Same here. One glass wall with sliding door to the deck on the left, an open staircase to the loft in the back with halways on either side, an open kitchen to the right, and a high sloped ceiling. Plus I have yet to see a projector that can project an image on a black leather sofa for example.

Seems like just a patent for the sake of it, even less practical then Kinect in a lot of homes.

The next Xbox? I don't think so.

could be cool, but just like kinect now it would need to have some kind of controller to go with it. Something like the nav controller on move. If microsoft was smart, they would integrate some kind of controller with their new kinect so that developers and players would have the freedom of integrating sound controls with immersive motion tracking gameplay. At minimum something with a analog stick and a few buttons.

Well,one step closer to Sword Art Online world

This has nothing to do with the control scheme for games folks. It's an extended display. It doesn't matter if you use a game pad, fight stick, steering wheel, or Kinect, it would allow a game to extend the display. Working in conjunction with Kinect, it would be able to track body position, head position, or even eye position, but it essentially could or would replace the look functionality by allowing the player to simply look in the direction to see from that perspective.

has nothing to do with the control scheme?  but then you end your thought with how it would replace a method of control.... hmmm....

I think you're confusing what they're patenting.  The patent is about projecting an image, adjusted for depth and the user 360° and the process in which you do it.  It's not just a patent about projecting an image around a room for the purpose of gaming.  My guess is that it's a part of a bigger picture that will include glasses.  So not only do you see the surroundings projected about you, but with the glasses you'll see objects nearby.

Supposedly this is supposed to be ready in 2014.  So, next Xbox.

Fair point.  Except that it doesn't necessarily replace the control scheme.  Instead of using the "look" functionality of a game pad, the user would instead just look.  It's possible that means a game developer could offer two different control schemes, one for the enhanced display and one without it.

It's main function is to provide a broader display, rather than one limited by the size of the TV.

This is the same sort of idea as VR goggles, but shittier.