A press release just landed in my inbox from Philips, hitherto makers of high-end technology and former dabblers in computer games appliances (for a bit of computer games history, check out the handbags at dawn between Philips and Nintendo here). The Consumer Electronics Show has kicked off in Fabulous Las Vegas and at their booth they'll be showcasing
a 30-inch horizontal LCD incorporating touch screen-based multi-object position detection and allows players to engage in a new class of electronic game, which combines the features of computer gaming, including dynamic playing fields and gaming levels, with the interaction and tangible playing pieces - such as pawns and dies - of traditional board games.
At the minute it may not be able to play the likes of Halo 2, or any other mega-graphics thing, but with Phillips' cash behind it, we can expect something like the Entertaible to hit the ground running instead of gasping its last for want of cash before it's released. It could even usurp the casual gamer market, like interactive DVDs did to shoe-in Buzz! The Music Quiz this Christmas.
Previous novelties that have recently been predicted to revolutionise videogames include the next-gen Nintendo controller and this bizarre creation that seeped through internet waters last year from Total Immersions.
