GDC: Future mobile games to be inspired by Wii

With exception of Snake, the odd golf game and, of course, Sonic the Hedgehog, mobile phone games are generally rubbish. But that could change.

The 'Using Touch, Sight and Gesture in Mobile Games' Keynote at GDC today, headed up by Developer Paul Coulton, demonstrated some interesting new tech to be utilised by mobiles games of the future.

Motion-sensing technology was pointed out as a key factor for the development of mobile games, with ball-tilting and driving applications demonstrated, according to Next-Gen.biz.

"The possibilities are endless with this technology. It's about thinking of new ways to play games, that might be played by very different people than we are used to," commented Coultron.

"Wii has had an amazing impact but this technology in mobile phones could ultimately be even more dramatic."

More interestingly, the use of mobile phone cameras in games was also discussed, suggesting that they could be used to 'aim and shoot' in-game targets using the real world.

We're trying to get our heads around that one - but it involves more than just taking a picture of your face and putting it onto an in-game character, so we're intrigued.

Maybe mobile games will actually be, dare we say, good in the near future.

via cvg