"That said, Long does have some good excuses, and she reaffirms that NCsoft is still devoted to seeing the game succeed."

Starr Long is not a she- ever heard of 'Lord Blackthorn' from Ultima Online fame? Long was the real world counterpart for that character and, along with Richard Garriott, played a pivotal role as a developer in MMO's reaching the state they are in today.

As far as Garriott-in-space, the guy made enough money off of the UO franchise and Origin that I don't think he really cares too much if the current business is booming.

Logitech's MX-Air has the same type of controls, and is available now. It uses bluetooth, so the range is only 30 feet, but how often are you going to be standing further from your screen than that and still have a need to interact with it?

Not that I believe Steorn's claims, but it does worry me that most serious research is guided by our accepted "laws" of nature. At one point in time, it was considered 'scientifically heretical' to claim that the Earth was round, that the Earth revolved around the Sun and not the opposite, or any other number of beliefs which flew in the face of what we "knew" to be true at the time.

In the case of the Orbo technology, I agree that they probably believe they have something that they really do not. I do wonder, however, how many breakthroughs have yet to be made simply because no one with the proper means pursued the research, not wanting to waste their time or unable to garner support in the face of one of our accepted "laws" of physics.

Think about what humans -knew- concerning reality a thousand years ago, and imagine what we'll -know- a thousand years from now. Very little that we know is certain, and it is arrogant to think otherwise.