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Microsoft Surface on a Wii Balance Board
Posted by Mark Wilson at 11:00 PM on October 3, 2008
It's tough to imagine the eureka moment when an engineer, equating the Microsoft Surface with a fat person with a penchant for curly fries dipped in ranch, decided to place the Surface on the Wii Balance Board. But the result, coupled with a custom-coded Surface app, creates a tilt screen of epic proportions. Pushing on one edge of the Surface works just like rotating an iPhone. And we can't wait to see the technology manifest to an insane 4-player co-op game of Monkey Ball. [Stimulant via ubergizmo]
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LiquidGravity
Posted 11:14 PM 3/10/08
That was actually pretty sweet. I'm really hoping that multi-touch is done right. There are so many ways they could make a potentially really cool and fun device work cold and boring.
Anyways here's hoping they don't f it up.
LiquidGravity
stretta
Posted 11:42 PM 3/10/08
monome tilt
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ViperBorg
Posted 12:49 AM 4/10/08
Holy crap, that's frickkin sweet.
ViperBorg
Reilaos: Reading Comprehension is your friend!
Posted 1:36 AM 4/10/08
In before "Apple did it first"!
Reilaos: Reading Comprehension is your friend!
Gary_7vn
Posted 2:40 AM 4/10/08
Multi touch pron, it's the future!
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GTgeek
Posted 12:15 AM 4/10/08
I can't wait to go to Vegas and play with the MS Surfaces they have at some of the hip bars there. Wow, I just realized how nerdy that sounds...
GTgeek
JEmlay
Posted 4:07 AM 4/10/08
@Gary_7vn:
Word!
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JEmlay
Posted 4:06 AM 4/10/08
Well, Mutitouch will be in Windows 7 so hopefully all these projector based surface machines can go bye-bye!
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JEmlay
Posted 4:05 AM 4/10/08
@stretta:
I think the cat was dead. That's what happens when you spend months trying to build a motion toy all while forgetting to feed your cat!
JEmlay
Bokusatsu_Tenshi
Posted 5:56 AM 4/10/08
Nice and all, and maybe this is just be being grumpy because today I'm grumpy...
But am I the only one tired of watching test or concept videos involving Wii, Wii peripherals, or other gadgetry that might-become-something-really-interesting-but-never-does?
You know, like Playstation Eye and augmented reality stuff, WiiMote and Jhonny Lee's ideas, etc etc?
I don't mean the ideas are bad, but I'm getting kinda tired of waiting for the great new games that will use those ideas that never really happens.
Bokusatsu_Tenshi
JEmlay
Posted 9:15 AM 4/10/08
@Bokusatsu_Tenshi:
I use the Wii White Board project at work all the time. Employees here love it!
Took me a while to find a decent WIDE ANGLE IRLED but in the end it turned out very well!
JEmlay