An Xbox That Bleeds Into Your Walls

It’s a concept from Microsoft called the Illumiroom. And it’s real. Ish.

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An Xbox That Bleeds Into Your Walls
Matt Buchanan

Source: youtube.com

The average size of TVs, like phones, seems bigger all the time. There are simple constraints to how massive a TV can be, though: it needs to fit inside of your cramped hovel. But, what if you turn your hovel into a screen? That’s exactly what Microsoft’s IllumiRoom does. And it’s real — Microsoft Research has built a working proof-of-concept using a Kinect and a projector, turning an entire living room in a giant Xbox screen. The system “can change the appearance of the room, induce apparent motion, extend the field of view, and enable entirely new game experiences.”

Turning physical environments into computing surfaces isn’t a new idea — it’s long been considered the next logical step as the inputs, data and displays multiply in our lives beyond counting. A Microsoft concept video imagines what an entire world architected that way would be like — it feels strangely limitless, like you’re being constantly swallowed by data. Or you know, aliens.

Source: youtube.com

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      This feels like it would spoil the players rather than treat them.
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      It’s inevitable. Imagine our grand kids at thanksgiving- brains plugged into a machine ala The Matrix while the adults all stand around the living room with our faces in thin, ultra flexible tablets and phones, no one saying a word.

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      Awesome

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