Microsoft Illumiroom

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http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/9/3855826/microsoft-illumiroom-projection-demo

Watch this: Microsoft's Illumiroom demo breaks past the limitation of TV frames
By Sam Byford on January 9, 2013 02:08 pm Email @345triangle

At Samsung's CES keynote today, Microsoft showed a video of Illumiroom, a technology that the company says will "expand interaction to any surface in your home." In other words, it projects imagery beyond your TV screen for a more immersive gaming experience. Bullets fly out of the display, an in-game fire makes it look like your living room is going up in flames, and a first-person shooter plays out on an entire wall.

It works by mapping the room with Kinect to create interactive illusions in real-time; this is something we'd love to see for ourselves, but unfortunately Microsoft won't show it off fully until April. In the meantime, watch this video to get a glimpse of where Microsoft sees the living room going.

HomeNews by technologyGamingMicrosoft IllumiRoom concept brings your whole living room into the game
By Kate Solomon

The company also insists that the effects shown "are rendered in real time and are captured live - not special effects added in post processing", which gives us the impression that it's seriously serious about this one.
Games room

The developers behind the project added, "Our system can change the appearance of the room, induce apparent motion, extend the field of view, and enable entirely new game experiences.
"Our system uses the appearance and the geometry of the room (captured by Kinect) to adapt the projected visuals in real-time without any need to custom pre-process the graphics."

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This would make sports games 100x cooler. Hopefully Microsoft can deliver.

 

[iceman3699]

i hate playing in the dark.

 

[jayhood23]

Wow that is impressive

 

[waitwut]

that. is. awesome.

too bad i dont play games anymore

 

[mrbrown]

this + =

the future.... Im ready

 

[freakazoid]

g I need this asap

 

[lobotomybeats]

That's insane! That could really make for an immersive experience. Just imagine playing Forza in Ninjahood's room. It'd really feel like you were in a Mini Cooper.

 

[codezeneth]

Watching a video looks awesome, cant imagine the awesomeness of actually playing with one.

 

[waitwut]

That's insane! That could really make for an immersive experience. Just imagine playing Forza in Ninjahood's room. It'd really feel like you were in a Mini Cooper.

forza + wheels and pedals + illumiroom

this seems most useful for shooting games though

 

[swendro]

Shameless bump for the day time NT'ers.

 

[VinMillerHearn58]

That looks dope. How much will it cost though.

 

[djyoung08]

Looks cool

Not very interested in it tho

 

[urn0tlike]

Sick. I think its a better addition than 3d.

 

[bombbiggidyphil]

That does look dope...I'd probably forget about after 20 minutes, but yeah.

 

[MambaMentality824]

Props to Microsoft for really trying to innovate the gaming industry. This looks very promising.

 

[Trent Reznor]

I will DEF be getting a Xbox 3 if this is in at launch.