Shooshmoo
Well-known member
Far be it from me to have the Pit cred to start a long-running video game thread, but I am hoping to have the time at some point in my life to play the new Uncharted game (which I think comes out today) and the Batman game, among others, and thought there should be a place on the board to discuss new games. I know there is an Elder Scrolls thread that has sort of turned into that, but I was thinking of something more general.
In any event, I thought this ridiculous gaming simulator was worth its own thread anyway.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20126227-1/a-gaming-simulator-like-no-other/?tag=cnetRiver
"All the action went down in an Igloo Vision projection dome, which is a 360-degree display area housed in a steel frame enclosure. Navigating around terrain and obstacles seems intuitive, thanks to an omni-directional treadmill. To really make things feel real, the simulator ditches a traditional controller or keyboard and instead requires a gun with sensory inputs that moves the display according to the direction of the barrel.
An Xbox Kinect camera hack tracks players while 800 LEDs add to a sense of depth with ambient lighting. The real kicker is the 12 paintball guns tuned to incoming enemy fire, meaning that when you get hit, you really get hit."
In any event, I thought this ridiculous gaming simulator was worth its own thread anyway.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20126227-1/a-gaming-simulator-like-no-other/?tag=cnetRiver
"All the action went down in an Igloo Vision projection dome, which is a 360-degree display area housed in a steel frame enclosure. Navigating around terrain and obstacles seems intuitive, thanks to an omni-directional treadmill. To really make things feel real, the simulator ditches a traditional controller or keyboard and instead requires a gun with sensory inputs that moves the display according to the direction of the barrel.
An Xbox Kinect camera hack tracks players while 800 LEDs add to a sense of depth with ambient lighting. The real kicker is the 12 paintball guns tuned to incoming enemy fire, meaning that when you get hit, you really get hit."
