"I wouldn't be surprised if did peter out," he says, noting that Avatar is largely responsible for the medium's future. The BBC aren't alone in holding off from investing in 3D technology, and The Guardian's Pulver seemed to share the corporation's misgivings. "It would be a shame for some of the big moments not to be captured in 3D," he says – but for now, the BBC's priorities lie with broadcasting the Olympics in HD rather than 3D. Instead, the corporation plans to capture certain Olympic events in 3D regardless of the public's ability to receive them at home. But that's not to say that the BBC is shunning 3D altogether.
"There won't be a BBC 3D channel in 2012," he told PC Plus. However, Roger Mosey, the Director of the BBC's 2012 Olympics operation, has been quick to talk the BBC's plans back to reality. This raised the prospect of a BBC 3D channel arriving in less than two years. "The truth is, it's stumbled many times before," says ATI's Richard Huddy, describing the longevity of the latest 3D tech as "the toughest question".īack in September 2009, The Guardian ran a story saying that the BBC might show Olympic events in 3D in 2012. But the experts PC Plus spoke to were cautious. With Sky's 3D service set to launch this year, 3D gaming beginning to emerge and popular blockbusters such as Avatar making great use of 3D technology, you might think that the battle is won. Speaking at the technology's launch at CES in Las Vegas back in January 2009, Steven Spielberg described Project Natal's announcement as "a pivotal moment" that would "reach far beyond video games". To hit an opponent, simply throw a punch in mid-air. Microsoft's Project Natal for the Xbox 360 is even more advanced, removing the controller altogether and tracking a user's movements in real-time via a display-mounted camera.
A spectacular demo at E3 last summer hinted at an incredibly powerful system, although recent reports about lag are a bit worrying. It features a coloured orb on the top which is tracked by a webcam on top of the display, while the controller itself also feeds back motion information.
Sony's forthcoming motion controller, the Move, works in a similar way to the Wii Remote. And the figures seem to prove him right: the Wii is by far the best selling console, leaving Microsoft and Sony playing catch-up. Richard Huddy describes the Wii Remote as "immensely attractive" to gamers. Nintendo's Wii Remote is the most famous example – a controller that knows where it is in relation to the screen. Even if the future of entertainment isn't 3D screens, the world of the controller is expanding in every direction.
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