Control your PC, with a lemon wedge
Or a sock, or a pen, or an armchair...
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Gaming execs may think the future of consoles lies in unique controller designs, but one firm is trying to get PC gamers to control games with everything from plastic bottles to Windows user guide booklets.
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Cam-Trax Technologies claims to have developed a “unique patented software solution” that can track any object in real-time with reliability and precision. Although very little has been said about how the software actually works, the firm has stated that all the tracking is done through a web cam.
Cam-Trax claims its software can turn any object into a PC game controller
In a promotional video, gamers are shown holding all sorts of various objects in front of a web cam, including what looks like a lump of wood. Cam-Trax’s software appears to quickly map the size and shape of each object, before allowing them to be used to control on-screen games.
Unfortunately, the software isn’t available to purchase yet.
COMMENTS
Think of the funny videos
Someone forgets they have a video chat program running at the same time as playing their game and they will be another instant YouTube star.
From the picture (can't do the vid at work) it can detect the tip of the gun, but can it tell which way its pointing? Only works if pointed straight at the camera and not at a slight angle across it.
Awesome - wish it had come out sooner.
This will make gesture recognition possible. Can I have this installed throughout my house to control all the electric switches, dials and knobs?
Control a game with a sock?
Control a game with a sock?
Err......get a sock and put a Wiimote in it?
Control a game with a lemon wedge, etc...etc....
Err......tape a Wiimote to it?
Well it seems good enough for Nintendo, who release all sorts of "new" controls devices for the Wii which basically consist of a piece of plastic with a Wiimote stuck in it somewhere.
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