And Aqua is born in 2000.
So is not so impressive to my eyes... but a little old stylish
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Um, the ideas behind Aqua come from the Macintosh and Nextstep [wikipedia.org]. And these systems are like 20 years old.
Also, I should note that I'm not supporting your assertion that the PS3 interface is a "ripoff" of Aqua.
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This is a good reason why the PS3 won't do well. Sony doesn't seem to realize th
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On a console....
Why?
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As for DVD players etc., why shouldn't it offer playba
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Well, if the power brick is anything like the 360's, then leaving the PS3 on in a cold room would proably be rather practicle during the winter. You can probably include that in the list of featurs. Right next to real time weapon change and giant crabs. Personaly, I'd rather not have any giant crabs as I imagine the normal kind are trouble enough...
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I mean, I don't actually care about any of it in the slightest, but it's pretty.
"Dashboard"-type things are always like that. I saw this story, and decided to take a look. I knew that nothing I saw would actually matter to me. I know there's nobody who's actually thinking, "Well, MAYBE I'll get a PS3, but I'll wait and see how good the console's built-in software is."
I just looked out of sheer curiosity. Which, really, is all these things ever are -- curiosities.
Now that's innovation! (Score:1)
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If I want to browse web pages, I'll use my computer. If I want to play DVDs, I'll use my DVD player. If I want to play games, I'll use my Wii. Why sony doesn't just focus on games is beyond me.
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Nintendo will also be crushed to learn you don't want a browser because they're making one for the Wii (and DS).
And here's the giant dashboard interface (Score:3, Funny)
Like Lowfat? (Score:2)
I can't watch the video, but from the comments, it sounds like the photo viewer is a half-hearted attempt at Macslow's Lowfat document browser.
That's how it seems from the comments, anyway.
Corrected link (Score:2)
I mean, Macslow's Lowfat [thepimp.net]
Oooh photos and music (Score:2)
PS3: Look at me I can play music and photos.
Xbox 360: So...
I love the fact they are trying to sell the PS3 as a entertainment center, yet the 360 has already done this a year ago. I'm sure it will be just as annoying the second time i have to load up my console with all the music that is already on the 360. However I'm wondering if they will give the player something as useful as the guide button. That alone is wh