Ken Kutaragi, President and Group CEO, Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE) talked about the technologies roadmap related to Cell microprocessor, at the last week’s Tokyo International Digital Conference. Jointly developed by Sony, Toshiba and IBM, the Cell microprocessor will power the PlayStation 3 as wel as future HD televisions.

Kutaragi showcased a video game software currently developed for the PS3. He used Sony’s 4K SXRD projector that is able to project images with resolutions of 4000 x 2000 and a HDCAM SR (Superior Resolution ) video used by broadcasting companies. Sony’s boss then picked video streaming frame rates as a high potential future technology. Compared to the current TVs’ 50-60 fields per second and PCs’ 72-90 frames per second (fps), the PS3 is expected to display images at 120 fps, in line with future image interface specifications.

Kutaragi also disclosed some ideas of how to use high definition, large screen displays. The ideas included displaying a newspaper in real size, simultaneous playback of numerous HDTV videos and video chat. He pointed out that filmmaking environments can be applied to online games. Furthermore, citing a scene from “2001: A Space Odyssey,” a movie directed by Stanley Kubrick, where an actor’s lips are read through the window, Kutaragi also suggested the Cell’s applicability for a recognition system.

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