Ok, first day in, and I have stuff to share people. Get your wallets ready, find all the people that owe you money because you're going to need to start saving now if you want to build that bomb ass entertainment rig soon.
I write this after leaving the Philips press conference and I have to say I was impressed. Not just because they announced larger ambiLight LCD TV's, [57 inchers on the way y'all] but because of the new ambiSound slimline bar format surround sound solution and the amBX game immersion solution, and it looks sweet.
The focus for today as I have yet to have my one on one with the Philips folks will be the amBX device. Available "soonish" amBX is a sight, sound, and feel peripheral that you can attach to your PC to take your gaming to the next level. amBX is a peripheral system that consists of the standard speakers and subwoofers that we've all come to know and love, but it then takes a step forward by including fans that can [and will] blow air at the users depending on conditions in the game. Concussion bomb goes off, you feel a heavy breeze blow at you and feel like you should duck in order to avoid virtual debris. Sneaking up on a door that might lead outside? A soft breeze might blow gently in your direction to indicate air on the other side of the door. amBX also includes a rumble wrist band that the user wears and rumble feature, and booming bass with little to no distortion.
What I find most interesting about amBX is that it currently only works with PC gaming with games that have been coded to send the system the proper cues to rumble/blow you... [Hehe, I said it's going to blow you] but the rep that I spoke with after the conference was quick to correct my question and stress that it "currently" works with PC gaming setups. So does that mean that Philips amBX may be the way you get rumble features [and them some] back on the PS3 in the future?
Stay tuned!
I write this after leaving the Philips press conference and I have to say I was impressed. Not just because they announced larger ambiLight LCD TV's, [57 inchers on the way y'all] but because of the new ambiSound slimline bar format surround sound solution and the amBX game immersion solution, and it looks sweet.The focus for today as I have yet to have my one on one with the Philips folks will be the amBX device. Available "soonish" amBX is a sight, sound, and feel peripheral that you can attach to your PC to take your gaming to the next level. amBX is a peripheral system that consists of the standard speakers and subwoofers that we've all come to know and love, but it then takes a step forward by including fans that can [and will] blow air at the users depending on conditions in the game. Concussion bomb goes off, you feel a heavy breeze blow at you and feel like you should duck in order to avoid virtual debris. Sneaking up on a door that might lead outside? A soft breeze might blow gently in your direction to indicate air on the other side of the door. amBX also includes a rumble wrist band that the user wears and rumble feature, and booming bass with little to no distortion.
What I find most interesting about amBX is that it currently only works with PC gaming with games that have been coded to send the system the proper cues to rumble/blow you... [Hehe, I said it's going to blow you] but the rep that I spoke with after the conference was quick to correct my question and stress that it "currently" works with PC gaming setups. So does that mean that Philips amBX may be the way you get rumble features [and them some] back on the PS3 in the future?
Stay tuned!
Labels: amBX, CES, Ninjasistah, Philips, Videogames
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