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This is a link post Microsoft "IllumiRoom" Tech
Future gaming experience. Apparently this vid features no special effects? Looks pretty neat actually...
(I helped save b3ta! Fadgebadger (1 like), Wed 9 Jan 2013, 21:46, , Reply)
This is a normal post Looks pretty good
But i reckon game support will be hard to come by, as it looks like the game has to be rendered far outside the area you see on the screen, meaning it will break some games due to coding / processing power / whatever.
 (I helped save b3ta! taters Bah weep grahnah weep ninibong, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 21:56, , Reply)
This is a normal post If it's for a next gen machine though, could be feasible...

(I helped save b3ta! Fadgebadger (1 like), Wed 9 Jan 2013, 21:58, , Reply)
This is a normal post but it uses kinect, which is current gen

(I helped save b3ta! taters Bah weep grahnah weep ninibong, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 22:06, , Reply)
This is a normal post Yeah true,
though they have a next gen kinect in the works also I assume...
 (I helped save b3ta! Fadgebadger (1 like), Wed 9 Jan 2013, 22:08, , Reply)
This is a normal post (tips the hat)
They most certainly do.
 (I helped save b3ta! JamTallons, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 23:51, , Reply)
This is a normal post The extended display
could probably be lower res since it's just going to be projected by a crap LED projector all over your yukka plant, so maybe not too bad.
 (I helped save b3ta! Studebaker Hawk Touch me, I'm thick, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 22:04, , Reply)
This is a normal post Not sure if I'd like this...
or just spaz out and have a seizure from it?

Would definitely make a selling point though, kids would go ape for it.
 (I helped save b3ta! NooShmoo It's a fantazmagorical pile of ultra bollocks, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 21:56, , Reply)
This is a normal post ^
Hello bright multi-colour headaches.
 (I helped save b3ta! omnitruncatedkraken from Empire Algol, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 22:09, , Reply)
This is a normal post Can I please have reality back

(Victoria'sBeard Different political view? I hate you!, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 22:03, , Reply)
This is a normal post It seems to be the general concensus that the future of videogames is to use biometric data.
Eye tracking seems to be the most popular one, also pulse/stress monitoring.

imjussayin
 (I helped save b3ta! (|D[ekionplexis B3ta.com: fictional child porn is OK, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 22:09, , Reply)
This is a normal post I'm not saying they're all out to get us
but they are.
; )
 (I helped save b3ta! --- ---, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 22:31, , Reply)
This is a normal post that's retty tasty :D

(I helped save b3ta! lustreboy making himself laugh since 1973 (tm), Wed 9 Jan 2013, 22:09, , Reply)
This is a normal post Cool ... But
Why don't you just buy a projector instead?
 (auburnagain, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 22:14, , Reply)
This is a normal post This vid seems to show
the projector automatically mapping to the shape of your room, then the whole system doing augmented reality stuff (the edges of the bookshelves pulsating in time to explosions etc) it's all software design really.

Current expensive projectors can be set up manually to map to geometry, and old 3-gun CRT ones could do automatic self alignment and convergence by the time they became obsolete. But this whole automatically-mapping-to-the-shape-of-your-room and it's contents does not seem to be quite available yet.
 (I helped save b3ta! Studebaker Hawk Touch me, I'm thick, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 22:19, , Reply)
This is a normal post 3D mapping is what the Kinect does.
If you took a couple of scans with it (pointing it in all directions) you could quickly build a 360 model of the room. The XBOX can then use that data to correctly distort the projected image, assuming it knows where the projector is.
 (I helped save b3ta! JamTallons, Thu 10 Jan 2013, 0:03, , Reply)
This is a normal post This looks amazing...
Doesn't matter if the projection around the screen is low-res, it's all about getting you immersed in the game. I want this now.
 (Coin Operated Boy is reading the new Bravissimo catalogue on, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 22:20, , Reply)
This is a normal post I was ready to call this a stupid idea
as I've a friend with one of those tellys that illuminates the wall behind with coloured light and it's just an annoying distraction.

This seems like it could be awesome. One of the main problems with games like Gran Turismo is that you've effectively got tunnel vision. Any form of peripheral vision in that game would be a massive advantage.
 (I helped save b3ta! wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 22:34, , Reply)
This is a normal post some of the effects work, the snowflakes, sparks and so forth
but a lot of the explosions, wall and track drawing looks incredibly distracting and migraine inducing
 (I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 22:38, , Reply)
This is a normal post Why not get
a bigger screen and sit a bit closer?

'Tis nice and stuff, but I reckon the real future lies in big fuck off 8k screens.
 (I helped save b3ta! Tusk knows where you live, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 22:39, , Reply)
This is a normal post 4k...
...it's apparently the limit of human perception.

I'm struggling to see what this actually is. 3d? Projector? Bad acid?
 (Megamoss, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 23:55, , Reply)
This is a normal post can't wait for Excel on this

(I helped save b3ta! Mighty Nibus who dares gins | @nibus, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 22:46, , Reply)
This is a normal post I'd pivot table the shit out of some datasets.

(I helped save b3ta! Pig Bodine., Wed 9 Jan 2013, 22:50, , Reply)
This is a normal post MULTIPLAYER VLOOKUP
COMING 2014
 (I helped save b3ta! Mighty Nibus who dares gins | @nibus, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 22:54, , Reply)
This is a normal post Already people are working on how to use this for pornography

(I helped save b3ta! Sheriff John Bunnell https://twitter.com/thewonderfulgam, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 22:55, , Reply)
This is a normal post but he's still just looking at the action on the screen
why would we want the periphery all over the furniture?
 (I helped save b3ta! Mousing, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 23:00, , Reply)
This is a normal post Peripheral vision is remarkably good at giving you your position
Which in something like a shooter or racing game would be really useful. Actually where I see it being most useful would be in something like the new Elite.
 (I helped save b3ta! evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 23:16, , Reply)
This is a normal post As long as you don't have t run around the room like those demented Wii folk..oh, wait..shit.
Patent.
 (I helped save b3ta! Jabberwoc misses D.R. and Quinch, Thu 10 Jan 2013, 0:09, , Reply)
This is a normal post Why the need for a TV
When you can project the image onto a wall?
 (I helped save b3ta! redazril I LIKE DRUGS!, Thu 10 Jan 2013, 6:59, , Reply)