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SvennoJ on 10 January 2013
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kain_kusanagi said:
SvennoJ said:

Well I don't have shades on the windows near the tv (nor on the glass picture frames), nor would it work on the dark cloth grills of the speaker towers. But sure for effects it would be pretty cool, depending on price, size and flexibility in placement of the projector.

There must be a pretty powerful lamp in that projector to cover the whole room like that while projecting onto surfaces not made for projection. I guess for motion effects you can get away with a 800x600 2700 Lumens BenQ MS502 with a special wide angle lens. That would set you back about $330 for the projector.

It's probably much cheaper tech than even that. It doens't have to be high contrast or high lumens. It just needs to get color out there so you can experience motion and effects in a more ambient fashion.

It's not trying to be the holodeck.

BTW. Doesn't the sunlight coming through your window during the day ruin your ambience while playing games. I have a nice big window next to my gaming TV and when I play during the day I pull the shades.

I have kids, no ambience while playing during the day anyway :)

It does have to be high lumens though, and 2700 is not very high for spreading it over such a big area. I use 1100 ansi lumens on a 92" screen and the room has to be almost completely dark with a good screen to project on. (no go in the living room)
If that tv in the video is 42", it is projecting at about 140", that's 2.3 times the surface area of 92", or 2500 ansi lumens to work in total darkness. That video might be unaltered, but there must be a pretty powerful projector behind that to be able to capture it on video at the same brightness as the tv with the ambient light level in that room.

Maybe they can build a cheap 480p projector with a standardized lamp for mass production. It won't look as good as in that video but should still give some nice effects.