reality

Sony PS3: 'Reality Synthesiser'

Crave Sony has also supplied the requisite hilarious marketing-speak, with the 'Emotion Engine' moniker of the PS2 replaced with a 'Reality Synthesiser' for the PS3. PlayStation 3. Spring 2006. Fully high-definition capable.

Tags: sony uk, night, definition, console

17 May 2005, 10:23

Sony Soutina: Tubular speaker concept becomes reality

Crave So it is with some surprise that the company has decided to take that rare step and make one of them a reality. Given that concepts are a penny a dozen, it's no surprise that most never make it off the drawing board at most companies -- and Sony is...

Tags: associated press, name, companies, press

30 May 2008, 10:22

Amputees' phantom limbs return in virtual reality

Crave Using 3D computer graphics and a virtual reality headset, the lost limb can be 'restored'. The virtual reality system, developed at the University of Manchester, gives the illusion that a person's amputated limb is still there, in three dimensions...

Tags: virtual, person, movement, reality

14 November 2006, 14:45

Okwap S868: Mock-up iPhone interface becomes reality

Crave If you look at all the iPhone mock-ups that popped up on the Web pre-Jobs' announcement, it's easy to see why many people thought the iPhone would feature a traditional keypad with some kind of click wheel stuck next to it.

Tags: windows mobile, iphone, wheel, keypad

1 February 2007, 10:34

Photos: Citroen GTbyCitroen goes from game to reality

Crave Citroen's just gone up in our estimation -- way up. At the Paris Motor Show today, it announced it would be the first car manufacturer to build a car originally designed for a computer game -- a bleedin' computer game, we tell you.

2 October 2008, 16:04

Formula One 2005: Reality Bites

Crave With the glory days of Michael Schumacher now a thing of the past, the new Formula One rules have been successful in shaking up the sport, but perhaps not at attracting more fans. But that hasn't stopped Sony treating the existing army of...

Tags: sony computer entertainment europe, formula, realism, updated

12 July 2005, 11:24

NEC: now I am a big G

Crave Don't forget to let someone responsible know you're gaming, so there'll be someone around to talk you back down into reality. If a 32-inch monster LCD just won't fit on your desk, or you value your grip on reality too much to immerse yourself in a...

Tags: contrast, inch, gaming, lcd

29 September 2005, 12:21

Crave Talk: To slim or not to slim?

Crave A photograph is something that shows how reality looked to you when you took the photo. In the same way that reality TV has nothing to do with reality, a Photoshopped photograph isn't photography -- but what happens if the camera does it all for you?

Tags: hp, cameras, reality, photograph

22 September 2006, 11:46

Photos: Panasonic Viera TH-42PZ81 Freesat plasma

Crave In reality, Murdoch will never allow this, and Ofcom is happy to allow him to do what he wants, so you're stuck with an over-priced Sky-branded box, or nothing. You get three tuners in the Panasonic (although in reality the Freeview and analogue TV...

27 June 2008, 14:20

Vapourware: The tech that never was

Crave As a matter of fact.Sega claimed one of the reasons for the product's scrapping was that the virtual reality experience was so real, users were at risk of trying to walk around environments in person, risking injury to themselves.

11 March 2008, 7:30

Top ten animal geeks

Crave Famous as Dr Who's sidekick, K9 has a laser weapon built into his nose and, in reality, has a Mars robot at NASA named after him. Although he performed the task flawlessly, scientists had rigged an incentive in the form of electrodes on Ham's feet.

Tags: age, talking, television, expert

20 December 2006, 14:44

Crave Talk: Sky high with Net fever

Crave Fortunately for those with reality issues, new technology now exists to help work out which side of the blood-brain barrier such voices originate. Meanwhile, keep on doing what you're doing out there: reality is seeping through to the boardrooms...

Tags: sky, consumer, viewing, man

19 July 2006, 12:09

BenQ debuts BW1000 and EW1000G Blu-ray drives

Crave The Blu-ray dream took a step closer to reality this morning, when Taiwanese giant BenQ unveiled a couple of Blu-ray disc drives that will land on UK shores later this year. In a sun-drenched corner of Covent Garden, BenQ (which claims to 'Bring...

Tags: benq, disc, ray, load

4 July 2006, 14:40

Creative HQ-2300D: Home cinema in your ears

Crave Prefer to blank out the horrific reality of verbal communication in favour of cynical, made-by-committee tweeny-pop? Do you have a complete disrespect for your co-workers? Well, it's how we live our lives, so it's lucky we've got these new Creative...

Tags: creative, box, headphones, headphone

14 September 2005, 11:04

Asus W2V: The best of both worlds

Crave Why, for instance, do people say "the alarm just went off" when in reality it just went on? The universe is filled with unanswered questions. What was Captain Hook's name before the accident? Why is the word 'number' abbreviated to 'no' if there's...

Tags: asus, laptops, questions, laptop

12 December 2005, 11:11