14 DAY TRIAL // Beijing Eedoo Technology, a company that is doing hardware development in China and is funded by Lenovo, one of the biggest computer and notebook manufacturers, has offered some details on the iSec, a new gaming device which will initially be released in China and might then arrive on other markets.
The full name of the new console is the Sports Entertainment Center and it was previously also known as the eBox, a name that was probably dropped because it was too close to the already existing Xbox 360 from Microsoft.
The iSec is designed to track the motions of the players and translate them into input, a capability that the Nintendo Wii has had since it was launched and one that was added to the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3 via Kinect and the PlayStation Move.
The developer has shown the system being used to track gamers as they perform fitness exercises, perform martial arts moves, skateboard and slay monsters.
Eedoo also says that it has developers from China, North America and Europe now working on creating more games for the iSec, which will be ready in time for launch.
Jack Luo, who is the chief executive officer of Eedoo, has stated, “Only after we sell 1 million units of the iSec, will we start to think about selling the device overseas.”
The launch date for the iSec was set to come in early 2011 but was delayed to the second half of the year and the developer has not yet announced a price point.
On the Chinese market foreign companies are forbidden to selling video game consoles and titles for them, meaning that the gaming universe is dominated by PC gaming, mainly in the form of free-to-play MMO titles.
This means that the iSec could quickly sell a huge number of devices as long as its can deliver experiences similar to those offered by Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft.