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Different types of gaming technology

  

    Video games play a great entertainment role in human life. From small children to older ones; all love video games. In fact, we can say that there is a separate world for video games. The first computer video game was developed by William Higinbotham in the year 1958. This video game was a simple tennis game for two players which was made in large television boxes. From that year to this year, the technology has evolved so much, which developed the video games from big rectangular boxes to small handheld devices.

    Video games are types of video interacted gameplay. By getting the input from the user the video graphics are displayed on the TV. These video games are played on various platforms like colorful machine boxes called arcade games, consoles, Personal Computers (PCs), mobile phones. The consoles and mobile phone games are the most developed gaming technology. We might hear about the games on PCs and mobile phones but not about arcade games and consoles.

    The arcade games are one of the oldest gaming technologies which consist of machine boxes that are basically coin-operated. These games are of various types; from mechanical to electrical and the combination of both. The user inserts a coin on the machine and introduces them as a player. If won the user gets various attractive prizes and discounts. The arcade games are mainly attracted by the colors exhibited by them.


Arcade games



    There are also some handheld consoles that are more comfortable to play with. A console is basically a thing that acts as the heart of the video game. These consoles are pre-programmed with a set of games or it is loaded with gaming cartridges. One of the most popular handheld consoles is the Nintendo switch. It acts as a separate console and acts as a joystick for playing. The gaming card is inserted on the handheld device and with respect to the user commands, the input to the video game is given. It can be also telecasted over the TV via the HDMI port. 


Nintendo Switch



    One of the most popular things in Nintendo is the amiibo. Amiibo’s are physical toys that are actually game players. When we tap the toy over the Nintendo, the console detects the amiibo through the Near Field Communication technology (NFC) and introduces a new player inside the game. Overall the amiibo is generally an electronic toy device. There were also various popular consoles in the world like Sony’s PlayStation, Microsoft Xbox, etc.


Credit (Amiibo): Image by Joseph Thornton from flickr.com


    Gaming cartridges are the type of memory card (ROM) that stores gaming information and programs. These cartridges can be inserted into the console to play. The gaming cartridges differ in size depending upon the consoles used. For easy understanding, while playing on a PC our PC acts as the console where the CD we insert acts as the cartridge but the CD is generally not a cartridge. The oldest cartridge will be in the form of a PCB board surrounded by plastic boards which you can observe from the below figure.



Gaming Cartridges



PlayStation

    In these large consoles like Sony and Xbox, the user inserts a game in the form of a CD. The console reads the set of programs in the CD and displays the output through the HDMI port to the TV. The joystick and various other playing gadgets are attached to the console through the USB port present in the console. Most of the video games nowadays offer subscription services for playing online games with multiplayer capability. Online games require internet connectivity for playing with multiplayer’s. Consoles like Nintendo switch don’t have enough storage for downloading online games. So such consoles will have separate slots for SD cards for external storage. Also, they have an SD-sized game card slot for playing both offline and online. But consoles like PlayStation do not have a game card rather it is inserted through the CD. Having internet connectivity to the console might be the best idea for having the required update and compatibility settings. The subscription service in the PlayStation is called PlayStation Plus.


Credit (VR): Image by Vu Hoang from flickr.com

    One of the most prominent features in video gaming technology today is VR (Virtual Reality) technology. As we all know, virtual reality makes us to feel the real thing on a virtual platform. This technology in gaming, aids in getting us into the gaming world virtually. There are many virtual devices and controllers used for gaming. Some of the virtual reality gaming devices are aim controllers, virtual reality boxes, and many more. This VR setup offer comes in a bundled setup which consists of a separate processing unit for the VR setup, VR headset, VR camera, VR aim and motion controllers, and VR rudder. Each of the VR accessories has a specific function with the game. For example, the VR rudder helps to feel the actual movement with the game while the VR aim controller gives the effect of shooting with the same vibration, loading, and reloading bullets effects.

 


Credit(VR Aim and Motion controller): By Christian Steen Jensen from Denmark - Ps3 move, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=10739655





 

 

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