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Zi Corporation, a leading provider of intelligent interface solutions, today announced that it has signed a licensing agreement with Nintendo to bring them into the gaming market with a pen stroke. Under the agreement, Nintendo DS developers can employ Zi's Decuma handwriting recognition technology while creating software for the Nintendo DS handheld video game system at the same time.
In case you didn't know, Nintendo DS is the first handheld gaming platform to offer dual screens and touch-screen technology, similar to touch technologies found in some PDA's or smartphones. Users can interact with the Nintendo DS by using standard control buttons, a microphone or the gaming system's innovative touch screen.
"As the leading provider of handheld video game systems in the world, Nintendo has a reputation for adopting innovative technologies that improve the user's experience with its products," said Milos Djokovic, chief technical officer and chief operating officer, Zi Corporation. "With Decuma, Nintendo DS users will experience natural handwriting recognition previously only available to PDA and smartphone users. Zi continues to bring its multi-modal input products to leading mobile phones, gaming platforms and smartphones across the globe."
This gives a good example of the diversity that the Nintendo DS allows both developers and gamers. In Japan there are currently several 'brain games' for the console which involve logic puzzles similar to those posed by MENSA. Across the sea still, in America, there is a lawyer simulator and a surgeon game too! Let's just hope that Nintendo has the consideration for us 'surgeon and lawyer game deprived' Brits and releases these games here.
Chris Barnett
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