Post by: thepoga on February 22, 2006, 01:49:41 PM
Eight games have been released over the 1.2 years the DS has been out that has used the microphone for blowing. Will there be more added to this list? I'm hoping for more uses of the mic to make certain tasks easier. Like animal crossing couldve used it to switch equipment items maybe. They could let people use their own voice like in Nintendogs so their wouldn't have to be complicated voice recognition software. I'm not against blowing entirely, but if devs want to use the unique features of the DS just to use them, then they shouldn't do the blowing. EXPERIMENT!
Anybody have ideas for the future of mic use?
Post by: ShyGuy on February 22, 2006, 02:00:04 PM
Post by: Shecky on February 22, 2006, 02:01:31 PM
There would need to be some heavy advances in the world of voice recognition to do some of what you describe, and even then those advances would come with patents and result in additional expenses to produce said games.
"When will there finally be a game where you can choose things without going to menus and simply say that thing."
Upon reading that I immediately thought of just how many different ways people would pronounce "deluge" (Meteos). Oh sure, we'll just train the game to understand .... or we can just have them pick it with the stylus
Post by: Ian Sane on February 22, 2006, 02:03:40 PM
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Post by: MaryJane on February 22, 2006, 02:50:07 PM
Post by: thepoga on February 22, 2006, 03:16:14 PM
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Originally posted by: Shecky
Upon reading that I immediately thought of just how many different ways people would pronounce "deluge" (Meteos). Oh sure, we'll just train the game to understand .... or we can just have them pick it with the stylus
I was saying more like you pre-record your own way of saying it like in Nintendogs. Like, what if Meteos had items in the game where u stored them (I'm not saying whether or not this would be a good gameplay idea, just an example). It would be hard to use the desired item while moving things with the stylus. So its used for simple things that make things quicker.
Post by: Flames_of_chaos on February 22, 2006, 03:25:02 PM
Post by: Louieturkey on February 22, 2006, 03:54:51 PM
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Originally posted by: thepoga
I was saying more like you pre-record your own way of saying it like in Nintendogs. Like, what if Meteos had items in the game where u stored them (I'm not saying whether or not this would be a good gameplay idea, just an example). It would be hard to use the desired item while moving things with the stylus. So its used for simple things that make things quicker.
Kind of like voice recognition on cell phones, right? I like that idea. The game learns how you say it and so it's less likely to misunderstand what you say.
Post by: Hostile Creation on February 22, 2006, 04:34:36 PM
Post by: Switchblade Cross on February 22, 2006, 04:40:56 PM
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Originally posted by: thepoga
I was saying more like you pre-record your own way of saying it like in Nintendogs. Like, what if Meteos had items in the game where u stored them (I'm not saying whether or not this would be a good gameplay idea, just an example). It would be hard to use the desired item while moving things with the stylus. So its used for simple things that make things quicker.
Kind of like voice recognition on cell phones, right? I like that idea. The game learns how you say it and so it's less likely to misunderstand what you say.
Yeah!! I was just about to say that, "like cell phones". I actually, was of the mind that voice recognition for things like changing wepons or giving commands on the fly because of the limitations of current voice recognition. But yes, if you were prompted to pre-record your pronounciation, like voice dialing on cell phones, then this could be a very pratical and well implimented feature. The only downside to this method is that the DS game card will have to store recordings, so you will be limited to how many commands you can store. But, I really dont see that as being a huge issue unless your trying to store over 100 commands.
Man, I could imagine. Pikmin DS where you just say the word "RED" and Olimar automatically seperates and takes the red pikmin.
Now, how about some other uses of the Mic? Well, while I've never played the game, I think a DS version of the DreamCast game SeaMan might work very well on the DS, the whole, pet in your pocket/nintendogs type deal. Once again, I never played it, but perhaps a game like Karaoke Revolution, or some other type of music game? Then there are the odd ones, like the voice commanded cook book coming to Japan, as well as the voice translators. And, of course, there would be the obvious VoIP or some sort of Voice Chat in the vein of Metroid Hunter.
Post by: Garnee on February 22, 2006, 04:43:31 PM
Post by: Flames_of_chaos on February 22, 2006, 04:47:17 PM
Post by: Jonnyboy117 on February 22, 2006, 05:12:16 PM
Usage of the mic is slowly getting better, as some of you have pointed out in this thread. I don't think it will prove its worth unless online voice chat becomes widespread or Nintendo licenses a top-quality voice recognition middleware and includes it in updated dev kits. Without good voice recog to build upon, the DS mic is not going to be used well by most developers. With Nintendogs, we can see that even Nintendo has a hard time developing quality voice recog software. Bring in a third-party solution and make it available to all developers, just like other middleware.
Post by: IceCold on February 22, 2006, 06:05:42 PM
Post by: Infernal Monkey on February 23, 2006, 12:42:00 AM
Post by: jasonditz on March 07, 2006, 06:41:58 AM
What we need now is a cheap webcam that plugs into the cartridge slot and we've got an affordable, portable video phone
Post by: KDR_11k on March 07, 2006, 07:06:25 AM
Skype didn't face problems over it. The US Army has XBoxes for that purpose. As long as the connections don't go to phones the telco can't say anything. And without being able to reach normal phones it's not really a competition for cellphones.
Post by: jasonditz on March 07, 2006, 07:07:20 PM
Is it silly? Of course... but it's credible-sounding enough that people who don't play video games or use the Internet can be worked up about it. Kind of like how people are getting worked up over a Pictochat program with about a 30 foot radius as a tool for pedophiles.
Post by: wandering on March 07, 2006, 07:11:16 PM
edit: oh, no, sorry, I follow the conversation now. I don't think people will make a big deal over free voice chat. You don't need to register when you sign up for aim, either. Or when you buy a carrier pigeon.
