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...motion-tracking camera to transfer a player's own image into one of 12 available games - in my case Kung Foo. The player then controls the game and interacts with other characters by moving his arms, hands, legs and feet. No joystick, no buttons: if you want to kick virtual butt, use your real leg. Each EyeToy game encourages energetic movement - players...
...throw punches in Boxing Chump or bang on the drums in Beat Freak. And then there's Wishi Washi, where you clean virtual windows and score points for washing speed and thoroughness. (An unlikely premise, but then no one expected the Sims to be a hit either.) The whole package retails around €60. Eventually, Sony plans to merge the technology with other PS2 franchises, like Splinter Cell and Metal Gear Solid. In the meantime, that nasty karate master is coming straight at me: a kick to the groin should do the trick. A Foggy Idea It's guaranteed...
...lose. The only rules are the rules of physics--and even they can be bent. (There's also a full working economy, so the laws of the marketplace apply.) Some areas of Second Life are zoned for combat or dancing, but most are just for hanging out with other virtual citizens. The software is free, but Second Life charges a monthly subscription fee of $14.95. Not bad considering the price of real estate these days. --By Lev Grossman
...Database software: 70% of all packaged business applications worldwide run on it, making it as hard to ignore as Microsoft Windows. Even Oracle's biggest rival, German giant SAP, chooses to use Oracle Database over its IBM and Microsoft-made counterparts. Oracle Database is a huge part of that virtual plumbing system known as back-office software, which helps keep track of payroll, makes sure products leave warehouses on time--and remains mostly invisible to all but the client company's IT department...
...paddles that appear regularly on ER--can shock a racing heart back to a healthy rhythm. But every few months, doctors must check to see if it is operating correctly. This used to mean a visit to a heart-rhythm expert. Now, with Medtronic's dial-up technology, a virtual checkup takes 15 minutes or less. The company expects similar technology to be available for pacemakers--devices that speed up a sluggish heart--by early next year. --By Janice M. Horowitz