IllumiRoom: Peripheral Projected Illusions for Interactive Experiences
IllumiRoom is a proof-of-concept system that augments the area surrounding a television with projected visualizations to enhance traditional gaming experiences. We investigate how projected visualizations in the periphery can negate, include, or augment the existing physical environment and complement the content displayed on the television screen. Peripheral projected illusions can change the appearance of the room, induce apparent motion, extend the field of view, and enable entirely new physical gaming experiences. Our system is entirely self-calibrating and is designed to work in any room. We present a detailed exploration of the design space of peripheral projected illusions and we demonstrate ways to trigger and drive such illusions from gaming content. We also contribute specific feedback from two groups of target users (10 gamers and 15 game designers); providing insights for enhancing game experiences through peripheral projected illusions.
Microsoft IllumiRoom preview for next-generation Xbox - 05/01/2013 07:49 AM
Microsoft has remained fairly quiet about its next-generation Xbox plans and IllumiRoom. Microsoft's Eric Rudder and the Xbox team were quick to stress it's simply a proof-of-concept project, but t...
CES 2013 - Microsoft IllumiRoom - 01/11/2013 10:37 AM
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This is so cool, love the distorsion effect in particular.
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love this stuff.
It’s very, very cool tech but it’s, like, for a consumer, it requires projectors and things. It’s really super-neat if you’re in the lab and you’ve got Microsoft money and you could totally set up this awesome lab, but... we looked at it, but for an average customer it’s, like, thousands of dollars ."
Guess we will never see it