Really? Nobody is impressed with what they showed with Nintendo TVii?

[Dodece]

dahuman said:

Dodece said:
@dahuman

Tablets, Tablets, We don't need no stinking Tablets. Have you forgotten that the 360 can be operated via voice, or with simple hand gestures. I literally don't need any controller to watch movies on my 360. Your extolling this all as being a virtue. When it is entirely superfluous, and may in practice be counter productive. That controller isn't very practical at all. It is a large, requires two hands to use, and must be referenced via the eyes.

That controller is just a lot of needless clutter. Who wants to use a interface to watch movies that requires the use of both hands. Plus requires you to look at it. When standard television remotes can be operated by feel, and the same goes for standard game controllers. The input is basically simultaneous. Where as the Wii U controller is going to be more time consuming.

It all comes across as a device forcibly justifying its own existence. That screen is just getting in the way of what is already a seamless experience. What Nintendo needs to be doing is using that interface for video manipulation at a more profound level. Children should be using it to do math problems while viewing educational programing, and adults should be using it to play games overlaid on top of television shows.

We don't need a more complicated television remote. If that is the only case being made. Then it shows that Nintendo is just copying everyone else. Worse it seems like they are straying from one of the cooler ideas that they had going for them. Namely that you could play games, and watch television at the same time. I mean the 360 can still run live in the background. So why can't the machine play games, and stream movies at the same time. It is a newer device after all.

There's absolutely good video control on the tablet in its default included package, if you've ever used a touch device before, you'd know media is the one thing that touch control excels at. It also has a mic so I wouldn't rule out voice control in the future either ^_-b

Video control works well when your looking at the tablet. You see that is the problem I am pointing out. You have to avert your gaze from the television screen to use the tablet to control what is happening on the screen. That is immersion breaking. When your engrossed in a film you don't want to be looking away at something else. If you need to pause for some reason you want to do it at that instant so you don't miss anything. It isn't the end of the world, but it is more inconvenient. You don't want to have to be doing something else when your watching something on your big screen.

Tell me truthfully are you at all confident that you could use that touchscreen without turning your attention away from your television. That is the difference between a voice, or tactile interface, and a visual interface. You don't need your eyes to use other interfaces. If none of this is sinking in for you. Think about trying to drive a automobile in this way. Would you feel safe without that tactile interface.

As for your commentary on voice control. Anyone can extrapolate outward. I wouldn't rule out a three dimensional spatial interface for the 360 either. After all it has the Kinect, and software improvements may allow for something like that. What is your point exactly. Why not limit ourselves to discussing what Nintendo presented to the public. Besides I highly doubt it will happen, because Nintendo doesn't like to pay for licensing, and since I have heard jack squat about the company investing in that kind of software. Chances are pretty damn small. Unless the technology becomes so ubiquitous that Nintendo cannot afford to not have it in their console.

Anyway the PS3 seems to be doing perfectly fine without it. Are you arguing that Nintendo will suffer for not having it?