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The Archives
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11.26.08Etch-A-Sketch-A-Prim: Pen Tablet for 3D ModelsBy way of Pais, an application that allows you to sketch 3D models with a "pen and paper" interface. Useful, I suppose, for rapid prototyping, group brainstorms, that kind of thing. What's not clear to me is whether the sketches can then be exported somehow - to Maya, say, or 3DS. But what is clear is the reminder that there's still lots of room to innovate on the tools for building, prototyping, and interfaces. ILoveSketch from Seok-Hyung Bae on Vimeo. Continue Reading...
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08.07.08Virtual World Emotions: Think It, Feel It, Show ItThe Emtotiv head set, available this fall, allows people to control video games with brain waves. The device, which I've covered previously, has been called "uncanny" and is likened to having 'avatar ESP'. Source: USA Today The $299 device will help make games more compelling, responding to your emotional state to ratchet up (or down) the level of challenge in a game. One of the modules is described as follows: Affectiv™ Suite The Affectiv suite monitors player emotional states in real-time. It provides an extra dimension in game interaction by allowing the game to respond to a player’s emotions. Characters can transform in response ...
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02.27.08Emotiv Demo at GDC ConferenceThe Metaverse Journal coverage of the GDC conference included a summary of the Emotiv headset. One of the news pieces focuses on a demonstration of the Emotiv headset, which we’ve written about before. The piece describes a demonstration at the 2008 Game Developers Conference of a future that is now: the helmet uses 16 EEG sensors attached to the head to detect electrical impulses, which trigger different tools that set off applications to control the game and, the makers say, to be able to control games using thoughts. Over at Gamasutra, no comment is made on the deeper implications of an interface ...
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02.20.08Run Your Second Life – With Feeling!Emotiv Systems will allow you to run your Second Life or other game avatar directly from your mind. Per their Web site, this device, which is first aimed at the entertainment and game market, receives feedback from the user in the following ways: "The Affectiv™ suite measures discreet emotional states.The Cognitiv™ suite detects conscious thoughts.The Expressiv™ suite can identify facial expressions in real-time. The following is a description of the Affectiv suite: Affectiv™ Suite The Affectiv suite monitors player emotional states in real-time. It provides an extra dimension in game interaction by allowing the game to respond to a player's emotions. Characters can transform in ...
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