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| Apple to enter the videogames industry? You think youve heard it all before, but a surfaced patent proves otherwise!
One of the age-old stories youll find unearthed on games websites and magazines every so often is the suggestion that Apple is going to enter the videogames industry and take on Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony. Some of the rumours are just outright stupid, but everything we hear is a step closer to reality, and this time what we at N-Europe have to report on is backed up by a patent!
According to Apple specialist news website AppleInsider, back in November 2006 Apple filed a patent for a three-dimensional remote control that can detect an absolute location to which a remote control is pointing using the x, y and z axes. The filing states Remote control system can include optional console. Console can have controller that can perform some or all of the processing described for controller. Console can also have one or more connectors to which accessories can be coupled, but console could be anything. Or thats what you think
it gets more interesting.
Accessories can include cables and/or game cartridges, portable memory devices (e.g. memory cards, external hard drives, etc), adapters for interfacing with another electronic device (e.g. computers, camcorders, cameras, media players, etc), or combinations thereof. Also stated is the absolute x and y positions of remote control can be used, for example, ... |
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