Oooh, I just have to say something...
Headsets with "surround sound" aren't a revolutionary concept.
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3. A unique headset made for the Revolution providing 360 degree spherical sound (as well as a microphone). This means if you turn your head left, it is possible that the sound that was in front of you is now in your right ear.
No, that's not a great idea. I'd much rather explore the world with controller, because turning my head to the left or right means I can't see the screen anymore.
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Shiggy can now give a voice to Link, YOUR VOICE!.
Ugh. Just Ugh. Why would I want to hear anyone's voice attached to Link, let alone my own?
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Headset jacks on each controller, because the Revolution has FOUR secondary sound processors to provide additional kick-ass sound for four players.
Sound doesn't require a large amount of processing, and plugging a headset into a controller (which will likely be wireless) seems redundant.
And speakers everywhere? No thanks. Apart from pushing the price of the system upwards, it would be a waste or hardware - probably get drowned out by the TV speakers mostly. I realise that its a big step to assume TVs will support the Revolution, but I don't plan on using it on my PC monitor.
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8. The hardware specializes in the manipulation of sound just as much as pixel shaders in the XBOX. How about "sound shaders"? Make it easy to emulate the sound of a gun fired underwater into a cave bouncing off of a metal helmet and landing in the dust, and easy to emulate the ricochet effect in your home with the wireless speakers!
The hardware wouldn't need to do this - a developer can do something like this right now, because all current systems support some form of Dolby out of the box (with the right sound setup of course).
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It can also detect where the wireless controllers are in the room and even which way your head is facing when you have the headset on.
Theoretically this could work, but it would be a nightmare to implement. You'd need three separate signals to locate a person (check out GPS technology if you don't believe me) and again, it would probably be a waste of hardware.
I'm actually quite scared of what the Revolution could be now that you throw all these crazy ideas out - but you're not making it.