Casually Hardcore takes a look at the 3DO entertainment system. Launched in 1993, developed by Trip Hawkins of EA fame the 3DO was set to become the next big thing in gaming. CD Technology, the ability to play video CDs and anyone could make the console made it look like a winner. Sadly it was out priced and out gunned a year later by the Saturn and PlayStation but for those of you who want to find out more about the 3DOs history and get some buyers guide information this video is for you.
This photo could be actors or musicians, but they're not. They're game developers - or 'software artists' as the accompanying text would have it. The image is part of an advertising campaign for the fledgling publisher Electronic Arts - and accompanying the photo are two possible slogans depending on where the ad was placed. One says 'We see farther', the other, much more memorably, is 'Can a computer make you cry?' This was how EA advertised itself in 1983.
From innovators of the whole industry Atari to current market leaders Sony even the biggest companies left cutting edge hardware unreleased. How many of these did you know about?
The Neptune would've been great. I still like the ease of use the X'Eye brought to the table.
Definitely agree and great article by the way! Well written and brought some knowledge to gamers possibly not known.
How can you be great at something that didn't happen?
Sounds like more excuses for millenials to pat failure on the back.
If you think I am a millennial then you obviously have no idea who I am and are too lazy to find out . . . . .
VRFocus - It’s often been said that the new wave of virtual reality (VR) is only convincing once you’ve tried it. This has been proven true time and again, and it’s perhaps time that key industry figures were invited to join the experience. Trip Hawkins, founder of Electronic Arts, is one such individual that clearly needs convincing of the benefits of VR as he suggests that, much like stereoscopic 3D movies, “Nobody really cares.”
As i've said previously, i don't think people will care before something like Otherland becomes reality.
I prefer not to watch movies in 3D as well, because it just doesn't click with me.
I don't watch all my movies in 3d but I do watch the big blockbuster movies in 3d. It's nice to have. Trine 2 in 3d is amazing. Wish more games were in 3d.
3D was pure crap!
The whole uncomfortable glasses, then the uncomfortable vision and the nausea that comes with it.
That said, I am really surprised a lot of people of significance have come forward and said they don't believe in it. It makes you really wonder.
Maybe we still aren't ready for VR once the initial honeymoon is over?
I am excited for new technology, and want this to happen, but it is troubling. Something like this would be a boon to EA pushing new experiences and ultimately games.
Is gaming necessary? No. But its fun and we love it. VR could be fun too so why not?
Maybe it's fun to you, but i have no interest in gimmicks. I never liked motion controls for gaming, i never like 3D for gaming, why would I like VR for gaming? It's a waste of time and money and i think equating a major form of entertainment to that of a peripheral is beyond ridiculous. If you want to talk whats necessary, many things are not necessary for life.
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I feel like I'm interested in VR because that's what people have been imagining to be the future for decades now. I think its really cool to be able to grow up in a time where the future isn't a dream but a reality.
Albeit VR may be a small glimpse of that but it's still pretty interesting.
"he’s basing his opinion on a previous iteration and not the modern way championed by Oculus VR"
Wow what an idiot, oh it's EA, never mind
vr could be a big hit, or it could just end up like a short term craze.
much like 3D.
i suppose if they can keep finding new ways to use it, it will grow, but like 3D now, even movies find it hard on how to use it so you end up with lame shots of people throwing things at the camera and stuff. feels forced. then theres movies like dawn of the planet of the apes where its not needed at all. like i could watch it in 2D and still enjoy that movie. wearing 3D glasses was just to make the picture clear.
"vr could be a big hit, or it could just end up like a short term craze.
much like 3D."
Movies in theaters and on BluRay are still being released in 3D, so I think 3D has finally made a permanent foothold after decades of trying, but in both cases (VR and 3D) it takes quality and a low enough price. The combination of 3D, VR, motion sensing, a controller similar to the Move will be huge in gaming eventually.
It was many years for HD TV to really establish them selves, and then there was 3D which is still out there and growing (most TVs come out with it standard these days) now it's 4K which will take many more years.
A long with that you have VR.
First they make the products, then the gimmicks to draw the early adapters, then once it's grown enough the infrastructure is set in place and then gradually it hits the main market before the price starts to drop.
Actually 3D does quite well at the Cinema. Some love it, some don't.
Like all things, there should be options.
well 3d movies are expensive and gamingin 3d is fun. but all gaming is a choice and not neccessary. the more options the better. kiniect was a bigger failure than 3d, but you ve still put that into games.wth
I still remember the days when I was just a young General. Pausing my Super Nintendo to take a quick look at my new Ultra Gameplayers magazine. Awing in excitement at the pictures of the 3D0. Little did i know it would turn out being one of the worst consoles in history next to the Atari Jaguar.
At a young age when little Kaos looked at those new consoles with invy. I learned the lesson very early to not branch far off from Nintendo. After eventually testing out the 3DO, the Jaguar, watching the sega saturn retire itself, watching the sega cd and 32x fall. Watching the Neo Geo attempt to charge me a record setting price of 599 US dollars. And only god knows what happened to the CDi. The lesson was driven home. Never turn your back on Nintendo.
Before all those consoles released and well after the destruction of %80 of the home consoles from the past. Nintendo stood proud on its two feet ready to continue to provide us with these amazing exclusives that we enjoy today. Those were some good times.
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