Category: Computers

If anything, this give excelent info on Hip Gear/Intec Screen Pad hacking. Two of those and a few bits of camera gear and you would have a useable head mounted virtual reality / stereo vision unit.

The game grrl is a portable, gameboy sized nes, complete with a 2.5” backlit lcd, buttons from a real nes joystick, and all your favorite nintendo games.

I wonder if some of the other ‘all in one’ units could be hacked like this. Hum.. A generic display/controler box that would clip onto the game system of your choice. Now that would be a cool project.
Game Grrl — Portable Nintendo Game System

I think that this example of augmented reality could change the way humans interact with any sort of computer interface. However, I think that playing Pac Man in a mall would be a blast!

…Human Pacman also explores novel tangible aspects of human physical movement, senses and perception, both on the player’s environment and on the interaction with the digital world. For example to devour the virtual “enemy”, the player has to tap on the real physical enemy’s shoulder, which is an instinctive action to “catch” the “enemy”.By employing the philosophy of ubiquitous computing [2], we have implemented a system that embeds everyday physical objects with digital fantasy meanings. For example, players have to collect virtual ingredients by intuitively picking up physical sugar jars laid across the game area. These Bluetooth embedded sugar jars when picked up will automatically communicate with the wearable computer by adding the corresponding virtual ingredient to the inventory list of the player.

MXR Lab_research_HP
Summary of Human Pacman