CES: Xbox IllumiRoom New Details

[Adam91]

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.

 

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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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[D-38 Boss]

That's an interesting idea. Can't think of anything else to say about it. I'd consider getting it if there was a guarantee it would work and it was cheap enough.

[NAMUH38]

I was watching this and thinking about halo...to view anything beyond the screen would be out of context! you're in a big metal suit looking out of a window

[Durandal v2]

That's different

[Adam91]

I was watching this and thinking about halo...to view anything beyond the screen would be out of context! you're in a big metal suit looking out of a window

Can you imagine playing a space level in a Halo game or any sci fi game with the planets and stars all over your walls? it would look great.

[Choot 'em]

I remember when this idea was first mentioned! It's interesting to see this concept as a demo. Gives a new meaning to the phrase "Gameroom", lol! Will definitely keep an eye out for more info in April!

 

One possible downfall is it may be a little strenuous on "older" eyes. Thanks for the info adam!

[MCPO Mayh3m]

Freaking. Awesome. Nuf said.

[BeckoningZebra1]

Is it a new kinect, update, or something that'll come with the new Xbox?