Think Rock Band is cool? Then you totally have to check this view out. This is how Freddiew envisions how a rhythm game might look like in the future. Here the rock and roll classic "Noob Slayer" is being played with an simulated overlay of Augmented Reality. Augmented reality meets rhythm gaming! No more glancing back and forth at your instrument and trying to match what is happening on the screen. With augmented reality, everything is overlayed for you right on top of the real world. If things were to get any easier, the game would play itself for you! This is just another awesome example of what augmented reality and immersive technology can do to improve well... just about everything!
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Brainball is Smart studio's (The Interactive Institute Sweden) first completely hybrid research project game. The players move a ball on a table by the sole use of their brainwaves. Encouraging competition through relaxation, the game objective is to score a goal on the opponent's side with the least possible action. The players' brainwaves control a ball on a table, and the more relaxed scores a goal over the opponent.
They are using Emotiv's headset here to interpret the brainwaves but I am curious as to how the results is translated into actual actions. Perhaps some kind of magnetized system underneath the table? Anyone care to make a venture?
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The patient is controlling his cannon by using both real and imagined hand and tongue movements. The signals are recorded from the surface of his brain, known as electrocorticography (ECoG), and the cortical changes that are associated with his motor intentions are detected by a computer and converted to machine commands (i.e., moving the shooting cannon).
This is just another example how BCIs (Brain Computer Interfaces) are creating new ways to enjoy old games. Granted the game is really simple but even the most complex games we have today started out simple and increased in complexity. We'll have to get these simple games to work well with BCI first before we move on to more complex games. However, it is important to keep in mind that every journey begins with a first step.
The world's first ever Immersive Technology Summit will be held at the Los Angeles Center Studios (LACS) on October 21st, 2010.
If there was ever any doubt whether manipulating our visual senses would be enough to trick our bodies into responding then this video is a must see, not to mention it is quite funny seeing a full grown man flailing his arms around to keep his balance even though he is physically standing on solid ground and isn't even moving! Imagine adding in sound, tactile feedback, etc...
IDEO labs has created a simple, featherweight headset, a 10' x 10' x 10' white room, and $600,000 worth of projector and computer equipment, combined with the smarts of the folks at Eon Reality, results in one insanely real experience for this user. Can you imagine playing a game of Quake or Call of Duty with this setup? I think we can all agree that the future is going to be awesome! So the question now is... when can I get one?
The world's first ever Immersive Technology Summit will be held at the Los Angeles Center Studios (LACS) on October 21st, 2010.
What is Virtual Reality (VR)? The Meddling Geniuses at ImmersiveTech break it down and explain it in plain simple English. There is more virutal reality around than you think. Granted we still have quite a way to go but every journey begins with a first step.
Virtual reality is a term that applies to computer-simulated environments that simulate places in the real world as well as imaginary ones. It takes your ~current~ reality and ~replaces~ it with a virtual one. The first widely accepted ~digital~ virtual reality was created by the US Air Force in 1966 as part of their flight simulation training, however traces of attempts to ~replace~ reality predating digital computing can be found as far back as the 1860's when 360 art through panoramic murals began to appear.
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