Hamster Balls, 3-D Games and Glowing Orbs at GDC 2010

Wired.com visits the 2010 Game Developers Conference, where we take a ride on a giant hamster-ball virtual reality system called the Virtusphere, test out Sony's new PlayStation Move motion controller, and take a peek at some new 3-D games.

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[bertocaster]

The ball has to be bigger lol.

[hullohulloRFC]

i wana see him fall on his face in the ball lol

[RAYtheIMAN]

@85fabricio

Please tell us what sucks.

[RAYtheIMAN]

@wyattlee11

Want to know why...the military NEEDS it, gamers WANT it. WHO has MORE MONEY. The MILITARY. So if you want one, join the military.

[RAYtheIMAN]

let all agree that both PS3 AND XBOX 360 are awesome and the Wii sucks

[wyattlee11]

gayy the russian dudes that made it say its 25000 dollars and they have only sold to military

[85fabricio]

sucks

[videogamer54]

@stringanime

I like to see for my self. So far i been hearing great things about this.

[stringanime]

@videogamer54 According to this video at 3:00- 3:20, the guy testifies that the "Sony Move" has an issue. I quote "Using a Camera to track the Ball is a little bit laggier than the Wii's solution. It doesn't really move where I want it to go. It sorta trails after me. In that respect, I kinda like the Wii Remote better." I am not cheering for Wii, it has it's accuracy issues, but for Sony to not at the very least match the accuracy of the Wiimote in every way, is truly dumb.

[videogamer54]

playstation move is using a camera and motion controllers that are more accurate than wii, playstation doesnt need motion plus.

[stringanime]

@videogamer54 Sony's the one making a Wiimote that doesn't work so well for FPS games, not me. Games are just a hobby, an expensive hobby, and Sony is producing an extra expensive Controller product that is one step forward and two steps back from the Wii remote with motion Plus design. perhaps Sony will hear complaints like mine and change the thing for the better but, if change comes in the form of a $20 add-on device, that's just rotten. Perhaps Complaining has it's use, and isn't so dumb?

[videogamer54]

Fanboy!!!!!!!!!!! Alert