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Forums - Microsoft Discussion - Microsoft Research shows off IllumiRoom Xbox project at CES 2013

Max King of the Wild on 09 January 2013
Dodece said:
@disolitude

Unfortunately for this thread this technology scares the living shit out of some on these forums. Specifically the fans of other console brands who see this kind of technology as a unthinkable threat. As such you are just going to run right into a wall of denial and dismissal. Most people who are going to post aren't going to contribute to the very real very cool possibilities this presents, but will instead do their damnedest to dismiss it outright.



It didn't scare me at all... actually made me feel like i needed to puke with motion sickness  and i found myself distracted from the screen and looking at the meaningless shapes going across the walls



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toadslayer72 on 09 January 2013

That looked better than I though it would. Saw some Combat Evolved looking snow level too.

Imagine what itwould look like in your peripheral to see some dude approaching you, like in a multiplayer game. Could be cool.



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LemonSlice on 09 January 2013

I just figured a name for it: Ambilight on steroids.



Max King of the Wild on 09 January 2013
Lostplanet22 said:
Max King of the Wild said:
the video made me feel very overwhelmed, dizzy and annoyed. Good luck to MS since most people wont be able to enjoy it during day light.

Daylight?



Yeah, every house I lived in has big windows in the living room. The blinds only do so much but light still bleeds through. The light would bleach the projections on the wall.



toadslayer72 on 09 January 2013

The projections don't have to be ultra sharp crystal clear. Even if washed out some, they could still offer some cool effects.



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Wh1pL4shL1ve_007 on 09 January 2013
Max King of the Wild said:
Dodece said:
@disolitude

Unfortunately for this thread this technology scares the living shit out of some on these forums. Specifically the fans of other console brands who see this kind of technology as a unthinkable threat. As such you are just going to run right into a wall of denial and dismissal. Most people who are going to post aren't going to contribute to the very real very cool possibilities this presents, but will instead do their damnedest to dismiss it outright.



It didn't scare me at all... actually made me feel like i needed to puke with motion sickness  and i found myself distracted from the screen and looking at the meaningless shapes going across the walls

Yeah.. Dodece was just talking about exactly that sort of behaviour. 



Yay!!!

toadslayer72 on 09 January 2013

Motion sickness and distraction is a legit concern if you focus off of your main display. The peripheral however adds immersion IMO.



I LOVE paying for Xbox Live! I also love that my love for it pisses off so many people.

disolitude on 09 January 2013
Dodece said:
@disolitude

Unfortunately for this thread this technology scares the living shit out of some on these forums. Specifically the fans of other console brands who see this kind of technology as a unthinkable threat. As such you are just going to run right into a wall of denial and dismissal. Most people who are going to post aren't going to contribute to the very real very cool possibilities this presents, but will instead do their damnedest to dismiss it outright.

I think it is a very cool, and a very useful concept for gaming. To me the most interesting thing isn't the visuals. As this technology is married to a Kinect. That means the images that are being projected can also be manipulated, or interacted with. It isn't about motion control. So much as this will allow the console to project a large virtual keyboard onto and surface, and that means as console gamers all game genres can now really be open to us. Specifically those games that need deeper interfaces then what current controllers allow.

Yeah it's always going to be the case at first. Wii, Kinect and countless other new tech was seen as the devil at first... But then a few years later.

I've seen microsoft research demo similar stuff in non gaming applications so I know they are working on tehcnology of projecting images and interacting with them. Besides, this will never be universally accepted with gaming only. It needs to support a wider set of applications like a virtual PC keyboard and interactivity with the environment. 



Max King of the Wild on 09 January 2013
Wh1pL4shL1ve_007 said:
Max King of the Wild said:
Dodece said:
@disolitude

Unfortunately for this thread this technology scares the living shit out of some on these forums. Specifically the fans of other console brands who see this kind of technology as a unthinkable threat. As such you are just going to run right into a wall of denial and dismissal. Most people who are going to post aren't going to contribute to the very real very cool possibilities this presents, but will instead do their damnedest to dismiss it outright.



It didn't scare me at all... actually made me feel like i needed to puke with motion sickness  and i found myself distracted from the screen and looking at the meaningless shapes going across the walls

Yeah.. Dodece was just talking about exactly that sort of behaviour. 

no he was talking about people who would be like "holy shit thats fucking awesome... however I have to act like it isn't since its MS"

I however am straight up saying it was very annoying to watch and didnt provide anything. The white dots moving across the wall for snow and the unimportant buildings to be more specific. The fire on the wall at least was useful.

instead of always playing the victim card why not actually provide evidence against what I say.

Also watch this, I will prove how useless of a comment dodece made. "Unfortunately for MS this technology is actually useless. Specifically for those that own a 360 who need to praise this as the next groundbreaking technology"



disolitude on 09 January 2013
Max King of the Wild said:
Lostplanet22 said:
Max King of the Wild said:
the video made me feel very overwhelmed, dizzy and annoyed. Good luck to MS since most people wont be able to enjoy it during day light.

Daylight?



Yeah, every house I lived in has big windows in the living room. The blinds only do so much but light still bleeds through. The light would bleach the projections on the wall.

You can get a 3000 lumens 720p projector for under 600 dollars. At 3000 lumens, youre able to enjoy 80-100 inch picture in full daylight. Obviously this will work better at night, and possibly it may give some people dizziness. 

However, with this being just a research project at this point and not something Microsoft is trying to sell you for 19.99 per month, maybe you can look at it from the technology application side and see how cool the tech really is?