Sperimentazioni di tecnologie e comunicazioni Multimediali: Lezione 2

1. SPERIMENTAZIONI
DI TECNOLOGIE E
COMUNICAZIONI
MULTIMEDIALI
Salvatore Iaconesi
salvatore.iaconesi@artisopensource.net
xdxd.vs.xdxd@gmail.com

2. Marufuku Company distributes Hanafuda cards. In 1951 changes name to “Nintendo”
1889 which means: “leave luck to heaven”

3. Gerard Philips creates a company in the Netherlands to produce lamps and
1891 electrical products

4. Konosuke Matsushita creates the Matsushita company, which later founds
1918 Panasonic, among a multitude of other companies

5. Maurice Greenberg, a russian immigrant, funds a leather company that then
1932 starts producing plastic forms. The company is called COLECO.

6. Harold Matson and Elliot Handler produce picture frames in their garage. They
1945 create the “Mattel” company and Elliot uses scraps of wood to produce doll houses.

7. Akio Morita and Masaru Ibuka create the Tokyo Telecommunications
Engineering Company. In 1952 they use a transistor by Bell labs to create the
world's first pocket sized battery powered radio. They have enormous
1947 success and create the Sony company.

8. Ralph Baer, an engineer with Loral, a military company, is instructed to build
the best television set in the world. He suggests that the TV embeds an
interactive game, but the management refuses.
1951

9. David Rosen, a veteran of the Korean War, exports coin-operated games to
Japan. He decides to build his own and buys a jukebox and slot-machine
company. SEGA (as in SErvice GAmes) is born.
1954

10. Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney (they later
found Atari) create Natting Associates and
produce Computer Space.
After Spacewar!
The minicomputer paradigm replaced with the
arcade machine.
It was not a success: complicated gameplay.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nhdu2Jh9cuc&feature=rela
1971

11. Magnavox starts producing Ralph Baer's Odissey Console.
Videogioco digitale, con uscita analogica (TV). Giochi sono circuiti
stampati (cartucce). Ha anche delle periferiche (pistola ottica).
1972

13. http://www.magnavox-odyssey.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2EIsnr_cv4
1972

14. ATARI is born (a term of the Japanese game Go, means “check”).
Bushnell and Dabney hire Al Alcom, who is not a good programmer.
They teach him how to program while producing Pong.
1972

15. Pong is a success.
In two days the first machine in
a bar breaks down: too many
coins in the coin-slot.
:)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LsRGUODHlQ&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPkUvfL8T1I
1972

16. ATARI releases the VCS: hooks to the TV and has all the games
1977 found at the arcade.

17. http://www.showmewithvideo.com/videos/1060/classic-game-console-buy-and-use-an-atari-2600-

18. Nintendo produces the Othello
video game.
http://current.com/1gqau4c
1978

19. ATARI releases the game
Football.
The first Trackball.
1978

21. http://www.gamesdbase.com/game.aspx?mame=atarifb
http://www.nextvideogames.net/california-extreme-2010-atari-4-player-football-quick-look/

22. Space Invaders
By TAITO
1978

23. Space Invaders
By TAITO
Big innovation:
the high score appears in video
Games, giving you objectives.
1978

24. 1978 ATARI 400: Atari enters the computer market, but fails

25. 1978 Cinematronics releases Space Wars: the first available vector game

28. ATARI releases the COSMOS: handheld, programmable, Holograms.
1979 Holograms are just aesthetics and not for gameplay --> FAIL

29. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTlVfnmjvnU

30. 1979 ATARI releases Lunar Lander, and then.....

31. 1979 ATARI releases Lunar Lander, and then.....

32. ATARI releases Asteroids, its best seller of all times.
1979 Innovation: player can enter 3 letters in high score.

33. ATARI releases Asteroids, its best seller of all times.
1979 Innovation: player can enter 3 letters in high score.

34. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZfsnA7dAHI

35. SEGA releases Monaco GP
1979

36. Asteroids on the Atari VCS: sales skyrocket!
1980

37. http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-2600-vcs-asteroids_18113.html

38. Mattel releases Intellivision: better graphics, higher price. Mattel
1980 promises extensions that transform it into a computer

39. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sD9GySeh2t4

40. COLECO launches Colecovision: supported by Nintendo, has
Adapter to play games from Atari VCS, games from SEGA, Konami
1982 And Universal (Mr Do!). Atari has support from Namco (Pac Man)

41. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEtve_DTgD8

42. 1982 ZX Spectrum:

43. Commodore 64: cassette player, disk drive, peripherals, cartridges,
basic, assember, pirates, hackers,
1982

44. Commodore 64: cassette player, disk drive, peripherals, cartridges,
basic, assember, pirates, hackers,
1982

45. 1982 Commodore 64: programmers superstars, musicians

46. ET and Pac Man for VCS delude users. They end up in an
enormous landfill in New Mexico.
1982 http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-2600-vcs-et-the-extra-terrestrial_7300.html

47. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_video_game_burial

48. General Consumer Electronics
Launches the
VECTREX
Vector graphics
Analog joystick controller
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFlHdlfZQgI
1982

49. Nintendo launches the NES
Resellers afraid of market
1985

50. Nintendo launches the NES
Resellers afraid of market
1985

51. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrxwuROpgbE

52. Alexey Pajitnov releases TETRIS
Enormous hit! Can be played on PCs
1985

53. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetris

54. Commodre launches the Amiga: multitasking, incredible sound, programmable,
a real computer and great game machine. Demo Scene has incredible boom
1985

55. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5kuYfTCGLg
Commodre launches the Amiga: multitasking, incredible sound, programmable,
a real computer and great game machine. Demo Scene has incredible boom
1985

56. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demoscene

57. SEGA launches the SEGA Master System
Tough competition for NES, battle is won on software availability
1986 NES adds licensees and outsells SEGA 10 to 1

58. 1987-1988
Software wars for gaming industry
Tengen discovers way to bypass NES “lockout” chip
and declares it will release games
without Nintendo's approval
ATARI publishes games for NES
COLECO bankrupt

59. 1989
Nintendo discovers that Tengen acquired TETRIS
rights from Mirrorsoft, but not all of them
Nintendo buys full rights for TETRIS
and Tengen's version is removed from the market

60. NINTENDO releases the B&W Gameboy (109$)
1989 Flagship game: TETRIS

61. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdFBaNzI55g

62. SEGA releases the Genesis (o Megadrive). 16-bit console
1989 Comes with Altered Beast game: experience like arcade!

63. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnpmMBhGwxk

64. ATARI releases the Lynx: great power, great design
1989 (left and right handed), great experience, but lacks software

65. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlDWA2QLTxs

66. 1990
Super Mario 3 best game sales ever
SEGA sells incredibly well (Strider game!)
Nintendo in court with Blockbuster
for video game rental issues
(Blockbuster copied manuals and games to rent them?)

67. 1993 Panasonic 3DO: 699$ for incredible gaming experience

68. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpYfjJkGi20

69. 1993 ATARI Jaguar: 64 bit

70. 1993 Nintendo Project Reality, in collaboration with Silicon Graphics

71. 1993 SEGA Saturn

72. 1993 – 1994
US Senators investigate on
violence in video games after seeing
Mortal Kombat and Night Trap
Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB)
is born

73. 2000
Playstation2
Xbox

74. 2000 Playstation2 sells 1 million units in 2 days.

75. http://www.metacafe.com/watch/209391/playstation2/

76. 2000 The Xbox! Fast processor, Nvidia video card, hard drive, broadband internet

77. 2000 - today

79. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXKnhAFnwXw

80. Playstation 3
Videogames console
HD
Multimedia center
Wireless network connected
Playstation eye
Playstation Move
Blue Ray

82. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2nEHqGWsYM

83. Nintendo Wii
Wii Mote: diventa un oggetto di culto
di per sè; è hackerabile e utilizzabile
per usi creativi
Connessa wi-fi
WiiConnect24: sempre connessa
Moltissimi altri controller, incluso
Il Wii Motion Plus
Wii Balance Board e Wii Fit
Wii Wheel
Wii Zapper
Wii Sensor Bar

84. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jd3-eiid-Uw

86. Xbox 360
Xbox Live
Live Messenger
Marketplace
New Xbox experience (avatars, community, chat...)
Ma soprattutto Kinect

87. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUG-Uvq-J-w

88. ... and computers

89. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FV4ZPYZEIro

90. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1MdldmzbE8

91. AND NOW.....

93. TRENDS

94. Create new experiences (Kinect, Wii)
Create service ecosystems (Apple AppStore)
Create extreme niches (Kinect and Wii)
Stimulate user creativity (Kinect and Wii)
Interact with the world (Augmented Reality)
Interact with people (MMORPG, Farmville)
Take the place of cinema (Red Dead Redemption)

95. TOOLS

96. For the web
THESE ARE THE TOOLS - HTML (HTML5, CSS, javaScript)
WE WILL BE STUDYING - ActionScript, Flash, Flex
- CMS (Wordpress, Drupal)
AND USING
DURING THE COURSE For mobile phones
- SDK (iPhone, Android)
- PhoneGap
- Appcelerator
- jQuery Mobile
For PCs
- Processing
- Pure Data
- Flex
For cross-media
- MACME
For Augmented Reality
- ARToolkit
- FLARToolkit

97. NEXT TIME

98. FIND THE STRANGEST GAME AND
SHORTLY DESCRIBE IT IN YOUR BLOG
IMAGINE A GAME OF 2020:
- IT USES AUGMENTED REALITY
- YOU PLAY WITH IT OUTSIDE, IN THE CITY
- YOU PLAY WITH OTHER PEOPLE
- OTHER PEOPLE MIGHT BE IN OTHER PLACES