At an event that drew technology partners and reporters, HP showed off prototypes of new gaming technologies developed by a gaming unit within HP's Technology Solutions Group called "Game On."
The prototypes include computers with curved screens so someone playing a race car game can see the track they're driving on ahead and to their sides and a touch-screen computer built into a coffee table so players can sit on all sides and participate. HP also played a video in which a teenage boy walks through a big city with his handheld game player. He points the device at a portion of the city's skyline, the device scans the outline of the buildings in view and creates a game scene from that image.
HP expects the new Gamming PC line to be priced higher than its current HP and Compaq PCs, but lower than VoodooPC's custom-made models, which can sell for $8,000.
