Just before Christmas, I was at a friend’s house. He has a 9-year-old daughter who has the new Wii — a device very relevant to the topic of Web TV. For those of you who did not risk being trampled to get one of these things before Christmas, here’s what it is:
It’s a kind of holographic video-game experience. You hold a small remote in your hand. The instructions remind you to keep the wrist band fastened so you don’t fling it at your HD-TV and dent the screen. Then, the movements of your arm are mirrored by the avatar on the screen. You swing your arm back and forward, releasing a button and a bowling ball goes flying down the lane. Pretty neat. My 9-year-old friend wiped the floor with me in bowling. Continue reading