#21898 - 2old4this - Tue Jun 08, 2004 11:32 pm
These questions are directed to anyone who attended E3 and had
hands-on time with the DS.
Was the stylus plastic or metal?
What type of technology is used by the touch screen
XY resistive?
surface acoustic?
open gap?
other?
Is the following scenario possible?
I display an image of an airplane on the vertical screen. On the horizontal
touch screen, I place a golf ball. I tilt the DS up. The golf ball rolls
backwards. The airplane climbs. When I tilt the DS forward, the golf
ball rolls to the top of the touch screen, and the plane dives. Tilting
right and left make the plane bank.
#21899 - zazery - Tue Jun 08, 2004 11:46 pm
Interesting idea, those types of ideas are what Nintendo wanted to give to developers with the new system. However the system may not have that in it. You could put it in the card, but those are pretty thin. Perhaps a small extention like GBC games that used the rumble feature.
One thing, like you said, you could fly a plane with tilting the DS. You could probably imagine flying your DS around like an airplane. It would be quite the sight.
I wasn't at E3 but I just thought I'd share my thoughts.
#21975 - Akolade - Thu Jun 10, 2004 5:13 pm
This Golf/Flight Sim game sounds intriguing!
Seriously, I believe there is some old GBC game that had a sensor like that in it. I forget what it was. I think a marble rolling game or something.
#21979 - dagamer34 - Thu Jun 10, 2004 5:39 pm
| Akolade wrote: |
This Golf/Flight Sim game sounds intriguing!
Seriously, I believe there is some old GBC game that had a sensor like that in it. I forget what it was. I think a marble rolling game or something. |
Kirby Tilt 'n' Tumble.
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#21985 - SimonB - Thu Jun 10, 2004 7:16 pm
| 2old4this wrote: |
| Was the stylus plastic or metal? |
Well the stylus was quite heavy and had a metal feeling to it...so if the choice was between plastic and metal, Id go with metal ;)
Simon
#21988 - tepples - Thu Jun 10, 2004 7:44 pm
Was there a wire from the stylus to the machine? Perhaps the stylus of each unit shown at E3 was made differently to deter theft.
Next, I wonder if the stylus is a passive element (as on Newton, Palm, and Pocket PC PDAs) or an active element (like Wacom charged with a capacitor while the system is in storage).
And is the tilt sensor digital or analog?
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#21990 - Zero - Thu Jun 10, 2004 9:41 pm
i don't think there is a tilt sensor (built into the DS).... but maybe i am wrong...
#22010 - notb4dinner - Fri Jun 11, 2004 3:19 am
| tepples wrote: |
Was there a wire from the stylus to the machine? Perhaps the stylus of each unit shown at E3 was made differently to deter theft.
Next, I wonder if the stylus is a passive element (as on Newton, Palm, and Pocket PC PDAs) or an active element (like Wacom charged with a capacitor while the system is in storage).
And is the tilt sensor digital or analog? |
I remember reading that you could use the screen with your finger so it's not likely that the stylus would be an active type.
#22022 - SimonB - Fri Jun 11, 2004 2:21 pm
| tepples wrote: |
| Was there a wire from the stylus to the machine? Perhaps the stylus of each unit shown at E3 was made differently to deter theft. |
They were all the same, and none of them were wired to the DS. They didnt have any logo's on them or anything...very plain. Im sure a few of them were stolen...I know I could have taken at least 5 and no one would have noticed. They were also giving out styluses shaped as larger pens with a flashing blue light...but I guess that was more of a novelty item...
| notb4dinner wrote: |
| I remember reading that you could use the screen with your finger so it's not likely that the stylus would be an active type. |
Yeah, some games even asked you to use your finger to control the game...
Simon
#22043 - Zero - Sat Jun 12, 2004 1:05 am
you gave the game the finger??????
8)
#22072 - dagamer34 - Sat Jun 12, 2004 11:04 pm
| SimonB wrote: |
| tepples wrote: | | Was there a wire from the stylus to the machine? Perhaps the stylus of each unit shown at E3 was made differently to deter theft. |
They were all the same, and none of them were wired to the DS. They didnt have any logo's on them or anything...very plain. Im sure a few of them were stolen...I know I could have taken at least 5 and no one would have noticed. They were also giving out styluses shaped as larger pens with a flashing blue light...but I guess that was more of a novelty item...
| notb4dinner wrote: | | I remember reading that you could use the screen with your finger so it's not likely that the stylus would be an active type. |
Yeah, some games even asked you to use your finger to control the game...
Simon |
Like the Sonic DS demo?
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