Dirt bike! As a kid I would imagine racing a dirt bike along the side of the highway, not I can virtually actually do it :)

Navin R Johnson

Could you attach this to the windshield and have a linear version of frogger?

venomous_duck41

@Kevin: Espically when your driving while playing at the same time.

venomous_duck41

Hah, that's pretty cool. It's basically doing what I did in my head half the time while riding in the car as a kid.

typoink

Love it! But you definitely need to be driving through, say, not Kansas e.g.

scarbrtj

@everyxnewxday: Didn't you see the 'hole' in the building he had to pass through?

N@tedog

@everyxnewxday: They show in the video a small green box the player has to navigate through.

Shawnladd

I am suddenly reminded of the greatest driving simulator of all-time -

Desert Bus

You drive a bus from Tucson, AZ to Las Vegas, NV in real time at a maximum speed of 45mph, a feat that would take the player 8 hours of continuous play to complete because the game cannot be paused (real life has no pause button).

The bus contains no passengers and there is no scenery or other cars on the road. The bus veers to the right slightly meaning it is impossible to tape down a button to go do something else and have the game end properly.

If the bus veers off the road it will stall and be towed back to Tucson IN REAL TIME. If you make it to Las Vegas, you score one point. You then have the option to make the return trip to Tucson - for another point (a decision they must make in a few seconds or the game ends).

Players may continue to make trips and score points as long as their endurance holds out. Some players who have completed the trip have also noted that, although the scenery never changes, a bug splats on the windscreen about five hours through the first trip, and on the return trip the light does fade, with differences at dusk, and later a pitch black road where the player is guided only with headlights.

OMG! Ponies!

wow, such a cool idea.

MrBlahBlah

And if you hop to the driver's side, you got yourself the most realistic driving sim ever, well w/o the simulation part...

Alex7575

What happens when you go past tall trees, telephone poles, and lamp posts? You'd have nowhere to go!

Not that I'm complaining. This looks awesome.

everyxnewxday

At first I thought you would be using the window surface to play on. Still pretty cool though.

venomous_duck41

Starfox...on the road...Awesome...

mxjcmxjc

Things get really interesting at 120mph !!!!

Kevin

i want one! :)

Originalas

@discounteggroll: You mean last week? :)

homerjay

Great, just what we need, more distractions for drivers on the road. Why don't we put this in trains so the engineers can play too?

Noobs-R-Us

I remember the days of sitting in the passenger seat of my mom's car and using my finger to jump over cars, utility poles, buildings, etc.

This is a very nice upgrade to that little game.

discounteggroll

I used to do the exact same thing! For some reason, a dirt bike make the most sense when it came to imagining somthing driving just off road beside you.

Next version: outside of commercial aircraft. Passengers can dogfight each other outside of the plane on long trips!

MerWiz

Starfox FTW

Nemesisesq

@Noobs-R-Us: Oh snap!

ILoveToast

Would the most ironic game to play on this be Spy Hunter?

LoganSix

Did they really have to rip off Starfox in the process? Just wondering.

DisposableInterloper

@Kevin: 88 mph unlocks god mode.

Zkdog

@Zkdog: Sometimes, I just love our commenters...

rcast1986

- Officer, I swear!
- I did not rear ended him, we were both hit by a photon torpedo!
- Scout's honor...I swear !

aec007

@discounteggroll: Did the same thing, except just in my head. I had rules and crap for it to, and powerups. God I miss having the free mind of a child.

BoinK

@typoink: Exactly what I was thinking.

bucho54

would be great when they introduce the multiplayer version.

Play with all the cars around u!!

medopal

I'd wanted to do something like this with glasses years back. FPS wherever you go. Walking through town, blasting the shit out of aliens that jump out from behind that tree down the street from your house. Multiplayer action even? Well, with this, its the start. Can't wait to see more!

Now combine this with that Brain-Wave Reading Head Thingie™ and we're set!

WildWon

@OMG! Ponies!: Penn & Teller much?

WildWon

@BoinK: While you guys were doing this, i was paying attention and learning directions. Have fun with your GPSes. :D

bobojuice

@mxjcmxjc: Already came out. Its called Starfox: The Car Sick edition

AmplifiedHustler

Oh man.. could you imagine this with a game like Excite Bike? You'd have to throw in a ramp here and there, but damn that'd be fun.

JediMasta

@Navin R Johnson: @MerWiz: Ever since I got my first dirt bike when I was 8 thats all I could think when I looked out my window. Sometimes I catch myself doing it still.

venomous_duck41

would be m@venomous_duck41: me too. It's not quite as cool if you're not playing on the window surface.

gerrylum

Good ole Starfox. Man now I want to play that game but the snes is broken. :(

Kharnellius

@Kevin: 120mph? Imagine if you put this on a sportscar!

thefutureisnow

@typoink:
It's good to know I wasn't the only kid to do that.

Darkest Daze

this and automated driving would be a excellent combo.

citizen024

Meh. It's been done before -- perhaps not to the same degree (because it was done on a Palm-based Treo) but it was a lot more augmented-reality than this.

+ Watch video

Mindfield

With the addition of multiple cameras in many new model cars, the different POVs could add a lot of flavor to various game styles. Very clever and original. Although, I certainly hope it gets restricted to back-seat use with headphones... :P

I already find the use of large, video-playing, dash-mounted LCD screens to be questionable in terms of safety. Most drivers are retarded enough without adding to their laundry-list of distractions.

Driving, talking on a cellphone, trying to follow GPS directions, and playing a video game, while Iron Man is playing on the LCD screen... sure, no problem.

BeautifulAgony

@everyxnewxday: Did you not watch the video? The software sees the "obstruction" and determines the best spot to place a "warp" gateway (based on degrees of contrast) tha tyou must navigate your ship through.

BeautifulAgony

@venomous_duck41:

Eventually I'm sure it could.... this being a prototype, I'm sure they didn't have the scratch to develop smart-glass with embedded haptic touch sensors and 3D emulation...

But I have no doubt, given the nature of the automobile industry, that someday such things will exist.

BeautifulAgony

Wow, this is ingenious.

Wolfess

@Noobs-R-Us:
I case you haven't noticed, dear lummox, it's not intended for the driver.

DisposableInterloper

I did the same thing as a kid. I pretended a ninja running along on the side of the road, swinging and bouncing off buildings and stuff.

My wife said I was crazy and no one else ever did it, but today, this has proven me right! Woo-hoo!

Now, for someone other than me and RockStar to talk about people decorating their rooms with black trashbags on the wall like wallpaper back in the 80's pre-goth era. It got a mention on the radio in GTA: Vice City. But my wife doesn't remember the fad at all.

saigumi

@venomous_duck41: Ditto. I was expecting an LCD monitor over, or in place of, the window with exterior lighting for the backlight.

hnkelley

@thefutureisnow: I'd love to try it on my motorcycle!

hnkelley