With
your body as the controller, nothing comes between you and the action!
Gearing up for the launch of Kinect, the full motion - control camera for Xbox 360 that utilises the player's
body as controller, Microsoft hosted a full play day to show off its forthcoming titles and finally confirmed a European launch date for Kinect of 10 November.
Not exact matches
A gaming experience my startup created was for PepsiCo and involved using your
body as the game
controller to provide input on the screen instead of using a traditional mouse or handheld
controller.
The pineal acts
as a
controller of our
body's clock, including the day - to - day 24 - hour clock that tells us when to sleep and when to wake.
The new
controllers developed by Audi for the air suspension and active damping vary the
body height and superstructure comfort
as a function of the situation.
Design is the same
as before, since it's the exact same
controller, and features just a few buttons on its
body.
3D depth - sensing technology accurately tracks your
body as well
as DUALSHOCK 4 and PlayStation Move
controllers to provide an intuitive and extraordinary gaming experience.
Harmonix stayed on the cutting edge of emerging technology, leading to the creation of EyeToy: AntiGrav for the PlayStation ® EyeToy ®, one of the first home games where the player's
body served
as the
controller for on screen action.
Most significant was the speculation that the NX would be an unusual hybrid concept that was capable of functioning
as both a home console and
as a portable, courtesy of a pair of
controllers that could attach to either end of a tablet - like
body.
An elementary difficulty with Kinect's grand premise of the
body as «
controller» is that
bodies aren't assembled on a factory line.»
In the game players control a VT (Vertical Tank) pilot using a combination of a regular
controller and the Kinect, allowing the player to do various actions, such
as switch gears, use a scope, exit the VT through the hatch and more with
body movements, while controlling the VT and its combat functions with the
controller.
Getting a little ahead of ourselves, we asked how possible it would be to use the equipment
as full -
body controllers for games.
YEI Technology has confirmed that its PrioVR full
body motion
controller for virtual reality (VR) experiences will not be shipping in June 2014
as originally planned.
It reminded us a little of a diving board in that regard,
as there's a space between the end of the button and the
body of the
controller.
Even then it could be used
as a backup tracking solution for
controllers should the wearer's
body or another object block the line of sight to the mounted Lighthouse sensors.
Games designed for a
controller play really well, and having the screen and
controller body as one unit brings a different experience compared to using a separate USB or Bluetooth
controller and your existing phone or tablet.