OK, let’s have details on what was inside the SITEX area. It was taking 2.5 halls and that took me one to two hours in exploration. The interesting stuffs in technology were the Android TV which allowed you to turn the TV into the Smart TV, the portable projectors, computers and tablets running Windows 8 and RT as well as Windows 8 Pro itself that allows you to upgrade your computer to Windows 8. Well, is that all the kids have got when playing casual games? No, of course not. The first game played there was Angry Birds Space on the Android TV and then I realized that the game was already in the first set. And of course, since it’s an Android TV, there’s no way you can play the games that which require the multi-touch feature. The OS can work like what a normal computer can do so it works with the mouse and keyboard in addition to the touch. However, you’re going to need the USB mouse and keyboard for that device and for internet access, you’re going to need the Ethernet cable or the USB Wireless Adapter. Damn to that device for having the grainy color palette. There was a gaming corner which displayed the popular console and computer games and there was an area where the people were watching the screen of the game the players were playing. How cool is that and especially for the new technology used to power up the games with newer CPUs and GPUs.
For Windows 8 and RT devices, so far, I could see the third-party Windows RT tablets but like I already said in the previous blog posts, it was already bitchy to use Desktop mode on the tablets as things are already way too small to tap ever since Windows 7 tablets. There were also laptops, desktops, ultrabooks, 3-in-1 desktops and so on running Windows 8 in which there was not much to say.
Meanwhile at the console gaming area where you can buy games for seventh generation consoles as well as to play the games which are currently inserted in the respective consoles, I started off with the song the promoters were in in DJ Hero. The gameplay may seem easy . The normal notes are where you can tap the respective keys on the turntable while the hold notes may require that you scratch the turntable. However, the tricky part was having to move the f*****g slider part and I couldn’t figure things out like that. Maybe I prefer Beatmania or DJ Max franchise over this but either way, you’ll have to learn how to figure out the other parts in rhythm games.
About the portable projector thing, I hooked up my Ipod Touch to that projector and holy shit, the sound from the projector was seriously distorted but that’s because the projector is designed to display image as the main core concept so if you want the better sound, you may need the external speakers for that. Remember, that projector allows the Iphone or Ipod Touch to be hooked in. Sampled contents were Hello Planet Remastered version and Little Star Piano Arrange taken from YouTube.
Last but not least, there were Windows Phone 8 and 7.5 devices from Nokia Booth at SITEX as well and from what I knew after asking various questions, there wasn't much difference between Windows Phone 7 and 8 other than the changes in the interface, improvements to the existing apps and services as well as the new ones.
Speaking of Little Star from IIDX Tricoro, I already had made the 16-Bit arrangement of it. However, due to how the original version sounded, I decided to add in the non-retro type musical instruments in the arrangement and they some parts sounded kind of noisy like that like trying to play all the fast notes. Also, the arrangement is available at my Nico Nico Douga account.
