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http://www.destructoid.com/dungeons-dragons-played-on-microsoft-surface-152503.phtml#comment

The SurfaceScapes team at the Entertainment Technology Center at Carnegie Mellon University have designed a proof of concept Dungeons & Dragons tabletop game to work on Microsoft Surface. SurfaceScapes is aiming to provide features that Game Masters and players will be able to work with to recreate the D&D experience on Microsoft's giant screen table.

I'm not a Dungeons & Dragons guy at all, but this is just neat as f**k. The above video goes through a walkthrough of what SurfaceScapes has developed so far. If videogames are making the transition away from handheld controllers, then I rather have something like the Surface become mainstream rather than Natal. Too bad these things cost a few grand.  

 

Waouw



 

Evan Wells (Uncharted 2): I think the differences that you see between any two games has much more to do with the developer than whether it’s on the Xbox or PS3.

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That looks pretty darn cool. I need to get one of these as a coffee table.



Too bad it is only a POC at this stage...



 

Evan Wells (Uncharted 2): I think the differences that you see between any two games has much more to do with the developer than whether it’s on the Xbox or PS3.

some how i think natal can be used for D&D



 

 

elticker said:
some how i think natal can be used for D&D

... or a Halo Wars 2 !



 

Evan Wells (Uncharted 2): I think the differences that you see between any two games has much more to do with the developer than whether it’s on the Xbox or PS3.

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well though natal wont work fps it will work for rts and fighting games. maybe rpg.



 

 

elticker said:
well though natal wont work fps it will work for rts and fighting games. maybe rpg.

Natal wont work with FPS's as they are today. Guys you need to think outside the box. What is the point of having a new technology if you make the FPS's the same as they are with a old school controller? I am glad the industry doesn't have people like this in it. Otherwise 3d games would never have happened.



this is very feasible with the use of head tracking and hand control, but if you had tiny kid hands it would be hard for Natal to read your fingers