Assignment 1: Technology Advancement

My Assignment was to write a 300-500 word article that tells about a multimedia technology to the audience. This had to be a technology that’s being or has been developed in the last six months and explain what I think the impact of this technology will have upon our society.

















For my assignment I’ve decided to write about the new version of Sony’s PSP,
the PSP-3000.This hand held console contains the same features as the previous version of the PSP, including flash card compatibility, a impressive graphics processor, which allow us to play remarkable and realistic games such as “Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII”. Not every console has such realistic graphics, especially for a handheld so we are lucky to have the PSP and the new version, PSP-3000.

















Not only does the new PSP-3000 have the internet like the previous version had, but the new version is gaining a new impressive and improved LCD screen which allows the games to look a lot better, as well as improving the graphics.

I like the idea how the PSP-3000 is getting a new slim design which will be lighter and easier to carry, this is always a good thing for the audience users since it appeals them a lot more then a heavy and large device. But it doesn’t stop there on Sony's improvements on this new technology, it will also gain a built in Microphone similar to the Nintendo DS and a anti-reflective technology to improve playability outdoors in the sunlight.

The release date for the Sony PSP-3000 is 14th October 2008 in America for $169.99, but Europe had a later release which was 17th October 2008 for £149. This will be a Silver version only at the start, till later colours are released in the future.

In my opinion I feel that this handheld will be very popular not only for the several features it consists of, but also for the realism of graphics the PSP/PSP-3000 have, as well as the games built for it.

I predict that technology is becoming extremely realistic with graphics, the technology keeps improving so much and fast that one day consoles will let u play games in virtual worlds, Maybe even handheld console like the PSP joined with a device to view yourself inside the game (maybe a virtual world helmet), The PSP-3000 is just one example of the amazing technology that shows future is heading to virtual worlds.

I also believe that Handheld consoles are getting so small in size that sooner or later, there’s going to be a really small pocket size handheld console that lets you do anything.

links i used
(used for psp-3000 source of info+pics)
http://www.t3.com/news/new-psp-confirmed?=33523
http://uk.gamespot.com/features/6196930/index.html
(used for game pics)
http://uk.gamespot.com/psp/rpg/crisiscorefinalfantasyvii/index.html