Ordering pizza via Online Gaming happened in Feb 2005 -it also died out after a while though. I do not know if any other games have had this function since, but I surely remember this one. /pizza is a still a running punchline though.
Nope - I alt-tab out and do it via my web interface. :)
Same thing. Which is the point. The fact that people keep trying to merge interactive video with TV is odd to me given that this exact experience is available and usable daily. I guess this is my point. Why does it have to exist they way it was originally envisioned and not in the way that it actually exists?
You know I watch interactive video entertainment (digital) every day. That industry has really taken off.
Of course, its called video games. :) And if you don't think there are games where you interact with the outcome of the storyline take a gander at Bioware.
I did at one time but I don't anymore. I remember being there for the launch, and interviewing one of the demo families. Those poor people were asked the same questions over and over again by reporters and had to keep smiling. At the end of the day, I don't think the world was ready for the services that were part of FSN -- at least not ready to pay more for them.
Once it got beyond the prototype stage, it eventually became their future as digital video and TWC's Pegasus platform eventually took off, though it was no where near an exact replica of what they were testing. I remember seeing a demo of the FSN in Orlando back in the day, and it was a pretty amazing feat at the time... anyone got a screenshot of that carousel interface they used? JB
The only purpose of the comparison was to highlight the hype factor. Yes, FTTH technology is not new but Google has promised to do something no one else has done before, to show telecom companies how it's really done - and now they need to live up to that.
Comparison seems a bit of a stretch. FSN was building a new platform. GOOG-KC is leveraging existing fiber optics for something very fast. But if there's more to it, we'll find out soon.
It was an expensive experiment, but on launch day, TW Cable thought this was their future-or that's what they told us at the time. The expectation was that the boxes would get much cheaper in volume and over time as most things do.
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