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Microsoft has been showing of it's new technology at CES, it is called "Xbox IllumiRoom". What it does is make your entire room part of the TV screen, your walls will show the content that breaches the edges of your TV and acts as an extension to your screen. More details below. Article and videos are from IGN. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHV4nclMdGc During Samsung’s keynote at CES today, Microsoft unveiled IllumiRoom, a new technology that turns the entire room around your TV into an extension of the screen. As explained on Microsoft’s official site, IllumiRoom uses Kinect and a projector “to blur the lines between on-screen content and the environment we live in allowing us to combine our virtual and physical worlds.” Microsoft explains that IllumiRoom “augments the area surrounding a television screen with projected visualizations to enhance the traditional living room entertainment experience” and “can change the appearance of the room, induce apparent motion, extend the field of view, and enable entirely new game experiences." Kinect captures the geometry of a room and adapts projected visuals “in real-time without any need to custom pre-process the graphics. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoUGRGjG07E In a video demo shown off during Samsung’s keynote, Microsoft showed off several different applications of the technology, noting that the footage was “captured live and is not the result of any special effects added in post production.” IllumiRoom appears to be the realization of the immersive display experience Microsoft patented last year, which aimed to make gaming “more realistic” and eliminating “out of context images” that sit next to your TV. Whether or not IllumiRoom will tie-in with next Xbox or the next generation of Kinect remains to be seen, but Microsoft says more details will be revealed at the ACM SIGCHI Conference in Paris in April.
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The IllumiRoom is a image protective system that allows the New Xbox to project a 'real image' in the surrounding environment of where the Television connected to the console is. [/YouTube] The IllumiRoom amplifies the traditional gaming experience with expanding the view of one's gaming. The system can make even the most generic of rooms to a fantastic world of art as a cartoonish land. The illusions can distort reality, creating an entirely new environment in which to play in, as well as expand the view of the game into the surrounding objects. The system is a secondary device to the XBox and would remain on a space on a family's coffee table allowing a wide view of the room. With the prototype currently in use, the Kinect is used alongside it to analyse the room for the system to run. The main focus with the IllumiRoom is to expand the field of view. From the games reality into our physical reality that we live in. With many ways of doing soon such as highlighting object's edges and allowing only certain elements such as rays of in-game light to be projected. Other elements can be projected for an easier way to play for the average gamer. Allowing for a simple style to play a game, without having the complicated issues usually met with. Such other amazing features such as 'stars' appearing on your walls or snowflakes falling down onto the ground are some of the virtual images able to be given by the projector, even with some features 'acting' with the physical objects in the room. Shadowing is another addition to the system, allowing it to project even the smallest shades on the room, giving a depth to the TV's surroundings. The system does not stop at gaming however, the IllumiRoom including all forms of video media to its books, from HD Movies to a standard TV show. The system allows for many combinations of features to be used at once, so it doesn't limit the user to only one or two options at a time. However there are minor limitations to the system. Because its a light a based system. Artificial light and more importantly, naturally light can affect the ability to view the projections clearly. But for the general use of one system, it works fine. Finishing, the IllumiRoom is an amazing piece of technology, allowing one to expand from their Television screen to covering their walls in an amazing array of colour and art. The target audience is unlimited, and is a huge attention to all interested in literally, expanding their views. More information is expected at the MicroSoft showcase for the new Xbox console, and possibly, some more this week. Credit to IGN for this extended insight.
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The IllumiRoom is a image protective system that allows the New Xbox to project a 'real image' in the surrounding environment of where the Television connected to the console is. [/YouTube] The IllumiRoom amplifies the traditional gaming experience with expanding the view of one's gaming. The system can make even the most generic of rooms to a fantastic world of art as a cartoonish land. The illusions can distort reality, creating an entirely new environment in which to play in, as well as expand the view of the game into the surrounding objects. The system is a secondary device to the XBox and would remain on a space on a family's coffee table allowing a wide view of the room. With the prototype currently in use, the Kinect is used alongside it to analyse the room for the system to run. The main focus with the IllumiRoom is to expand the field of view. From the games reality into our physical reality that we live in. With many ways of doing soon such as highlighting object's edges and allowing only certain elements such as rays of in-game light to be projected. Other elements can be projected for an easier way to play for the average gamer. Allowing for a simple style to play a game, without having the complicated issues usually met with. Such other amazing features such as 'stars' appearing on your walls or snowflakes falling down onto the ground are some of the virtual images able to be given by the projector, even with some features 'acting' with the physical objects in the room. Shadowing is another addition to the system, allowing it to project even the smallest shades on the room, giving a depth to the TV's surroundings. The system does not stop at gaming however, the IllumiRoom including all forms of video media to its books, from HD Movies to a standard TV show. The system allows for many combinations of features to be used at once, so it doesn't limit the user to only one or two options at a time. However there are minor limitations to the system. Because its a light a based system. Artificial light and more importantly, naturally light can affect the ability to view the projections clearly. But for the general use of one system, it works fine. Finishing, the IllumiRoom is an amazing piece of technology, allowing one to expand from their Television screen to covering their walls in an amazing array of colour and art. The target audience is unlimited, and is a huge attention to all interested in literally, expanding their views. More information is expected at the MicroSoft showcase for the new Xbox console, and possibly, some more this week. Credit to IGN for this extended insight. View full article
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Microsoft has been showing of it's new technology at CES, it is called "Xbox IllumiRoom". What it does is make your entire room part of the TV screen, your walls will show the content that breaches the edges of your TV and acts as an extension to your screen. More details below. Article and videos are from IGN. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHV4nclMdGc During Samsung’s keynote at CES today, Microsoft unveiled IllumiRoom, a new technology that turns the entire room around your TV into an extension of the screen. As explained on Microsoft’s official site, IllumiRoom uses Kinect and a projector “to blur the lines between on-screen content and the environment we live in allowing us to combine our virtual and physical worlds.” Microsoft explains that IllumiRoom “augments the area surrounding a television screen with projected visualizations to enhance the traditional living room entertainment experience” and “can change the appearance of the room, induce apparent motion, extend the field of view, and enable entirely new game experiences." Kinect captures the geometry of a room and adapts projected visuals “in real-time without any need to custom pre-process the graphics. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoUGRGjG07E In a video demo shown off during Samsung’s keynote, Microsoft showed off several different applications of the technology, noting that the footage was “captured live and is not the result of any special effects added in post production.” IllumiRoom appears to be the realization of the immersive display experience Microsoft patented last year, which aimed to make gaming “more realistic” and eliminating “out of context images” that sit next to your TV. Whether or not IllumiRoom will tie-in with next Xbox or the next generation of Kinect remains to be seen, but Microsoft says more details will be revealed at the ACM SIGCHI Conference in Paris in April. View full article
