Out of the blue, Microsoft has revealed its futuristic predictions for the capabilities and specs of the Xbox 2042. In transient, it’s mentioned to be a quantum processor powered gadget able to driving “native 32K resolutions in Full Spectrum Colour at a base frame rate of 240 FPS (up to 480 FPS) with zero latency”. The outcome can be future potential gaming experiences “indistinguishable from reality,” with experiences made even deeper with holographic interfaces. The ‘2042 designation is not a coincidence, this video is a left area cross-promotion with EA/DICE who’ve simply launched a brand new Battlefield 2042 trailer showcasing three massive new maps.
SO, it’s a piece of selling fluff, maybe, however it’s nonetheless fascinating to see what Microsoft futurists reckons will probably be state-of-the-artwork console gaming in 2042, a bit of over 20 years from in the present day. Considering the processor first, the processor inside the Xbox 2042 is alleged to be able to “1 quintillion floating-point operations per second”. In different phrases, it is perhaps one of many first ever exaFLOP consoles.
Putting an exaFLOP of graphics energy into comparisons vs in the present day’s cream of the crop client gadgetry, the Xbox 2042 is thus being touted as being about 100,000 occasions quicker than a Sony PlayStation 5 (10 TFLOPs), or 28,000 occasions quicker than an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 (36TFLOPs). Is that fanciful for 20 years of progress with a little bit of Quantum sprinkled on high?
Currently, exaFLOP efficiency is the reserve of big supercomputers, with the likes of the Aurora undertaking just lately being (*1*)upgraded from a goal of simply above 1 exaFLOP to just about 2 exaFLOPs of efficiency at its delayed launch subsequent 12 months.
New maps revealed for Battlefield 2042
The Battlefield 2042 beta showcased a map referred to as Orbital, set in tropical French Guiana. Three newly revealed maps characteristic places in Egypt, Antarctica, and the west coast of India – showcasing reasonably completely different environments, as you may anticipate.
Renewal is the Egyptian map with a solar energy station array on one aspect, and a lush inexperienced space with a analysis station on the opposite. These areas are bodily separated with varied entry / choke factors. Breakaway is about in Antarctica and options an offshore platform and a floor-based mostly outlook station to make it fascinating. Quite a lot of motion will happen above treacherous ice cliffs, linked by rope bridges and zip strains. Discarded is a map that includes a mess of stranded colossal ships being stripped for assets, and a coastland littered with transport containers, in an surroundings that includes lethal storms.
In complete there will probably be seven maps, in addition to 10 specialists, and a number of sport modes, prepared for the Battlefield 2042 launch on 19th November.