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Sony develops the world’s first*1 blue-violet ultrafast pulsed semiconductor laser

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The path to practical light-source in next-generation large-capacity optical disc storage & for nano-fabrication -

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NAGNEWS5058d ago

3 words - Sony make.believe

D4RkNIKON5058d ago

Sony develop and innovate. Others buy out companies for their tech and research. I'm talking about you Kinect aka Zcam

IaMs125058d ago

Well buying the companies out too can work the same way, its adding on to your company, BUT the major difference is tho Sony is researching, is MS?

But this is quite awesome but unfortunately we wont see this in our household for quite some time, well as mainstream.

sikbeta5057d ago (Edited 5057d ago )

This news is the same as the one here:

http://n4g.com/news/568528/...

I don't care anyway, SONY Pushing the boundaries and Innovating like they do since log ago, keep up the great work...

Sony, you make and we believe

HolyOrangeCows5057d ago

Now get to making that laser GUN.

mikeslemonade5057d ago

Sony, the only true innovators in the industry.

vsr5057d ago (Edited 5057d ago )

i'm happy that MS choose DD. Next gen will not have compromised 3rd party exclusives. SONY wins. Others can enjoy their unlimited hours downloading

Theonetheonly5057d ago

for UV-Ray with a bashillionz a dem giggabeets!

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SnuggleBandit5058d ago

can someone translate this for me...i don't understand the advantages this brings compared to what we have now besides how it said it will make the light box smaller.

Was anything else really mentioned? I didnt understand a lot of it haha

PoSTedUP5058d ago

"that are 100 times that of the world's current highest levels."

that^ is all you need to know.

woooh!! buying day one!

; )

moparful995057d ago

Basically this is going to expand the capacity of discs in the magnitude of 200 times while maintaining ultra high read rates.. This all basically means blu-ray on steroids.. You know how the install issue on ps3 had alot to do with the blu ray drive not reading very fast? Well this means more space with drive speeds higher then that of anything that currently exists... On another note.Sony truly does drive us forward as a species.. I love it..

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Incognegro5057d ago

I guess I'm the only one that couldn't read that whole article...I didn't know what the hell was going on. Only that it's faster? and that it makes boxes smaller?

Inside_out5057d ago (Edited 5057d ago )

Sony is still trying to hold on to the past. People don't want any more discs or any kind of physical media. They have blu-ray and nobody wants that or even uses that disc space...lol.

Necessity is the mother of all invention. There is no need for discs any more. You can have a wall covered with discs or a little black box in the corner with everything stored and organized. Sony doesn't get it, Sony fanboys don't get it. Sony is going down in flames. In 10 years, Sony may not even be here. It will be broken up into 10 different companies.

BTW...the university is doing the work, Sony just paying a research grant hoping to lock onto another patent to make some money. Unfortunately, they are wasting there money.

Video games for example will be stored on some server somewhere and when you want to play, set up your account, and log in. You get a code and a password. That's it, a couple presses of the key pad and your gaming. You'll pay a monthly " maintenance " fee to keep all your games and DLC there. Like a bank, access anytime you want. Discs and ALL physical media are slowly disappearing, same way money is...credits, debits, and cashless. No more piracy, used games, consoles...anything. The Internet is becoming the alpha and the omega of all things in society. All future TV's will have access to the Internet ( already here ) and will include massive built in storage capabilities. Who will want discs at that point???. Go to a friends house and log in. Go anywhere there is electricity and a monitor and your gaming and interacting. Cell phones are a gateway tech for all of this. They say the next gen phones coming out soon will run Unreal three...LOL.

BTW...there will be a record of every transaction, conversation and everything you do recorded and stored somewhere...it's already here if you take the time to look.

yewles15057d ago

Final proof that THIS will always be N4360G. XD

cyborg69715057d ago (Edited 5057d ago )

I still want a physical format not sure what crawled in your butt and took over you weak mind cez but it's the same song and dance from you and your minions that hate on Sony.

Cloud storage is at very least two gens ahead of us, even at that time the old cronies like myself and millions of others like to COLLECT a median that we can hold in our hands.

It's time for you to get the grey matter between your ears examined.

Darth_Bane795057d ago

I like to have my media in a physical format, and as you can see I'm not the only one.

I wouldn't want all my media floating on the internet, which is not the most secure place for me to keep important files. Why do you think that some companies keep the computers with their back up files disconnected from the internet? The web is a very insecure place to be storing stuff, and everyday I see piracy over the web getting bigger and bigger.. (Torrents anyone?)

Where do you think people that own modded xbox units get their downloaded games? Oh and don't give me the "M$ is banning those units" crap, because I have friends that are playing on modded xbox right now. So how is the internet the way to protect from copyright infringement? When it's actually becoming the very source for acquiring pirated media?

cmacdonald5057d ago (Edited 5057d ago )

Not yet.

Small music files yes, not 20+ GB games.

evilmonkey5015057d ago

People will always need a physical medium for transportation, security and peace of mind. Always. That's why.

StbI9905057d ago

Oh cez...should it be, cez of stupidity?

Let me quote your simple valid line.

" In 10 years" You may be dead, so may everyone here lol, in 10 years sony can take over digital download or does microsoft own that? in ten years ps4 will destroy your little world called xbox troll, you dont get it do you, Sony is the technology itself, microsoft is...well microsoft...microsoft...micro, who the fck know! so whatever with you big trolling reply! take a disagree here.

rockleex5057d ago

When Microsoft's the one that won't let go of DVD9?

moparful995057d ago (Edited 5057d ago )

Cez you are wrong for a number of reasons, let me enlighten you

1. As stated above people prefer a physical copy of their games.
2. What if the internet is down or the cloud server is being maintainanced? No gaming.
3. Brick and mortar stores will all be put out of buisness and I believe there are laws that protect them in this regard.
4. It's is insanely expensive to host a cloud gaming server system which means it will be costly for the end user.
5. Everyone in the country will have to have access to high bandwidth internet before this will take off. Alot of gamers live in remote areas with only dial up connections and there's no telling how long it will take for the infrastructure to catch up with society.

As you can gather from the above answers physical media will likely be a part of our existence for some time to come, It won't just "happen" , it will be a slow integration which will take years.

RageAgainstTheMShine5057d ago

for the true believers here in N4G...

guys, M$ has really screwed up many fantrolls line of thinking.
they don't even adhere to logic, reason and progress

while their so called 'knowledge' are good for a laugh every now and then but never ever try to reason with them

guys, where DRM failed, high capacity optical media like the blu-ray disc is Sony's present solution to piracy and publishers will support this trend for many years to come.

a vast majority of countries in the world are not tech savvy as many DD fantrolls here in the internet would like them to be.

Heisenberg5057d ago

Your childish nonsense ramblings are your own delusions, don't talk as if you speak for anyone but yourself. Fortunately the market proves trolls like you are the minority.

DJMarty5056d ago (Edited 5056d ago )

@cez of rage - People like to own ther media on phyical discs, not have to basically rent it. Which is what Digital downloads ends up being. Clouds will be no different, you'll never actually own the media, just have access to it for a fee.

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DarkBlood5058d ago

ah damn i was thinking light sabre lol

Scotland-The-Brave5057d ago (Edited 5057d ago )

same here lol
how cool would it be to have a sony light sabre
It only does "weapons"

mrv3215058d ago (Edited 5058d ago )

GT6 will be real life.

Seriously at this point Sony is just competing with itself.

ZombieAutopsy5058d ago

It seems like they always have been, not saying they don't have good competition i just don't think they really care about them.

ULTIMATE_REVENGE5058d ago

HVD and V-ray are going to be fighting it out just a couple of years from now.

Get your popcorn ready.

writersblock5058d ago

Blu-Ray is actually violet, same thing shown here

I think this article is showing like a thinner beam or something

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Sony CEO says although AI "has been used for creation," it's "not a substitute for human creativity"

"AI is not a substitute for human creativity. We position it as a technology that supports creativity. Creativity resides in people. We will continue to contribute to people's creativity through technology," the CEO said.

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1nsomniac6d ago (Edited 6d ago )

...not yet but 100% within the next 10 years!

..Then Sony will use it like the drop of a hat. They're no different to the others.

isarai6d ago (Edited 6d ago )

They used to be 😞 sure it was always a business, and money's always the priority, but they used to have a very strong stance on supporting artists and creativity. "Dont f#@k with the artist" was a phrase they touted a few times back in the ps1-ps3 era, a philosophy carried over from their music branch PlayStation was created from. It's not COMPLETELY gone, but it's barely there compared to what it was back then, i just want them to return to that.

Eonjay5d ago (Edited 5d ago )

I am highly encouraged by their statement about human creativity. "Dont f#@k with the artist" is exactly what they are saying. But at the same time, I don't think people understand that Sony is a corporation. If they don't realize growth, they don't get to exist. When you say 'Sony', you are talking about a bunch of investors. To speak about them any other way is a illogical and incorrect. They haven't changed. They have been a group of investors since they became a public business.

isarai5d ago

Ugh, i really wish people would stop gambling people's livelihoods by turning a project/game into their political soapbox. Im all for statements and having your own opinion, but there's more people working on this than just druckman, ham fisting your political beliefs onto just seems inconsiderate for everyone elses job security when it can result in a failure due to people avoiding it for that reason.

I play games for escape, im so tired of nearly every AAA game blatantly dragging real world issues to shove in my face when I'm trying to take a break from it all. They don't even bother to be subtle about it, quite the opposite, it's blasted and force fed to you and it's just getting exhausting

Einhander19725d ago

People are taking a whole interview and cutting it down to clips that make him look bad and take what he actually was saying out of context. For example he also said things like this AI has "ethical issues we need to address"

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@Einhander

Why defend him at this point?

It’s not taking things out of context, he said what he said.

Old ND would never talk about soulless AI taking over so many creative things they are well known for. The whole “ethical issues” is just a good PR spin people who push this crap fall back on to make their statements not seem as bad. So many AI lovers do this.

AI has no place is so many creative based things.

Einhander19725d ago

Well yeah, because everyone else is using it so they need to stay competitive. It's the same as paid online, they didn't want to go that route but their competition was making so much money they needed to add paid online just to keep up.

RaiderNation5d ago (Edited 5d ago )

AI will never replace humans in game development in terms of conceptualizing new games. Humans still need to come up with the ideas and what they want to implement. However much of the day to day menial coding could be AI driven to reduce production time and team size. I could also see AI being used for bug testing/optimization that could lead to better quality games at launch. I'm actually very optimistic about how AI can positively impact game development.

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XiNatsuDragnel6d ago

Good statement but hopefully this holds up

NotoriousWhiz5d ago

People that aren't software developers just don't understand the benefits of AI. People who's only exposure to A.I is the Terminator movie and other related sci fi films won't understand the benefits it provides.

It's not about replacing human labor. It's about making human labor easier.

Many years ago, I had laser eye surgery done. It was performed by a robot. The doctor took my measurements and calibrated the machine to make sure it would do what needed be done. And then the robot corrected my vision in 10 seconds.

15 years later and I still have 20/20 vision.

Eonjay5d ago

AI in and of itself is not a 'bad'. Money is bad. Money is evil, and corporations will do whatever they can to get more of it. They will find ways to implement AI to replace as may jobs as possible. This isn't even up for debate. It is the charge of the corporation to maximize returns for the investors. They have no choice. I'm a developer and I know that my job will absolutely be replaced. Therefore, I have decided to become an AI dev. AI has a lot of potential to help us solve problem on a scale most can't even imagine. The issue, as ever is that our monetary system only ever allows us to focus on greed and fiscal growth.

But I am a pragmatist. Perhaps an AI model can be built to help protect us from our most dangerous instincts and habits. And perhaps Congress can pass laws to protect us from people who would use AI to manipulate and control us (spoiler: they wont).

RaiderNation4d ago (Edited 4d ago )

Progress is inevitable. Nobody driving cars today is complaining that the horse and buggy is no longer around. Yes, some jobs will be lost but guess what? With innovation comes new job opportunities. It's how the cycle of the job market works.

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Sony Patents To Prevent You From In-Game Harassment By Reading Your Emotions

A new patent recently published by Sony wants to gather biometric data of gamers to track whether one is being harassed using AI tools.

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Profchaos34d ago (Edited 34d ago )

I hope this is one of those patents that never comes to fruition.

I already dislike the fact you can pay a significant amount for a online service buy associated games and content on said service and get banned from that service over potentially a misunderstanding the bans are already handed out for flimsy reasons

I'd rather see money invested in a ban that simply removes the offensive players ability to communicate with unknown players allow them to continue party chats with friends but not with Joe blow on cod.

exputers34d ago

Agreed. Blizzard recently banned a college Overwatch 2 player who's dependent for saying "shit." Pretty harsh.

Profchaos33d ago (Edited 33d ago )

How rediculas really. You can't say a word that's allowed in most PG films and prime time TV but the game is based around killing the enemy team using guns, explosives etc.

It's just backwards.

just_looken33d ago

What your talking about is called block list

In 2006 a spaceship dropped of the playstation 3/xbox 360 i say that that generation was the last great gen with game functions/tech that has yet to comeback

Anyhow the playstation 3 if you block listed a id they could not talk to you in chatroom with either text or voice. But that was pre mind fucked 2018 when people were more human than sheep.

But hey gta 6 is coming out billion dollar budget without a single player custom character creator and without singeplayer coop off/online something saints row 1-3 had on the xbox 360.

z2g34d ago

Take my social security and bank account numbers too! Here’s a picture of my wife and our address.

phoenixwing34d ago

Cmon where's the pictures of your children. Don't hold out on them.

H934d ago

At this rate I feel Sony will eventually sell a room to play games in it where they can monitor your every breath

jambola34d ago

I genuinely get a bit worried sometimes when a friend says something that could be offensive In a party
Because I have no trouble believing some bans would happen when in a private party for saying something wrong

SegaSaturn66934d ago

I want them to censor erotic content by measuring my groin temperature so i dont get too distracted while playing black ops 2.

Popsicle34d ago

Terrible idea. Not only do I not consent to providing my biometric data, the potential for mishandling biometric data is almost a certainty. Positive stress and negative stress can produce similar changes in biometrics. Interpreting the precise emotion a person is feeling is not only invasive but could be easily misconstrued. I hope this never comes to fruition.

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Sony Could Increase Your Game's Difficulty If It Sees You Complain About It

Sony has recently published a new patent that wants to dynamically handle the games' difficulty and gameplay based on the player's emotions.

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jznrpg34d ago

This is something I might use. Sometimes I play some good games but they don’t have difficulty option and are a little too easy.

Profchaos34d ago

Souls games will be like that players struggling make it harder

PassNextquestion34d ago (Edited 34d ago )

I think if used correctly it could work well

jambola34d ago

cool idea
cool idea for horror games especially
the way it's explained here sounds like it could never be forced hopefully, so that's ok with me

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