[Update: This post is super long, so if you're a member of the tl;dr crowd, scroll down to like the last three paragraphs for the most awesomest thing ever. You can also check the source for details written by someone who actually knows what he's talking about. BTW, don't forget that I was published in the ECA newsletter for this amazing article. Taste the rainbow.]

We’ve got a decision to make, and by we I mean you and I. Yeah, you, the one reading this right now. We can go one of two ways here. We could ignore the fact that I haven’t posted regularly for a hot minute and go on like everything is peachy and normal; you know, slow dancing in the rain and all that shit. Or, we could have a nice heart-to-heart and talk about our feelings and emotions about how this has affected us. It’d probably be the kind of talk that leaves at least one of us in tears. Lemme guess, you don’t like either one of those options, do you? Yeah, me neither… Alright, since I’m basically like The King of the internet as far as GeekyPopular is concerned, I’ll give us another option and then choose said option before you even have a chance to consider your options. Yeah, I just used the word “option” three times in one sentence. Do something! The third option we have is for me to give you 1400 words on what I’ve been up to and some stupidly exciting technology that Microsoft is developing. That’s right, you guessed it, the third option wins. BTW, I promise that starting Monday, the GP will be back to life and back to reality, however you want it.

First things first, allow me to hit you in the face with links to some articles I’ve written over at Broke My Controller recently. I wrote about the stereotype that gamers aren’t into sports, then I discussed Carl Johnson from Grove Street, aka the G.O.A.T., after that came my confession to sucking at Mario games, and my recent turn towards the darkside that is Apple. Finally, you get today’s piece on the shit excuse most games are when it comes to storytelling. (Side-note: I just found out my Apple article was published in the latest newsletter from the ECA. They just linked to the article, but still, that shit is major son! I think, I mean, there’s probably tons of people who get the Entertainment Consumers Association newsletter. Whatever, are you in a newsletter??)

On top of all the writing and getting published in major newsletters with billions of viewers I’ve been doing lately, I got an iPhone 4. Yeah, be jealous. Seriously, it’s stupidly nice, be jealous. I love it and it’s fucking full of thundersex. Expect a full review on Monday or Tuesday, it’s going to be epic.

Now, for some news that isn’t all about me and my award-winning articles. (Side-note: You know I’m going to milk this newsletter thing forever. By the end of next week I’ll be equating it to winning a Pulitzer.) I pride myself on keeping up with all things tech, gadget, and videogame. Being someone as in the know as I am, it’s not very often that I hear something that blows me away. Well, today I learned about the future, and it’s being brought to you by Microsoft. I don’t want to pretend that I understand this at all, and I probably won’t be able to explain it in a way that makes sense; that’s because it’s so mind-boggling that I can barely even comprehend it. That doesn’t change the fact that I think you need to hear about it, so I’m going to try to explain it. Before I get started, make sure you head over to SeattlePi Blogs to get a much better explanation.

We all know that everyone in the tech industry, especially those specializing in displays, are creaming themselves over 3D. You can thank James Cameron for that. One of the biggest news makers in 3D lately has been Nintendo and their 3DS, which promises handheld gaming in 3D without the need for glasses. At this year’s E3 Saturo Iwata, the CEO of Nintendo, debuted the product and totally dissed traditional 3D and the lame-ass glasses that come with it. Well, it looks like a team at Microsoft was listening loud and clear, because they are hard at work developing a display that can show 3D without glasses. BTW, this is a full on display that will be like your TV, not some little hand-held thing. Okay, stay with me because this is where things get confusing. (Side-note: Is that really true? Surely it got confusing somewhere in the 700 words before that sentence…)

At E3, Microsoft also blew the roof off of traditional gaming with Kinect. Kinect is a camera peripheral that you connect to your Xbox 360, once it’s connected you are the controller. Instead of holding a controller like gamers have done since Pong, your body acts as the controller. The Kinect camera basically recognizes your body and your movements, then uses that in the game. There’s an animal game, Kinectimals, where you reach out to pet the tiger displayed on your TV from the game. Another game has you racing in track and field type events, so you run and jump in place accordingly. Think the Wii, only your doing all the waggle yourself, not waving around a Wiimote and nunchuck. Personally, I think almost everything about Kinect sounds lame. There are some Minority Report style functions like being able to wave your hand around to fast-forward/rewind a movie on Netflix that I think are cool, and it’s also apparently voice-activated which is pretty cool. Other than that, I wasn’t interested in anything about it until I heard about the story from SeattlePi. Okay, now we get to the juicy bit…

Apparently, the team at Microsoft working on the glassesless-3D-display are incorporating Kinect with it using something they call “wedge” technology. There’s a lot of tech jargon involved in explaining it, so just know that it does some totally badass shit that involves aiming light. They have created something they are calling, The Steerable Auto 3D Stereo Display. It’s a display that uses the “wedge” to bend and aim light in specific enough directions that two people, in the same room and only seated a small distance from each other, will be able to watch two totally different programs on the same screen. This isn’t split-screen, this is full screen viewing. If your mind doesn’t hurt enough just trying to comprehend this you should know that it will be in 3D. The Kinect makes 3D possible by recognizing each person’s eyes individually, and displaying a different image to each eye. I know, shit is crazy.

Let me explain using more brevity. Microsoft is making a 3D TV that you won’t need glasses for. The TV will also be capable of displaying separate shows/movies/games to individual people in a room. If Mrs. Mike want’s to watch Ricky’s American Teenage Baby and I want to watch The Lebronocalypse, we’ll both be able to. If you have a child who wants to watch Kung-Fu Panda for the millionth time, just make him sit in a specific spot and you won’t have to miss a second of the World Cup.

I can’t tell you how amazingly mind-blowing this is to me. This is so futuristic that I had never even considered it. No more arguing over what to watch, just scoot over a little bit. Want to play Grand Theft Auto while your four-year-old watches Dora The Explorer? Then make her sit in her little kid chair. This is SO FUCKING AWESOME!!! If Microsoft pulls this off, and according to the article they’ve already got the prototypes working, then this is beyond major. Honestly, the only thing I can compare it to is the original iPhone. Before that there was no touch-screen in your pocket at all times, now it’s harder to find a phone without touch than with. If and when Microsoft formally announce and launch this display, it will change everything we know and think about technology. If you’ve ever found yourself watching a Blu-Ray in Full-HD 1080p, or playing a game that looks better than you could have ever imagined, you may have thought there’s no way they can make this look any more amazing. I know I have. We were all wrong though, because Microsoft looks poised to change everything. I’m more excited about this tech than I have been about anything for a very long time. I just hope it’s not all hoop dreams and that in a few years I’m rocking one of these bitches in my own home.

SeattlePi posted a few videos of the display in action on their website, and I’m going to share them with you below. Before that though, is this week’s lesson in hip-hop. In my last post I gave you some Big Boi in celebration of his solo album, Sir Luscious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty. We’re gonna keep the ATLien love alive with the video from one of the best songs on the album, “Follow Us”. This shit is super-duper. Enjoy, and stay thirsty my friends.