PS3 to Support amBX Lighting and Effects

Philips' glowy/rumbly/airy amBX technology is really pretty neat stuff, but its support has been generally limited to the PC realm. Now, a new deal should bring amBX to the PS3. More »

And On The First Day of CeBit, Philips Said, 'Let There Be AmbiLight Everywhere'

You might think that taking the AmbiLight idea and applying it to speakers is a bit whack. Well, you're wrong. Imagine having 16 million colors illuminating your computer corner, desk or batcave, responding to the sound and vision in your home. Under the AmBX name, these peripherals come in either 2.1 or 5.1 the speakers being 40W and subwoofer 80W. No price or release date yet but I expect gamers will be keeping an eye out. More pics after the jump. More »

Philips amBX Both Sucks and Blows

Philips Press Conference Live

11:09: VP Andrew Goldman kicks things off. We've got two speakers, one of which is NOT the CEO because he busted himself all up skiing. More »

Philips Signs THQ For amBX Sensory Gaming

Philips has announced the signing of THQ to take the next step towards their amBX lighting technology. THQ is developing Broken Sword: The Angel of Death which will use the amBX lighting technology. This is just the beginning for Philips plans with amBX. They think they are going to revolutionize the gaming world by adding other sensory experiences into gaming such as force feedback with amBX enabled peripherals and crazy lighting. We're gamers, not druggies looking for a crazy trip—well most of us are one or the other. More »

Philips amBX Light for Gaming

Philips announced its latest endeavor into home entertainment lighting today: amBX interactive gaming lighting. If you recall, or watch commercials at all, you will see the Ambientlight technology Philips currently has available in some models of televisions — this is the exact same thing, but for games. The technology should become available in May of 2006 and Phillips has been in talks with some game manufacturers to get this amBX technology integrated into future games. I got a chuckle out of the press release, and how they describe amBX: More »