GO3+Electronic+&+Entertainment+Expo+2009

The GO3 Electronic & Entertainment Expo is a three day free entry expedition showcasing the newest and latest group of technology. It was open from Friday the 2nd of October to Sunday the 4th and is being held at the Perth Convention Centre.

GO3 had stands for all sorts of new and interesting pieces of technology including video games, audio devices, cameras, home entertainment systems and vehicles containing the latest sound systems and electronic devices.

At our time at the convention we visited numerous stands and looked at and tried out many different pieces of technology. I will include hyperlinks to screenshots of the footage that we took at the convention.

At first we visited a booth which was listed on the GO3 website as showing off a new type of laser tag which included a setting that can deliver a small electric shock when the user has been shot. Unfortunately the booth was empty and only contained the name of the exhibit.

[] - Laser Tag Exhibit.

There were a couple of small food stands inside which sold various products such as hotdogs, pies, drinks and a stand that sold types of assorted nuts, chocolate bars and popcorn.

[] - Morish Nuts food stand.

There were a lot of new and some old games on display that people were allowed to play and test out. One of the highlights of the day was being able to test the new Borderlands first person shooter game on Xbox 360 before it was properly released.

[] - Borderlands testing.

All throughout the convention there were stalls selling games, books, CDs and DVDs.

[] - Books [] - CD/DVDs [] - Games

At the front end of the convention there was a four wheel drive that had been filled with all kinds of new and expensive technology such as a huge sound system with surround sound speakers and LCD screens to watch movies on and was airbrushed with a batman theme.

Another interesting feature was a robotic vacuum cleaner that vacuums the house by itself and returns to where it started off when it is finished cleaning/needs recharging.

There were interesting gadgets like a camera that can project a holographic projection of the picture it took onto any surface you point it at and The Paper Show which showed a person drawing on a notepad and projecting what he was drawing onto a whiteboard for everyone to see.

Also there were some stores selling Japanese Anime cartoons and figures, Transformers, Yu-Gi-Oh cards and World of Warcraft merchandise. Also there were stalls selling T-Shirts from Twilight, Star Trek, Stargate and Star Wars.

Another thing that made the expedition entertaining and somewhat scary was people dressing up as characters from their favourite Anime series, movies and other TV shows.

In conclusion the GO3 convention was an interesting experience giving me the opportunity to look at and experience new technology that I otherwise wouldn’t have been able to.