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December 11th, 2009, 08:20
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How do you spice up the traditionally unexciting projector market? You take your finest laser projector (http://www.engadget.com/tag/picop), with its "infinite focus" skills, pair it with a weapon-styled motion controller, and you offer FPS gamers the opportunity to get out of their seats and perform their murdering sprees as nature intended (http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/epson-says-eh-tw450-is-ultimate-gaming-projector-straps-ps3-o/). So Microvision thinks, and we've no doubt that the prototype being demonstrated over at the Intel Extreme Masters will be fulfilling a few fanboy dreams, but we're more interested in how it all works. If you remember the GameGun (http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/29/gamegun-going-to-be-ready-for-retail-by-christmas-will-be-conso/) (and who could forget that mullet (http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/21/diy-vr-game-gun-packs-built-in-motion-tracking-optional-mullet/)?), this'll be familiar territory: the projector reacts to movements of the controller so that the game view tracks your real world view, lending the experience a bona fide 3D feel. Microvision won't spill the full details just yet, but a video demo awaits past the break.
[Thanks, Tony]Continue reading Microvision's PicoP laser projector meets rifle-shaped motion controller, mayhem ensues (http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/11/microvisions-picop-laser-projector-meets-rifle-shaped-motion-co/)
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How do you spice up the traditionally unexciting projector market? You take your finest laser projector (http://www.engadget.com/tag/picop), with its "infinite focus" skills, pair it with a weapon-styled motion controller, and you offer FPS gamers the opportunity to get out of their seats and perform their murdering sprees as nature intended (http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/10/epson-says-eh-tw450-is-ultimate-gaming-projector-straps-ps3-o/). So Microvision thinks, and we've no doubt that the prototype being demonstrated over at the Intel Extreme Masters will be fulfilling a few fanboy dreams, but we're more interested in how it all works. If you remember the GameGun (http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/29/gamegun-going-to-be-ready-for-retail-by-christmas-will-be-conso/) (and who could forget that mullet (http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/21/diy-vr-game-gun-packs-built-in-motion-tracking-optional-mullet/)?), this'll be familiar territory: the projector reacts to movements of the controller so that the game view tracks your real world view, lending the experience a bona fide 3D feel. Microvision won't spill the full details just yet, but a video demo awaits past the break.
[Thanks, Tony]Continue reading Microvision's PicoP laser projector meets rifle-shaped motion controller, mayhem ensues (http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/11/microvisions-picop-laser-projector-meets-rifle-shaped-motion-co/)
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