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Computer Gaming. Ben Graves Ryan Hogg Will Courtney Barton England Group 5-Section 11. Sales. US sales 6 billion dollars of video game sales 1 billion dollars of computer game sales 7 billion dollars alone in the US. Video Games.

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  1. Computer Gaming Ben Graves Ryan Hogg Will Courtney Barton England Group 5-Section 11

  2. Sales US sales 6 billion dollars of video game sales 1 billion dollars of computer game sales 7 billion dollars alone in the US

  3. Video Games -69% of America’s head of households play computer or video games -62% are male, 38% are female. -Avg. Age is 33 -25% of gamers are older than 50 -Avg. number of years a gamer has played video games, 12 years -44% of gamers are playing online, up from 19% in 2000. -Video games by genre- 53% Everyone, 32% Teen, 15% Mature. -42% of America have or expect to buy a video or computer game.

  4. Playstation 3 X-Box 360 Nintendo Wii

  5. Most Popular Computer Games • The Sims (16.08 million) • Diablo II (14.5 million) • Myst(entire series) (11 million) • Starcraft (9.5 million) • World of Warcraft (8+ million) • Half-Life (8 million) • Warcraft III (7.6 million) • The Sims 2 (5.21 million) • Medal of Honor: Allied Assault (4 million) • Theme Hospital (4 million) • The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind (4 million) • Rollercoaster Tycoon (4 million for the original in North America alone) • Unreal Tournament (4 million) • Half-Life 2 (4 million) • Command & Conquer: Red Alert (3 million) • StarCraft: Brood War (3 million) • Warcraft II (3 million)

  6. War Craft • PC System Requirements • OS: Windows 2000 (Service Pack 4); Windows XP (Service Pack 2) • Processor: Intel Pentium3 800MHz or AMD Athlon 800MHz • Memory: • 512 MB RAM, • 1GB RAM is recommended • Video: • Minimum: 32MB 3D graphics processor with Hardware Transform and Lighting, such as an NVIDIA GeForce 2 class card or above. • Recommended: 64MB VRAM 3D graphics processor with Vertex and Pixel Shader capability, such as an NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 class card or above. • Sound: DirectX compatible sound card

  7. War Craft • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-x-XXtwpgk

  8. War Craft • www.ebay.com

  9. How Gaming Works Main Components Involved: Hard Drive CPU System Memory Game CPU Video Cards

  10. Video Cards • Have their own onboard memory • Video RAM • NVIDIA SLI

  11. Frame Rates • First frame rate was 6 fps on Monster Maze • 30 fps (frames per second) is now the minimum standard • NVIDIA or ATI’s latest cards can reach 160 fps on a game such as F.E.A.R.

  12. Pixels • This laptop probably runs at 1024x768 (750,000 pixels) • Monitor Resolutions • 30” Dell monitor has about 4,000,000

  13. History of Virtual Reality First programmed in the 1950’s by Douglas Engelbart Fear of nuclear attacks during the Cold War created a need for radar systems that instantaneously transformed data into images Aircraft designers needed more sophisticated tech. for Heads-up-display

  14. History • VR sees extensive use by military in combat simulators • Natural consumer was the entertainment industry • Initial VR technology was not interactive • High-performance computers of the mid-80’s made VR more interactive.

  15. Uses of Virtual Reality • Military: Tanks, Planes, Ships • VIRTOOL: machine tools • EMT/Doctors • Commercial shipping and aircraft

  16. Gaming and Iraq • Soldiers in Iraq claim that they were prepared for War by games like Halo and Battlefield • Realistic atmosphere • Trains natural instincts

  17. VR consumer history • Bulky, expensive, and popular • Faded away because of lack of compatibility • New tech. is more advanced • Equipment is smaller • Major use is in First Person Shooter games

  18. Nanotechnology in Gaming • Dramatic improvements in the processing power of computer chips and the capacity of memory have permitted designers to create increasingly sophisticated and lifelike games • Moore’s Law

  19. LCD Monitors • Many serious gamers have made the switch from CRT to LCD Monitors

  20. LCD vs CRT

  21. HD/LCD Monitors • Some high end gamers using HD/LCD monitors • Larger sized monitors which can double as both televisions and computer monitors • Can broadcast/show game in HD quality • HD has lower resolution than regular PC LCD monitors

  22. Performance • Overclocking • Water Cooling • Halogen PC

  23. ConclusionAny Questions?Thank you

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