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See you for CES2010 !
This year I spent quite a lot of time in the wynn, either for diner/fun times or for CES itself with Showstoppers and cntrstg being held there. It’s funny how every year another place gets the strong focus, I bet that next year if the huge resort being built south of the Bellagio is finished it will be the place to be.

By concentrating you are able to change the intensity of your mind’s theta-wave and thus change the altitude of the ball… a button lets you move the ball left and right and by combining both controls you con complete the whole circuit.

This solar tower by LG is not for sale (I asked!) but it’s being used to educate people on the use of clean energy. Inside the tower are tiny lockers where you can find plugs to recharge your mobile phone by using the energy from either the solar panel or the windmill.

Saw a demo, really not got convinced, the lady was trying to show how easy it is to join and leave a network group… like my parents will know what that is and why it’s good for… come on people try to be more end user focused, limit the number of clicks and make it simple!
Oh and by the way Windows 7 just fucked up Surface !

Central hall was definitely overwhelmed by 3D TVs. Each major manufacturer including Samsung LG, Sony had their TVs showcased and happy visitors wearing glasses to try them out.
As you might now, there is a lot going on in the 3D movie world right now, standards for content creation and delivery are being heavily discussed by working groups that got fairly active in 2008, technologies for content creation are now ready and in 2008 there were 10 movies done in 3D while this figure is expected to at least double in 2009.
Vendors are now trying to get this experience into the homes.
To achieve that there are currently 3 technologies:

• Shutter glasses, like the one sold by Nvidia, by doubling the frequency of the display from 60Hz to 120Hz to get alternatively the image for the left and then for the right eye. Requires an emitter to send the sync signal and batteries in the glasses
• Polarized glasses, like in good old Disneyworld movie theaters. No sync and batteries requires here.
• beamsplitter surface on top of the screen that basically sends every next pixel to the other eye. This requires being really in front of the TV and reduces its resolution

While those are probably valid solutions for an enhanced movie experience (while I still regret there is no way to be *inside* the movie), they really *POORLY* apply to video games in my opinion. As a gamer I expect immersion in the game and the 3D effect itself is not what truly matters in terms of game experience, it’s the availability to get immersed into a 3D environment with free move within the game.