MOBILE GAMING COMPARISON


PLAYSTATION VITA

GRAPHICS : 133,000,000 polys/sec 

STORAGE : 0

CONTROLS : Twin analogue thumbsticks, Six-axis motion sensing system, three-axis accelerometer, three-axis electronic compass, four face buttons, direction pad, dual shoulder buttons, multi-touch screen, rear trackpad, start, select and home buttons.

PRICE :  £229.99

BESTSELLER : Uncharted: Golden Abyss 1,116,000

NINTENDO 3DS

GRAPHICS : 15,300,000 polys/sec 

STORAGE : 2Gb

CONTROLS : One analogue thumbstick, three-axis accelerometer, three-axis gyroscope, 3D depth slider, four face buttons, direction pad, dual shoulder buttons, lower multi-touch screen (requires stylus), start, select and home buttonsTwin analogue thumbsticks, Six-axis motion sensing system, three-axis accelerometer, three-axis electronic compass, four face buttons, direction pad, dual shoulder buttons, multi-touch screen, rear trackpad, start, select and home buttons.

PRICE :  £149.99

BESTSELLER : Pokemon X/Y 10,900,000

IPHONE 4S

GRAPHICS : 80,000,000 polys/sec 

STORAGE : 16Gb

CONTROLS : Multi-touch screen, accelerometer, three-axis gyroscopic sensor, home, volume and lock buttons.

PRICE :  £499.99

BESTSELLER : Angry Birds 200,000,000+



MODEM SPEEDS AND MMORPGS

1991

NeverWinter Nights

Modem Speed : 14kb

Hosts : 617,000

Peak users : 115,000

1997

Ultima Online

Modem Speed : 56kb

Hosts : 19,540,000

Peak Users : 250,000

2004

World of Warcraft

Modem Speed : 1Mb

Hosts : 1,000,000,000

Peak Users : 7,000,000

PC Graphic Card Specs

VOODOO 1

Year = 1996

Memory =  4Mb 

Power = 50 MHz

Speed = 0.045 Bt/s

GeFORCE 8800 

Year = 2006

Memory =  768Mb 

Power = 578 MHz

Speed = 36.8 Bt/s

RADEON HD7990

Year = 2013

Memory =  6Gb / 6000 Mb 

Power = 1 GHz / 1000 MHz

Speed = 256 Bt/s

XBOX ONE v PS4

CONSOLE

http://uk.ign.com/articles/2013/11/09/xbox-one-vs-playstation-4-the-console-specs

CONTROLLER

http://uk.ign.com/articles/2013/11/11/playstation-4-vs-xbox-one-the-controllers

GAMES

http://uk.ign.com/articles/2013/11/06/playstation-4-vs-xbox-one-the-games

GRAPHICS

http://uk.ign.com/wikis/xbox-one/PS4_vs._Xbox_One_Graphics_Comparisons

SYSTEM SOFTWARE

http://uk.ign.com/articles/2013/11/14/xbox-one-vs-playstation-4-the-system-software

EXTRAS

http://uk.ign.com/articles/2013/11/13/xbox-one-vs-playstation-4-kinect-ps-camera-more

VIDEOGAMES - AO2 PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES

Read the following about programming languages:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/ict/software/3applicationsrev1.shtml

Now complete the following interactive learning activity:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/ict/software/3applications_act.shtml

 Finally, cut and paste the following questions to your blog and highlight the correct answer. Illustrate your answers to demonstrate your understanding.

1.

Which of the following is not an application?

MP3 file

web browser

word processor

2.

Which of the following controls the loading of programs and memory allocation?

utilities

operating system

browser

3.

A disk defragmenter is an example of which type of software?

bespoke

integrated

utility program

4.

A collection of software that has a common set of commands/icons would be classed as which type of software?

bespoke

specific

integrated

5.

What is 'tailor made' software also known as?

bespoke

utility program

integral multimedia

6.

A programming language developed to share similarities with human language is known as a what?

low level language

medium level language

high level language

7.

Which of the following is a low level language?

Assembly code

Java

C++

LWL - AO2 Vectors vs Bitmaps

Follow the link below and read through the 4 pages on Bitmaps Vs Vectors:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/dida/graphics/bitmapvectorrev1.shtml

Then cut and paste the following questions to your blog and highlight your answers. Illustrate each answer where appropriate for extra credit.

1.

What is a bitmapped image?

An image composed of many tiny pixels, in which each individual pixel can be edited.

An image or graphic taken from the internet.

An image that can be scaled up or down with no loss of quality.

2.

What is a vector image?

An image composed of individual pixels.

An image or graphic taken from the internet.

An image composed of individual objects.

3.

What is an advantage of a bitmapped image?

Images can be scaled up or down with no loss of quality.

Individual pixels can be changed, which makes very detailed editing possible.

They have a small file size.

4.

What is an advantage of a vector image?

Individual pixels can be changed which makes very detailed editing possible.

Images can be scaled up or down with no loss of quality.

They look real.

5.

What is a disadvantage of a bitmapped image?

They don't look as realistic as vector graphics.

They are not as colourful.

They have a large file size because information has to be stored about every pixel.

6.

What is a disadvantage of a vector image?

They don't look as realistic as bitmap graphics.

They cannot be resized.

They have a large file size because information has to be stored about every pixel.

7.

Identify the common file formats for bitmapped images:

.html, .htm

.svg, .eps, .xml

.bmp, .jpg, .gif

8.

Identify the common file formats for vector images:

.html, .htm

.svg, .eps, .xml

.bmp, .jpg, .gif

9.

Which one of these would you use to create vector graphics?

Photoshop

Audacity

Illustrator