IllumiRoom Kinect

#1 Posted by cloudnineboya (294 posts) - 4 months, 12 days ago

this is concept for kinect, looks really cool especially the particle effects, like the gun muzzle spreading onto the wall and the snow .

its all supposed to be in real time not a demo, it uses a kinect plus a projector too achieve the results.

i would seriously think off getting this if it ever comes out

#2 Posted by Chavtheworld (4129 posts) - 4 months, 12 days ago

When the whole environment was on the wall I found it reaaally hard to even see what was going on in the game. Maybe it was just how the trailer was cut and it would be okay in real life I don't know. Also, why does this need a Kinect?

#3 Posted by big_jon (5100 posts) - 4 months, 11 days ago

That is cool in concept.

#4 Edited by Sooty (6695 posts) - 4 months, 10 days ago

It has to be a mini projector, that they are selling themselves, right? I cannot imagine they are expecting people to go ahead and use their 80" projectors to display dumb muzzle flashes and other effects instead of using the projectors for the games.

If that is the case then I'm pretty sure Microsoft have nobody with brains working there.

This brings a new meaning to 1% of people using this. More like 0.01%

#5 Posted by Grilledcheez (3724 posts) - 4 months, 10 days ago

Yeah I saw this, their research department is always doing cool things, but it doesn't seem like most of it gets used for much at this point.

#6 Posted by Branthog (7047 posts) - 4 months, 10 days ago

This would annoy the fuck out of me.

#7 Posted by _Chad (930 posts) - 4 months, 10 days ago

Great it puts stuff on the walls, I'm still only going to look at the TV.

#8 Posted by Ravenlight (7066 posts) - 4 months, 10 days ago

That's pretty cool on it's own. You don't have to link it to a game for it to be neato.

#9 Posted by manicraider (79 posts) - 4 months, 8 days ago

@Chavtheworld said:

When the whole environment was on the wall I found it reaaally hard to even see what was going on in the game. Maybe it was just how the trailer was cut and it would be okay in real life I don't know. Also, why does this need a Kinect?

So it can scan and project images on your wall. The Xbox cannot do that by itself.

#10 Posted by Andorski (4142 posts) - 4 months, 8 days ago

I don't see this going past the concept phase. People aren't going to set up a projector in their living room just to have these peripheral effects.

@manicraider said:

@Chavtheworld said:
When the whole environment was on the wall I found it reaaally hard to even see what was going on in the game. Maybe it was just how the trailer was cut and it would be okay in real life I don't know. Also, why does this need a Kinect?
So it can scan and project images on your wall. The Xbox cannot do that by itself.

The lights project on the wall behind the TV. How does Kinect get a view of that?

#11 Posted by Damodar (731 posts) - 4 months, 8 days ago

@Branthog said:

This would annoy the fuck out of me.

Yeah, it looks crazy distracting. When you're watching something on a screen, you block out everything else anyway. All this extra visual information flashing in your periphery would be terrible. Plus console framerates are bad enough, they don't need extra stuff to render.

#12 Posted by EXTomar (2186 posts) - 4 months, 8 days ago

Microsoft R&D labs are the king of vaporware. I'll believe this when they actually sell it.

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#13 Posted by Chavtheworld (4129 posts) - 4 months, 8 days ago

@Andorski said:

I don't see this going past the concept phase. People aren't going to set up a projector in their living room just to have these peripheral effects.
@manicraider said:
@Chavtheworld said:
When the whole environment was on the wall I found it reaaally hard to even see what was going on in the game. Maybe it was just how the trailer was cut and it would be okay in real life I don't know. Also, why does this need a Kinect?
So it can scan and project images on your wall. The Xbox cannot do that by itself.
The lights project on the wall behind the TV. How does Kinect get a view of that?

This.

#14 Posted by manicraider (79 posts) - 4 months, 4 days ago

@Chavtheworld said:

@Andorski said:
I don't see this going past the concept phase. People aren't going to set up a projector in their living room just to have these peripheral effects.
@manicraider said:
@Chavtheworld said:
When the whole environment was on the wall I found it reaaally hard to even see what was going on in the game. Maybe it was just how the trailer was cut and it would be okay in real life I don't know. Also, why does this need a Kinect?
So it can scan and project images on your wall. The Xbox cannot do that by itself.
The lights project on the wall behind the TV. How does Kinect get a view of that?
This.

From what I've read in various articles, it involves a Kinect for Windows camera and a projector.

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