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wii fit balance board controls world of warcraft

filed under: hacks-mods | video games

Wii Fit Balance Board Warcraft

I haven’t come across too many hacks involving the Wii Fit Balance Board yet, but they are starting to emerge. In this recent demo, the board has been configured to control 3D movement in a game of World of Warcraft 3…

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posted: June 14th, 2008 stumble it! post a comment author: technabob

portal technology in the real world

filed under: digital imaging | interactive | video games

Portal in Real Life

Inspired by the mind-bending transportation technology in last year’s sleeper hit game Portal, this video clip uses digital augmented reality technology to produce a similar effect in the real world.

Created by EmmanuelMFr of France’s Total Immersion, the illusions in the video really are reminiscent of those in the game…

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posted: April 29th, 2008 stumble it! 1 comment author: technabob

led cube displays 3d images in color

filed under: design

3D LED Cube LED Display by Seekway

A while back, I reported on James Clar’s cool 3D cubes which could display images using a grid of about 1000 LEDs connected to a computerized controller. While Clar’s cubes are simply amazing, they can only display monochrome images. Now, a company in China has taken the same concept and created a multi-color version…

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posted: April 6th, 2008 stumble it! 7 comments author: technabob

faceapi: 3d head tracking with any webcam

filed under: computing | interactive

FaceAPI Head Tracking Software

Here’s some pretty cool news which could provide entirely new ways to interact with your computer or game console. This new technology will enable automated 3-dimensional tracking of heads and faces using a webcam along with some very special tracking software…

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posted: March 19th, 2008 stumble it! post a comment author: technabob

mario gets real (weird)

filed under: digital imaging | strange and wonderful | video games

Real Mario Render by Pixeloo

What if Mario weren’t a cartoony video game character? Artist Pixeloo set out to answer that question when creating this “realistic” rendering of Nintendo’s little Italian plumber…

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posted: March 16th, 2008 stumble it! 4 comments author: technabob

iphone lego-touch: millions of bricks in your pocket

filed under: interactive | mobile tech | video games

LEGO Touch for iPhone

With all the buzz about the new iPhone SDK, all kinds of nifty applications are starting to crawl out of the woodwork. Of all the coming programs, this LEGO construction concept application has to be one of my favorites…

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posted: March 11th, 2008 stumble it! 1 comment author: technabob

unreal tournament 3 gets the lego treatment [mods]

filed under: hacks-mods | video games

Lego Unreal Tournament III 3 Mod

UTIII is one of the few console games out there that really lets gamers create their own unique maps. I don’t mean just moving a few things around like you can with Halo 3’s Forge mode. Nope, with the right tools, you can make your own completely custom environment, letting your imagination run wild…

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posted: February 23rd, 2008 stumble it! 2 comments author: technabob

iphone coverflow for other applications

filed under: hacks-mods | media players | mobile tech

iPhone Coverflow Hack

While a few of us are are patiently awaiting the release of Apple’s application SDK for the iPhone and iPod Touch, crafty (and impatient) developers have found ways to run plenty of their own applications on the popular media players…

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posted: February 20th, 2008 stumble it! post a comment author: technabob

robots controlled by gestures

filed under: interactive | robotics

Gesture Controlled Robotics

Most robots are controlled using a joystick or other traditional input device, but this new system allows operators to issue commands to robots using simple hand and body gestures…

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posted: February 19th, 2008 stumble it! 2 comments author: technabob

export to world: virtual objects get real

filed under: interactive | strange and wonderful

Virtual Donut from Export to World

There’s nothing quite like a delicious virtual donut and a hot cup of paper coffee before parking it in front of the fake TV to get my day going.

This off-the-wall creative project takes items seen in the 3D virtual world of Second Life, and transforms them into real-world (paper) objects…

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posted: January 12th, 2008 stumble it! 2 comments author: technabob

zcam tracks gamer movements and images in 3d

filed under: digital imaging | video games

3DV ZCam

Taking a page from systems like the Sony EyeToy and the Nintendo Wii control scheme, this new camera from Israel’s 3DV Systems could bring gaming interaction to a whole new level…

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posted: December 12th, 2007 stumble it! 1 comment author: technabob

change your clothes, virtually.

filed under: digital imaging | future tech | interactive

Fabric Change Augmented Reality System

This amazing tech demo shows off an augmented reality system which can digitally swap out textures on clothing. While it sounds pretty simple, the ability to exactly mimic the behavior and appearance of cloth is extremely difficult to pull off…

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posted: November 23rd, 2007 stumble it! 4 comments author: technabob

philips wowzone: massive 132-inch, 3d display

filed under: interactive

Philips WOWzone 132-inch 3D Display Grid

At this week’s IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin, Philips is showing off a presentation system that can display images in 3D on a huge wall-mounted display.

The 132-inch display was made by connecting nine of Philips 42-inch 3D displays in a 3×3 grid…

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posted: August 30th, 2007 stumble it! 1 comment author: technabob

holographic display shows 360-degree digital images

filed under: digital imaging | future tech

Interactive 360ยบ Light Field Display

At the recent SIGGRAPH 2007 conference, a team of engineers from USC showed off a display system that’s capable of projecting interactive 360-degree viewable images produced by a computer…

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posted: August 27th, 2007 stumble it! 2 comments author: technabob

it’s a me, lego mario

filed under: just plain fun | video games

Lego Mario Sculpture

I came across this cool 3-dimensional LEGO sculpture of everyone’s favorite video game plumber (sorry Luigi) over on TechEBlog this morning. It must have take days for the artist to painstakingly recreate all of Mario’s details…

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posted: August 7th, 2007 stumble it! 2 comments author: technabob

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