For me, the future of gaming technology surpasses the realms of reality. Every designer is keen on offering his renditions of what the future of gaming may look like. The latest rendition of the future of the Nintendo DS by designer Mario Troise is sure to attract the attention of many a gamers. The designer’s vision of the future Nintendo DS consists of a console with some unbelievable features. Mario’s concept portable console consists of a single flexible touch screen. Offering a 3D experience like never before where the 3D graphics pop out of the screen, the mega resolution of this screen promises to change your gaming experience forever. What is more the console itself can be used in many different ways. The console can be used as a board game and played over a surface. Great for multi player games, players can also use both their hands to play.
Designer Camille Jean is bound to send gamers into a tizzy with her Xbox Mini concept. Jean has answered the dreams of millions of fanboys with her mock-up that turns the popular Xbox console into a pocket-sized handheld.
The mobile and easy to use device only supplies the necessary infrastructure, such as Interface, GPS, internet and communication, for collaborative reality games, but it doesn’t provides the required setting for the game, which usually causes fitness related problems among users. German designer Nico Klaeber in collaboration with Debbie Poon and Hanson Wong has developed a Gaming Device Concept dubbed the “Interactive Reality” that attracts teenagers towards a new kind of reality gaming to ensure a healthy lifestyle. Presenting an ergonomic design, the new gaming device moves young gamers, without communicating them, into an altogether different environment that apart from allowing a wonderful gaming experience also makes them aware about their health and fitness.
If technology is evolving with each passing minute then why should the gadgets and accessories remain square and orthodox? Catching up the technological evolution, Canadian firm Deanmark Ltd has come up with a revolutionary computer mouse that invariably becomes an integral part of your body. Hailed as the “AirMouse,” the radical mouse can be worn on your hand like a glove, allowing easy as well as brisk web navigation. Integrating a right and left click mouse buttons in the palm, the AirMouse comes equipped with optical tracking laser that lasts for a week on single charge.
Attributing the characteristics of a portable console to your mobile handset, designer Thomas Broadbent has devised a cellphone concept that literally turns your mobile phone into a gaming controller. The ”Gaming Phone,” as the designer hails the phone concept, makes use of a “life light” which shows the power or life of your opponents, together with a microSD card slot that allows extra memory and storage space for new games streamed from the net. The Hybrid cellphone also includes a 3.2 megapixel camera, a USB charger/connection port and a fully colored screen to enrich your experience.
