Guitar Hero, On a Real Guitar, To Hit Shelves In 2009

[wraggster]

The Minneapolis Star Tribune features an article (with photos) about a prototype electric guitar that doubles as a Guitar Hero controller. It is not just another guitar-shaped controller with buttons: it is an actual, playable guitar, shown in-action. The startup company, Zivix, LLC, intends to bring the product to store shelves in 2009. Web searches indicate that the company may have raised around $800K for the venture. The company is also working on technology that enables finger sensing on a real guitar that would allow your computer to teach you how to play chords or evolve into a future guitar synthesizer

http://hardware.slashdot.org/hardware/09/03/06/229239.shtml

[VampDude]

I thought this thread was going to be about the long delayed Guitar Rising (http://www.guitarrising.com/) title, I've been waiting for that since lastyear. :(

But cool, a real guitar doubling it's potential as a real guitar. Hopefully they get a good guitar manufacturer behind them. :cool:

[mike_jmg]

"technology that enables finger sensing on a real guitar that would allow your computer to teach you how to play chords"

COOL!!!, if they can make it, I'll buy it right away

An actual guitar to play guitar hero or something like it, would be great, cause you'll be learning how to play while playing a video game