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1、考研英语历年真题来源报刊阅读100篇Text15Doughnutadjustyourset HAVEyoueverseenanythingontelevisionthatmadeyoushoutorshakeyourfistinangeratthescreen?Televisionsare,ofcourse,unabletorespondtosuchreactions.Butthatcouldbeabouttochange.Controllingyourtelevisionandotherhom
2、eentertainmentdevicesusingvoicecommandsorgesturesisstartingtobecomepossiblethankstoanewgenerationofcontrollers. Consider,forexample,thecontrollerthatwentonsalelastmonthwithNintendo’sWiigamesconsole.Inplaceoftheusual(sometimesbaffling)combinationofbu
3、ttonsandjoysticks,theWiihasamotionsensitivecontroller.Theconsolecandeterminehowthecontrollerismovinginspaceandwhatitispointingat,andusesthatinformationtocontrolwhatishappeningonscreen.Dependingonthegame,thecontrollerbecomesawarrior’sswordoragolfclub.
4、 Forsomegames,thecontrollerconnectsupviaacabletoasecond,smallerhandsetcalledthe"Nunchuk"aftertheweaponfavouredbyBruceLeeinhismartialartsmovies(twobatonslinkedbyachain).Itisthenpossibletouseonecontrollerformovement,andtheothertofireweaponsoruseitems.T
5、henumberofbuttonsonbothcontrollershasbeenreducedtoaminimum,asNintendohopestodrawinnewcustomerswhofindexistinggamesconsolestoocomplicated.ButwhethertheWiiwillintroduceagenerationofgrandmotherstothejoysofkarategamesremainstobeseen. Thislivingroomoverlo
6、adislikelytogetworseastelecomsoperatorslaunchanewgenerationoftelevisionoverbroadbandservices,usingatechnologycalledIPTV.Thiswillmakepossiblethousandsofchannels,downloadableprogramsandfilms,plusmessaging,internetaccessandgames.Itwillalsoinvolvethebigge
7、standmostcomplicatedcontrollerseverseen."Theexperienceisn’tasgoodasitcouldbe,"saysMichaelCaiofParksAssociates,aconsultancy.Sosomecompaniesbelieveanewapproachisneeded. Othercompanieshavelookedatusingspeechbasedcontrollersinthelivingroom.Onefirm,Promp
8、tu,developedavoicecontrolsystemforAmericancableoperatorsandtesteditinconjunctionwithMotorola,whichmakessettopboxes.Butithasnowdecidedtorepositionthetechnologyasavoicebasednavigationsystemformobilephones.AsimplerapproachistakenbytheInVocavoice