Gizmodo: 3d graphics

Scientists Say Virtual Imaging Colonoscopy As Good As Real Thing, With Less Probing

Kit Eaton — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 06:59:00 EDT

According to the results of a new study, a virtual-reality 3D-graphic colonoscopy is about as good as the real thing for screening for colon cancer. The virtual procedure is made by image processing the results of an abdominal CT scan, then a doctor views the results in a sort of first-person-shooter "fly through" of the patient's inner tubes, looking for abnormalities to ~~shoot~~ examine. The graphical technology is of course less invasive *ahem*, more convenient and preferred by patients...though it'll likely come down to a dollars-based calculation before you start seeing this in your local medical facility. [Medgadgets]

Sega Says the iPhone Is As Powerful As the Dreamcast

Jason Chen — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:39:40 EDT

Developers are just getting their heads around the concepts introduced by the iPhone, but so far they like what they see. EA said it's more powerful than the DS, and now Sega—the guys who made Super Monkey Ball for the platform—is saying that it's just as powerful as the Dreamcast. The Dreamcast! Do you remember how good that was? Soul Calibur? House of the Dead? Typing of the Dead? Shenmue? Those were some quality games. Who else wants some of that action in the next few years? [Kotaku]

Thinkware iNAVI K2 GPS Makes Navigation Look Like a Game

Kit Eaton — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:12:46 EDT

While we were raving about Dash Express' neat real-time info, Thinkware has launched a new navigation device that packs so much 3D graphic goodness its display looks like Crazy Taxi. The iNAVI K2's amazingly detailed 3D maps are rendered on its 4.8-inch 800 x 480 pixel screen in a photo-realistic way, and it even uses a three-axis sensor to detect the absolute direction changes of your car. This speeds up its positioning system, and makes it sound even more like a games console. It uses an 8GB SDHC memory, with 256MB of its own RAM, has multimedia functions, photo viewing and, yes, plays games. Out in Korea (where else?) for $556. [Aving]

Is This Really a Cellphone Game?!

Charlie White — Fri, 19 May 2006 11:12:20 EDT

Far be it from us to try to figure out why someone would want to play a game on a cellphone, but Nokia shows us just how good those tiny 3D graphics can be with this fighting game from Who's Next called One. This is not prerendered footage—it reportedly appears just as it played back on a Nokia handset.

A cell phone game can look like this? [Siliconera]