wraggster
October 6th, 2014, 21:24
http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/midas/d60bed44639447988f69043ff6be2d22/200872420/RoomAlive-2014-10-06-02.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/2014/10/05/microsoft-roomalive-illumiroom/)
Remember IllumiRoom (http://www.engadget.com/2013/01/09/microsoft-and-samsung-demos-illumiroom-display-fills-room-with-images/)? It's the Microsoft Research project that pairs an Xbox Kinect with a projector to extend your TV onto a wall, resulting in an immersive (and hallucinogenic) experience. Redmond has just revealed that IllumiRoom 2.0 is now called RoomAlive and is a huge leap over what it was last year (http://www.engadget.com/2013/04/30/microsoft-illumiroom-researchers/). The new system projects content throughout a room that you can interact with (or shoot), as shown in the insane video below. Instead of a single Kinect and projector, it uses multiple "procams" consisting of off-the-shelf projectors, Kinects and a control device. Microsoft claims that it's completely auto-calibrating and self-locating, enabling it to calculate the entire 3D geometry of your room in minutes.
http://www.engadget.com/2014/10/05/microsoft-roomalive-illumiroom/
Remember IllumiRoom (http://www.engadget.com/2013/01/09/microsoft-and-samsung-demos-illumiroom-display-fills-room-with-images/)? It's the Microsoft Research project that pairs an Xbox Kinect with a projector to extend your TV onto a wall, resulting in an immersive (and hallucinogenic) experience. Redmond has just revealed that IllumiRoom 2.0 is now called RoomAlive and is a huge leap over what it was last year (http://www.engadget.com/2013/04/30/microsoft-illumiroom-researchers/). The new system projects content throughout a room that you can interact with (or shoot), as shown in the insane video below. Instead of a single Kinect and projector, it uses multiple "procams" consisting of off-the-shelf projectors, Kinects and a control device. Microsoft claims that it's completely auto-calibrating and self-locating, enabling it to calculate the entire 3D geometry of your room in minutes.
http://www.engadget.com/2014/10/05/microsoft-roomalive-illumiroom/