Google Video Game Console Concept: Meet the Google Nexus Orbit
Google's upcoming game console was imagined as the "Nexus Orbit" and a demo video of what it may be like was uploaded to Youtube.
With rumors circulating of Google's run to create a video game console based on the Android operating system, Joseph Dumary, a product designer, came up with an idea for what the Nexus Orbit system could be like.
The Orbit's design allows the console to sit in a variety of positions and is able to connect wirelessly to the television with what Dumary calls "DP Connect." It will also have Google Glass connectivity that acts as an almost social networking hub. It can scan video game advertisements for codes and even use night vision.
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Perhaps one of the most ingenious of ideas was using Google Translate to communicate with gamers of different languages.
According to the Wall Street Journal, Google's system, whatever name it goes by, could be available this fall.
Sources have said Google is not trying to be in competition with Microsoft, Sony, or Nintendo but rather Apple, one of their biggest rivals in the device business already.
Rumors have been circulating on Apple's plan to create a console of their own for television sets.
There has been an influx of Android-run gaming consoles over the last couple of months touting new technologies that claim they are better and faster than any of the major distributors. Within the last week, a Kickstarter for a new console OUYA went up, and company Nvidia delayed the Shield, a highly publicized new mobile console.
At the E3 expo in Los Angeles, MadCatz, a gaming peripheral company, announced their Android-powered "micro-console," the "M.O.J.O," while GameStick completed a successful Kickstarter campaign where they reached six times their goal, reported NBC News.
Google could be trying to put a chokehold on all Android-based consoles by setting the tone for what the systems could or should be. The Wall Street Journal said it is comparative to their acquisition of Motorola in 2012. Another key component could be the need for drawing more competition from Apple.
