Real Time Racing is developing technology that will allow for video games that will allow you to race in real-time against actual race car drivers that are competing in an actual race. The technology is very cool and it uses LIDAR to generate maps of the race-tracks (which is how I came across the game).
Its was recently show-cased on the BBC’s Click program.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/click_online/8334595.stm
This is very, very cool. Project Natal is currently a research project at Microsoft’s XBox 360 group. Its awesome because it takes gaming from what we get from Wii to a totally new level. You get to interact with the game without any controls and the games have the ability to respond to all your natural body motions. The games even have the ability to respond to your voice.
The following video is awesome and a must see…..
Project Natal for XBox 360 – this one is almost like an ad and it shows what all is possible while interacting with Project Natal
Also check out starting from about 80 minutes into the following E3 presentation, where Microsoft showed off the technology for the first time to the gaming community. http://e3.gamespot.com/press-conference/microsoft-e3/
More info:
Microsoft’s site: http://www.xbox.com/en-US/live/projectnatal/
A physics game is one in which the player has to setup a set of machines and items so as to be able to achieve an objective. The first game that I ever played in this genre was The Incredible Machines (TIM) and The Incredible Machines 2 has been one of my favorite physics game.
Today I found a website that not only lists physics based games - but also has reviews and interviews as well as a Top Ten List. List of Physics Games » Fun-Motion
Also, I found this link from where you can download "The Incredible Machine" game series. (TIM2 is the best in the series in my opinion).
http://www.abandonia.com/en/search_abandonia/incredible+machine
http://www.bestoldgames.net/eng/old-games/the-incredible-machine.php
http://www.vetusware.com/download/The%20Incredible%20Machine%202/?id=3315
(I haven't tried the above downloads and not sure about their compatibility on Vista. If you do - leave me a comment. Also make sure that you scan for viruses).
As these were DOS based machines, you can use DOS-Box to play them under. (http://www.abandonia.com/en/node/23027, http://www.dosbox.com/)
Physics Games can be categorized as Rube Goldberg machines.
