2012 was a big year for gaming technology. While there haven’t been a ton of technological advancements completed, quite a few have now been publicly shown or advanced considerably. We take a look at our favorite gaming technologies shown off in 2012.
1 Oculus Rift Prototype (from Oculus VR)
Why? Oculus VR & Palmer Luckey showed us the first enjoyable and emersive virtual reality experience this year. Low … [ Read More... ]
Rumors have surfaced regarding Xbox 720 (Durango/Xbox Next) and Playstation 4 (PS4/Playstation Omni) hardware upgradeability. Unconfirmed sources have found details that the next generation of consoles could be upgradeable thusly extending their generational life. Fixed hardware limitations have long been something that kept PC games more graphically advanced.
There have been some console makers who have attempted hardware upgrades over the years. A fairly successful example … [ Read More... ]
Square Enix’s next gen engine is called Luminous Engine and it was shown off to the world earlier this year in a demo video called Agni’s Philosophy – FINAL FANTASY REALTIME TECH DEMO. More footage has surfaced, this time demonstrating the character models and showing how you can tune certain graphical settings. Some sites are calling this an Xbox 720 demo, although we’ve found nothing to confirm this claim. … [ Read More... ]
The gaming world has its eyes on the Wii U, even Sony. President of Sony Computer Entertainment Shuhei Yoshida recently tweeted that he bought a Wii U. He even revealed his Nintendo ID. His followers asked him questions regarding Nintendo as the enemy. Shuhei replied to the tweets calling them “competition”. Another fan asked for him to compare the Wii U and Playstation Vita to which … [ Read More... ]