JJonas Posted January 10, 2013 Posted January 10, 2013 Xbox 360 News: Xbox IllumiRoom video - the next generation of gameplay revealed? - Xbox 360 - The Official Magazine 1
apeo Posted January 10, 2013 Posted January 10, 2013 Very cool but not really sure its worth the effort and the cost (assume there's an extra cost for this) to set it up.
JJonas Posted January 10, 2013 Author Posted January 10, 2013 My thoughts That does appear to be running on a standard Xbox 360. I would guess in the room scanning stage it identifies the TV and the projector then avoids projecting an image over the TV
CHR1S Posted January 10, 2013 Posted January 10, 2013 I like the idea, but it will only work at night or in a dark room with light coloured walls. We all use projectors daily... could be expensive to run and maintain. Saying that, I do want one lol!!
synaesthesia Posted January 10, 2013 Posted January 10, 2013 That looks a HELL of a lot better than 3D. Although that's not difficult. 3D is ****.
hardtailstar Posted January 10, 2013 Posted January 10, 2013 I guess im repainting my walls and rearanging my room!
Jamman960 Posted January 10, 2013 Posted January 10, 2013 I wonder how they'll package this, they could either sell an adaptor and allow us to purchase a projector to suit/use one we already have or force everyone to buy a "special" projector... a half decent projector is going to cost around £400-500, if they go the special route I can't see them using a brilliant one as they probably wouldn't sell many
SYNACK Posted January 10, 2013 Posted January 10, 2013 I wonder how they'll package this, they could either sell an adaptor and allow us to purchase a projector to suit/use one we already have or force everyone to buy a "special" projector... a half decent projector is going to cost around £400-500, if they go the special route I can't see them using a brilliant one as they probably wouldn't sell many They don't make you use special TVs so unless it required some special additional components it'll probably just be standard projectors.
X-13 Posted January 10, 2013 Posted January 10, 2013 (edited) They don't make you use special TVs so unless it required some special additional components it'll probably just be standard projectors. My money is on it being like Kinect. Standard hardware [from what I can see of the actual Kinect hardware] repackaged and sold at a premium. While it would be possible to use "compatible" products, they're only compatible for as long as Microsoft allow it. Also, the scanning part looks like it needs special hardware. Probably an upgrade to the projector. Edited January 10, 2013 by X-13
SYNACK Posted January 10, 2013 Posted January 10, 2013 My money is on it being like Kinect. Standard hardware [from what I can see of the actual Kinect hardware] repackaged and sold at a premium. While it would be possible to use "compatible" products, they're only compatible for as long as Microsoft allow it. Also, the scanning part looks like it needs special hardware. Probably an upgrade to the projector. It depends on what you mean by premium, the kinect hardware before mass, uniform production would have cost me at least a couple of thousand dollars. On special I got hit for the princely sum of $100 nz, probably 35p in your counties currency. If it is specialty and an add on it is likely it will be priced as an accessory hence just above impulse buy price point. MSR stuff while epic only comes to market every so often, the ideas though end up embedded in all sorts of stuff, long term stuff mainly. They usually work at least five to ten years in the future, from a release point of view. It's probably where apple gets all it's ideas that aren't from Intel.
X-13 Posted January 10, 2013 Posted January 10, 2013 It depends on what you mean by premium, the kinect hardware before mass, uniform production would have cost me at least a couple of thousand dollars. On special I got hit for the princely sum of $100 nz, probably 35p in your counties currency. If it is specialty and an add on it is likely it will be priced as an accessory hence just above impulse buy price point. Kinect here [With animals and another game "free"] is ~£90. £90 for a glorified webcam. [i know... It does more. shush.] I've seen a non microsoft one for about £13. But, I wouldn't trust it to work. It's probably where apple gets all it's ideas that aren't from Intel. Not even 1 page before the Apple bashing begins. You live up to your signature.
CHR1S Posted January 10, 2013 Posted January 10, 2013 Not even 1 page before the Apple bashing begins. You live up to your signature. I used to be very pro Apple, but more and more im seeing less innovation from them and more attempts to patent others ideas for profit. I've even moved from iPhone to S3 and its a much better product. My point, its good to see innovation instead of lawsuits.
SYNACK Posted January 10, 2013 Posted January 10, 2013 (edited) Kinect here [With animals and another game "free"] is ~£90. £90 for a glorified webcam. [i know... It does more. shush.] I've seen a non microsoft one for about £13. But, I wouldn't trust it to work. Not even 1 page before the Apple bashing begins. You live up to your signature. The tech itself was developed by an external company who were brought by ms who handed it over to MSR that added several hundred thousand hours of supercomputer time and expert systems algorythyms to make it us able within the processor constraints of the Xbox 360. They also brough both mass production and mass market to the equation making the bits cheap enough to be practical. Re signature, I try, I couldn't lie to everyone, it would be wrong :-) Edited January 10, 2013 by SYNACK
LosOjos Posted January 10, 2013 Posted January 10, 2013 Although demo'ed with a 360, perhaps this could be planned for the '720'? If it's as 'good' as Kinect though, I'll pass. Can't afford a house big enough to use that damned thing on my salary.
JJonas Posted January 10, 2013 Author Posted January 10, 2013 New article OXM Blog: How IllumiRoom could win the next gen war for Xbox 720 - Xbox 360 - The Official Magazine Also I dont think we see the projector in the video anywhere.
LosOjos Posted January 10, 2013 Posted January 10, 2013 Also I dont think we see the projector in the video anywhere. I can't see it either, but there has to be one somewhere. The video appears to me to be entirely a concept though, much like the original Kinect one (whose games never seem to have materialised) Also - there's talk of it producing 3D visuals, which to me means hologram - that video shows nothing of the sort...
JJonas Posted January 10, 2013 Author Posted January 10, 2013 from the video description on Youtube IllumiRoom is a proof-of-concept Microsoft Research project designed to push the boundary of living room immersive entertainment by blending our virtual and physical worlds with projected visualizations. The effects in the video are rendered in real time and are captured live -- not special effects added in post processing. I think the 3D visuals they are talking about is the bit where it appears to deform the shelves (see the bit at 42 seconds)
sted Posted January 10, 2013 Posted January 10, 2013 If it's as 'good' as Kinect though, I'll pass. Can't afford a house big enough to use that damned thing on my salary. no ive found that i bought a kinect over christmas and the kinect just keeps telling me to move back any further back and ive got to stand on the sofa might try temp wall mounting it at eye level shoule help as the tv is about a foot from the wall
JJonas Posted January 10, 2013 Author Posted January 10, 2013 at 33 seconds there is something on the right hand side of the xbox with two green lights on it - anyone know what it is? is this part of the hardware?
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