gaming consoles

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gaming consoles
Evolution to the next level
Game on
Presented by-
Manindar Singh Ratan
Regd.No.- 0701227611
Branch- IT, Group- B
Sem- 7th,CVRCE

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WHAT IS A GAMING CONSOLE?

• Gaming consoles are dedicated devices for
  playing
• playing video games.
• An interactive entertainment computer system
  with
• a video display device.
• termed as gaming console to distinguish it
  from a
• personal computer.

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A BRIEF LOOK AT THE PAST

• Magnavox odyssey was the first gaming
• console released in the year 1972.
• Atari Pong console was released in 1975.
• termed as pioneer of home gaming for
• many years.

Contd.
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• In 1985,Nintendo entertainment system entered
• the gaming industry.
• In 1995,Sony came on scene in with Playstation.
• In 2001,IT nemesis MICROSOFT joined the gaming
• console bandwagon with the launch of Xbox
  brand.

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BASIC COMPONENTS

• USER control interface.
• CPU
• RAM
• Software kernel.
• Storage medium for games.
• Video output.
• Audio output.

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PRESENT SCENARIO

• Presently, two major players in the gaming
  console market.
• SONY with its PLAYSTATION 3(PS3) gaming
  console.
• MICROSOFT with its XBOX 360 gaming console.
• SONY PLAYSTATION 3 launched in 2006 is a
  successor to SONYS PS1 and PS2 gaming
  consoles launched in year 1995 and 2000
  respectively.
• MICROSOFT XBOX360 launched in 2005 is a
  successor to its XBOX launched in 2001.

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS.

• FOR PLAYSTATION 3-
• MEDIA-
• blu-ray disc, dvd,cd,digital distribution etc.
• OPERATING SYSTEM-
• Xross media bar
• CPU-
• 3.2GHz cell broadband engine with 1PPE
• seven SPEs.
• 
  contd

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• STORAGE CAPACITY-
• Supports 2.5 SATA hard drive ranging from 20GB to
  320GB(upgradable)
• MEMORY-
• 256MB system and 256MB video
• GRAPHICS-
• 550MHz NVIDIA/SCE/RSX REALITY SYNTHESIZER

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FOR MICROSOFT XBOX360-

• MEDIA-
• DVD, Compact Disc, Download etc
• CPU-
• 3.2 GHz power pc tri-core Xenon
• STORAGE CAPACITY-
• detachable hard drive ranging from 20GB to
  250GB,removable
• memory cards (64MB,256MB,512MB).

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• MEMORY-
• 512MB of GDDR3 RAM clocked at 700MHz.
• GRAPHIC PROCESSING-
• 500MHz ATI Xenos, handled by ATI Xenos 10MB
  eDRAM.
• INTERFACE-
• New XBOX experience

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• ACCESSORIES USED..
• XBOX360 supports both wired and wireless
  controllers, face-
• plates for customization, headsets for chatting
  ,webcam for
• video chat and KINECT.
• PLAYSTATION 3 supports accessories like
  dualshock3, sixaxis,
• Logitech drive GT, PLAYSTSTION MOVE etc .

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GAMING REVOLUTIONIZED.

• Both MICROSOFT and SONY has developed two
  revolutionary products .
• These products are said to break the barriers
  between virtual and real world.
• These products are
• ? KINECT for XBOX360
  
  
• ? PLAYSTATION MOVE for PS3

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• PLAYSTATION MOVE.
• Playstation Move is a motion sensing game
  controller
• platform.
• based on the motion controller wand.
• uses PS EYE camera to track the wands position
  and inertial
• sensors in wand to detect its motion.
• Playstation Move motion controller is the main
  component
• of PS MOVE.

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TECHNOLOGY OF PS MOVE..

• Move motion controller has a glowing orb at
  the head.
• PS EYE webcam detects the color of user
  enviroment
• helps the system to dynamically select the orb
  color.
• colored light of orb is tracked by PS EYE
  webcam.
• pair of inertial sensors used to track rotation
  as well as overall motion.
• inertial sensors are also used for dead
  reckoning.

PS MOVE motion controller
PS EYE
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DEMO OF PLAYSTATION MOVE...
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XBOX KINECT..

• Kinect is an add-on peripheral for MICROSOFTS
  XBOX360 gaming console
• XBOX360 with KINECT
  sensor
• It is based on controller free gaming and
  entertainment experience.

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TECHNOLOGY OF XBOX KINECT.

• The KINECT device features an RGB camera, depth
  sensor and
• multiarray microphone.
• Provides full body 3D motion capture, facial and
  voice recognition.
• Microphone array enables acoustic source
  localization and
• ambient noise suppression.
• Depth sensor consists of an infrared projector
  combined with
• monochrome CMOS sensor.
• To showcase the interactive prowess of KINECT,
  Microsoft has
• developed an interactive game called MILO .

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DEMO FOR XBOX360 KINECT..

• Players can interact with a 10 year old child
  MILO.
• MILO has an artificial intelligence that
  responds to body movements,facial
• expressions,spoken words,gestures in dynamic
  situations.
• relies on Procedural Generation System to
  simulate life like conversations.

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CONCLUSION.

• These two breakthrough technologies show that
  INNOVATION is
• devoid of boundaries.
• There is nothing like IMPOSSIBLE in this
  MODERN AGE OF
• TECHNOLOGY .

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REFERENCES
www.wikipedia.com www.youtube.com
www.xbox.com in.playstation.com
www.gameguru.com
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