Microsoft had a cool new toy to show off at this year's E3. The inconspicuous black box turns the XBOX into a super gaming system with its hidden stash of tricks – including voice detection, facial recognition, motion detection, scanning, and more. Hollywood's Steven Spielburg was quoted as saying,
There is technology now that recognizes not just your thumb, it
recognizes your entire person. The technology knows who you are… (it is) a window
into what the future holds
If it performs anywhere close to what the video portrays, then Nintendo is about to be one-upped with what you can do physically within a video game. The video is well done, and it opens up a wealth of possibilities. Just make sure you clear out the space in front of the TV, you are going to need it. I can hear the media now, about how unsuspecting users were accidently drop kicking the TV sets and flipping over the furniture. Yes, it could be that much fun.
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The name "joystick" is thought to originate with early 20th century French pilot Robert Esnault-Pelterie. There are also competing claims on behalf of fellow pilots Robert Loraine, James Henry Joyce and Mr A.E. George. The latter was a pioneer aviator who with his colleague Mr. Jobling built and flew a biplane at Newcastle, England in 1910. He is alleged to have invented the "George Stick" which became more popularly known as the joystick. The George and Jobling aircraft control column is in the collection of the Discovery Museum in Newcastle Upon Tyne, England. The joystick itself was present in early planes, though the mechanical origins themselves are uncertain.
source: wikipedia
