Microsoft's RoomAlive makes your whole room a video game

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Microsoft's IllumiRoom project has expanded beyond a single-Kinect set-up and is now called "RoomAlive." RoomAlive turns an enclosed area into an interactive gaming space, with enemies and puzzles projected on walls, floors and objects for residents to take out with their hands, feet or peripherals. The new and improved RoomAlive uses multiple projectors and depth cameras to scan a room and all of its contents, and then it superimposes interactive environments on top of everything.

"IllumiRoom was largely focused on display, extending traditional gaming experiences out of the TV," the Microsoft Research team writes. "RoomAlive instead focuses on interaction, and the new kinds of games that we can create with interactive projection mapping. RoomAlive looks farther into the future of projection mapping and asks, 'What new experiences will we have in the next few years?'"

Posted: Oct 06, 2014 6:14 pm
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Source: http://www.joystiq.com/2014/10/06/microsofts-roomalive-turns-your-living-room-into-a-holodeck/

Comments

oohPosted: Mon. Oct 06, 2014

This is pretty sick. I don't even want to imagine the price on it, though.

MissPosted: Mon. Oct 06, 2014

That is dope. I'll probably try and get this after I get my One.

OPPosted: Mon. Oct 06, 2014

newtonballs26 Idgaf what anybody says virtual gaming will be here 2020

well it is definitely getting closer and closer.

platyuiPosted: Mon. Oct 06, 2014

JRMH Doesn't look practical what-so-ever. The pricing is going to be off the wall, the setup will be complicated af, and not every room will be compatible with this. Looks like a flop.

It's not meant to be for sale. It is a test at how powerful they can make things.

newtonballs26Posted: Mon. Oct 06, 2014

Idgaf what anybody says virtual gaming will be here 2020

-CorgiPosted: Mon. Oct 06, 2014

Just read an article about this roomalive thing an hour ago. Thought it was some kickstarter or indie brand type of thing, not Microsoft. Pretty cool.

ObiwonPosted: Mon. Oct 06, 2014

Very cool concept but it feels like its not going to be mainstream anytime soon. I see this tech having the same issues as 4k TV's they are really nice but they are far to costly for an average consumer to purchase. Microsoft has some pretty cool tech though.

DiamondDoctorPosted: Mon. Oct 06, 2014

Not practical now, but one day MAY be.

JRMHPosted: Mon. Oct 06, 2014

Doesn't look practical what-so-ever. The pricing is going to be off the wall, the setup will be complicated af, and not every room will be compatible with this. Looks like a flop.

tellPosted: Mon. Oct 06, 2014

Technology is really advancing and this has to be really cool. I mean I would personally buy this since it does look pretty interesting.

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