{"id":69315,"date":"2014-10-07T06:56:57","date_gmt":"2014-10-07T04:56:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=69315"},"modified":"2014-10-07T06:58:59","modified_gmt":"2014-10-07T04:58:59","slug":"turn-your-room-into-a-video-game-level","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/69315-turn-your-room-into-a-video-game-level","title":{"rendered":"Turn your room into a video game level"},"content":{"rendered":"

Microsoft has revealed version 2.0 of its IllumiRoom project, called RoomAlive<\/a>. In short, the system uses Kinects\u00a0and standard projectors to turn your lounge or bedroom – or any room, in fact – into your own video game level.<\/p>\n

The RoomAlive project is the latest attempt\u00a0from Microsoft to try and perfect interactive gaming technology, and looks similar to the game from the recently released movie Her<\/a>. (The clip contains strong language.)<\/p>\n

RoomAlive requires you to install several “procams” – each unit consists of a projector, Kinect, and a control device – after which the system will map your room and auto-calibrate itself. Microsoft references six procam units in its\u00a0example.<\/p>\n

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Procam<\/p><\/div>\n

Once the system is set up, the projectors throw an overlapping\u00a0image onto the walls and floor of the room, along with the elements you interact with. In the testing video – posted below – these range from dart traps which you must dodge, mole-like creatures you must punch, kick, or shoot with a gun-controller, and small robots which you must shoot by controlling a soldier avatar.<\/p>\n

What is cool about the soldier avatar game is the ability of the character to run along the floor and up walls – 3D gaming, if you will. RoomAlive can also be set to make your room look like the inside of a factory, a forest receiving some rain, or a bug-infested area.<\/p>\n

The video demo can be watched, below.<\/p>\n