14 DAY TRIAL // Don't get very excited, Nintendo hasn't specified a date for the next generation of Wii consoles, but Intel has made some predictions about its technical features. Actually, Intel has been talking to the three big console manufactures regarding the future chips to power the almost sci-fi, real next-gen consoles.
According to Intel, they will develop a chip that is able to perform 1 trillion calculations per second, while future products will use cameras to track body motions and "translate" them on the screen. This will be a technology that will suit the Wiis more than any other console, since this one has already proven to be an adept of less conservative controller systems.
In other words, Justin Rattner, Intel's chief technology officer, said: "We imagine some future generation of [Nintendo's] Wii won't have hand controllers. You just set up the cameras around the room and wave your hand like you're playing tennis".
Hopefully, you won't need a laser gun and many dummies to play a nice first person shooter, a boxing bag to punch hard while playing a fighter game or a guitar and microphone to play a music star-like game. Oh... wait! We already have that!
There are already rumors about future game controllers that will actually be helmets able to read your thoughts and translate them onto the screen. Now we hear that Intel thinks we will no longer need a classic joystick, controller or any other object to control our characters. That makes terms like "virtual reality" to gain a completely new meaning and be closer to what people thought it will be back in the 60's, for example. And when I hear all these things I start to feel really old. But it's OK, though - old people can wave their hands in the air while playing Wii games.