By Luke Johnson
Welcome to the new age of gaming. Our days of sitting in front of the TV, controller in hand might not be numbered – that core gaming experience will still exist – but they could soon be heavily reduced.
The types of games we play are always evolving, but now, more than ever, where and how we play them is changing too. We’re not just talking about the growth of mobile titles, the recent introduction of the Nintendo Switch or the inescapable rise of VR though – we could all be about to put down our consoles, controllers and headsets, and instead turn the world around us into a game, using our voices.
Confused? Don’t be. The Amazon Echo, the online giant’s connected smart speaker that’s taken US and UK homes by storm, is getting in on the gaming act.
With the firm’s brilliant digital assistant, Alexa, at its core, Amazon is building on the Echo’s entertainment efforts, taking the device beyond its ability to control everything from your heating and lighting to your taxi requests and pizza orders with just a vocal cue. The first voice-controlled Alexa games having started to drop – and experts have suggested that this is …read more
Source:: techradar.com – Gaming
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