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WANNA HEAR SOMETHING GROSS? THE PS4 CONTROLLER WAS ORIGINALLY GOING TO BE POWERED BY SWEATY
HANDS.
HOLD ON ONE SEC. [GAGGING]
OH. ROLL THAT THEME.
OKAY, WELL THE DUAL SHOCK 4 WAS NEVER GOING TO DERIVE IT'S POWER FROM HUMAN SWEAT, BUT
ORIGINAL DESIGNS DID INCORPORATE BIOMETRIC INFORMATION, LIKE A SWEATY PALM INTO ITS DESIGN.
SPEAKING TO STUFF, PS4'S LEAD ARCHITECT MARK CERNY DETAILED THE MANY CHANGES THE CONTROLLER
WENT THROUGH BEFORE SETTLING ON ITS FINAL DESIGN. LIKE USING GAMEPADS WHICH MEASURED
A PLAYERS GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE, MUCH LIKE A POLYGRAPH MACHINE, TO DETECT WHETHER OR
NOT A PLAYER WAS FEELING STRESS.
BUT UPON CLOSER INSPECTION THE TEAM DECIDED THINGS LIKE BETTER TRIGGERS AND A TOUCH PAD
WOULD ENHANCE A GAMERS EXPERIENCE MORE, RATHER THAN THE SEEMINGLY GIMMICKY BIOMETRIC TOUCH
PADS.
BUT DON'T THINK YOU'VE HEARD THE LAST FROM BIOMETRIC CONTROLLERS, REMEMBER, GABE NEWELL
HAS HINTED MANY TIMES THAT HIS TEAM AT VALVE IS HARD AT WORK PERFECTING A BIOMETRIC CONTROLLER
FOR THE MYTHICAL STEAM BOX CONSOLE, SO THERE IS STILL HOPE FOR YOU PALM SWEAT FANS OUT
THERE.
AND WHILE WE'RE ON THE SUBJECT OF GAMING, THE XBOX ONE ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT, YES, GAMERS
WOULD BE ABLE TO PLAY GAMES IMMEDIATELY AS THEY DOWNLOAD IN THE BACKGROUND, JUST LIKE
THE PS4. MICROSOFT HAD ANNOUNCED PREVIOUSLY THAT DISC BASED GAMES WOULD BE PLAYABLE WHILE
INSTALLING, BUT WAS MUM ON THE DOWNLOADED GAMES FRONT. THIS IS A SMALL BUT STILL GREAT
PIECE OF NEWS OUT OF THE XBOX ONE CAMP THAT, OH I DUNNO, SHOULD'VE BEEN CELEBRATED ON STAGE
AT E3 INSTEAD OF VIA A PRESS RELEASE A MONTH LATER, BUT HEY, WHAT DO I KNOW, I JUST REPORT
ON THE NEWS...
AND FINALLY THE OCULUS RIFT TEAM IS HINTING AT A RETAIL PRICE POINT OF $300 FOR THE CONSUMER
VERSION OF THE RIFT. WHICH MATCHES UP EXACTLY TO THE CURRENT $300 KICKSTARTER BACKED DEVELOPER
KIT. BUT, WHILE IT MIGHT BE RELEASED AT $300, RIFT CEO BRENDAN IRIBE WOULD LIKE TO GIVE
IT AWAY FOR FREE.
SPEAKING TO EDGE, HE SAID, "THE LOWER THE PRICE POINT, THE WIDER THE AUDIENCE." "WE'D
LOVE IT TO BE FREE ONE DAY."
AND HOW DOES HE PLAN ON GETTING THE OCULUS DOWN TO THE FREE PRICE POINT? SIMPLE. SUBSCRIPTIONS!
SAYING, "LET'S SAY THERE WAS SOME GAME YOU PLAYED IN VR THAT EVERYBODY LOVED AND EVERYBODY
PLAYED AND WE MADE $100 A MONTH - OR EVEN $10 A MONTH - AT SOME POINT THE HARDWARE'S
CHEAP ENOUGH AND WE'RE MAKING ENOUGH THAT WE COULD BE GIVING AWAY THE HEADSET." OR AS
STEVE MARTIN PUT IT:
AND IF YOU WANT TO SEE MY IN-DEPTH HANDS ON WITH THE OCULUS RIFT DEV KIT WHERE I TRY OUT
DEMOS AND GAMES LIKE TEAM FORTRESS 2 AND MIRRORS EDGE, MAKE SURE TO CHECK BACK TOMORROW. ALSO
I'M WEARING A POWER GLOVE, 'CAUSE VR, BRO.
WHAT ARE YOU MORE EXCITED FOR, PS4, XBOX ONE, OR THE OCULUS RIFT? LET ME KNOW IN THE COMMENTS
BELOW. PLUS IF YOU'RE IN THE MOOD FOR PITTING THINGS AGAINST EACH OTHER, CHECK OUT THIS
WEEKS EPISODE OF SOLDIER'S TECH BATTLEFIELD WHERE MARK PITS IOS6 AGAINST I0S7 IN A HARROWING
FIGHT TO THE DEATH...OR UNTIL THE IPHONES BATTERY RUNS OUT. CHECK IT OUT. AND AS ALWAYS
IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY, PLEASE, SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHANNEL.
FOR TFN, I'M SCOTT BROMLEY SAYING I'M REALLY GLAD CONTROLLERS WON'T BE USING SWEAT, BECAUSE
MY HANDS SWEAT ALOT WHEN I GAME. BECAUSE IM A DISGUSTING HUMAN TROLL.