TV not big enough? Microsoft shows off new ‘holodeck’ system to turn your ENTIRE living room into a screen
Worldwide, Daily news | ankakh | January 16, 2013 3:26
Microsoft has revealed an astonishing prototypes projector and scanner than can turn an entire living room into a screen.
Microsoft has refused to reveal details of how the system works until it is presented at a computer graphics conference later this year.
‘IllumiRoom uses a Kinect for Windows camera 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.’
The Kinect sensor, more usually used to allow users to control computer games, is known to contain several sensors capable of tracking a user’s movement in highly accurate detail.
The Kinect will also be able to recognise the furniture in your room, either incorporating chairs and tables directly into the game, or masking them by adapting the video output to render the items invisible.
It conjures up an image where a gamer could literally turn around in their living room to see an enemy sneaking up behind them.
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