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Title: In soviet Russia, Mario controls you! Post by: koboshi on October 26, 2005, 04:16:23 PM http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/10/25/financial/f133702D73.DTL
Quote Prepare to be remotely controlled. I was. -Steven Tyler wasn't available for comment.Just imagine being rendered the rough equivalent of a radio-controlled toy car. Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp., Japans top telephone company, says it is developing the technology to perhaps make video games more realistic. But more sinister applications also come to mind. I can envision it being added to militaries' arsenals of so-called "non-lethal" weapons. A special headset was placed on my cranium by my hosts during a recent demonstration at an NTT research center. It sent a very low voltage electric current from the back of my ears through my head — either from left to right or right to left, depending on which way the joystick on a remote-control was moved. I found the experience unnerving and exhausting: I sought to step straight ahead but kept careening from side to side. Those alternating currents literally threw me off. The technology is called galvanic vestibular stimulation — essentially, electricity messes with the delicate nerves inside the ear that help maintain balance. I felt a mysterious, irresistible urge to start walking to the right whenever the researcher turned the switch to the right. I was convinced — mistakenly — that this was the only way to maintain my balance. All they need now is figure out go and stop, and everyone can play The Cabinet of Dr Caligari: The Home Game. Title: Re: In soviet Russia, Mario controls you! Post by: Evangolis on October 26, 2005, 08:14:50 PM Why, yes, I am disturbed. Pretty much every bad GM's dream device. No! Bad player! Must Rescue Princess!
Title: Re: In soviet Russia, Mario controls you! Post by: AOFanboi on October 27, 2005, 01:09:02 PM No! Bad player! Must Rescue Princess! Plot device railroading to victory. Been there, done that. |