TechRadar is saying today that Nintendo is planning to unveil the Wii 2 at the upcoming Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in June even though the gaming company has repeatedly denied that the console is even in development.
Just last month, the company said it was not ready to begin phasing out the Wii, despite at least five quarters of declining sales.
The Wii remains a “last generation” console, whereas gaming rivals Xbox 360 and PS3 are “current generation,” with better Internet connectivity and better graphics among other features.
TR speculates that the new Wii 2 will boast a hugely improved spec sheet, including a quad-core processor, a Blu-ray drive, and built-in projector.
Nintendo quickly responded with a “no comment.”
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Today during the VidCon 2010 conference, Google has announced that YouTube will now support video with 4k resolution, over double what the current 1080p standard allows for.
4k has a pixel resolution of 4096 x 3072, whereas 1080p has resolution of 1920 x 1080.
“To give some perspective on the size of 4K, the ideal screen size for a 4K video is 25 feet; IMAX movies are projected through two 2k resolution projectors,” says Ramesh Sarukkai, a YouTube engineer.
Many users will not be able to even run the videos at this point, as it requires “super fast broadband,” likely with 15Mbps as a bare minimum.
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Verizon Communications CEO Ivan Seidenberg has made some interesting statements in the past and his latest has attracted attention as well.
Seidenberg says that popular online video site Hulu will be gone in two years, as users move on to something new or technology changes.
“When you think of the change, look at Hulu and the dialogue and debate, and you say, O.K. this is in for the next eight to twelve months and in two years it won’t matter because the world will have moved on,” he said.
To back up his point that technology is evolving fast, he noted the “Sixth Sense” project which is a mini-projector in a cellphone that will allow users to watch video and TV on any surface, wherever and whenever they want.
