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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Tony Hawk Ride's board powered by dual accelerometers, imagination]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2009/05/26/tony-hawk-rides-board-powered-by-dual-accelerometers-imaginati/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2009/05/26/tony-hawk-rides-board-powered-by-dual-accelerometers-imaginati/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2009/05/26/tony-hawk-rides-board-powered-by-dual-accelerometers-imaginati/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2009/05/robomodo-tsui-demoes-board.jpg" alt="" /><br />We still don't know much about <span style="font-style: italic;">Tony Hawk Ride's</span> board-shaped peripheral. Things like "How much will it cost?" (GameStop <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2009/05/26/gamestop-lists-tony-hawk-ride-for-october-13-release-at-120/">indicates that it won't be cheap)</a> or "How does it work?" While clearly powered, in part, by your "imagination," a recent video from USA Today (found after the break) adds some technological jargon to that list of ingredients: dual accelerometers. Says developer Robomodo's Josh Tsui: <br /><br />
<div style="margin-left: 40px;">"Inside are two accelerometers, and that gives us our tilting for navigation, our lifting on either side for doing things like ollies and nollies, and then it also gives us rotation. One accelerometer will give us the tilting and the lift, but having two of them allows us to read two different settings, two different rotations so that this way it allows us this type of skating mechanic. That's something that a lot of peripherals have never done before, is the rotation and the popping."<br /></div>
<br />So, basically what Mr. Tsui is trying to tell you, in a very circuitous fashion, is that your vintage <em>Top Skater</em> arcade cabinet has finally been outgunned. Oh, and that you - as the owner of a vintage <em>Top Skate</em> arcade cabinet - are a relic from an ancient time ... a simple time when simple people were content to enjoy simple skateboarding peripherals. <br /><br />[Thanks, Markus]<p><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2009/05/26/tony-hawk-rides-board-powered-by-dual-accelerometers-imaginati/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Tony Hawk Ride's board powered by dual accelerometers, imagination</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2009/05/26/tony-hawk-rides-board-powered-by-dual-accelerometers-imaginati/">Tony Hawk Ride's board powered by dual accelerometers, imagination</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Tue, 26 May 2009 15:40:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.usatoday.com/tech/gaming/2009-05-18-tony-hawk-ride_N.htm>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2009/05/26/tony-hawk-rides-board-powered-by-dual-accelerometers-imaginati/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/1563236/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2009/05/26/tony-hawk-rides-board-powered-by-dual-accelerometers-imaginati/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>Activision</category><category>Josh-Tsui</category><category>Microsoft</category><category>Nintendo</category><category>Robomodo</category><category>Tony-Hawk</category><category>Tony-Hawk-Ride</category><category>Wii</category><category>Xbox-360</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Christopher Grant]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 15:40:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
