Sitting on the floor while gaming sucks. If you’ve got a tile floor, all your body heat is immediately sucked out; hardwood is incredibly uncomfortable and we won’t even talk about the horror of rug burns (for all our sakes). Over the years, I’ve experimented with various gaming/seating solutions, everything from a beanbag to an office chair, but short of dragging a giant La-Z-Boy into my man-dungeon (the one small spot in the house where my action figures, video games and comic books used to live, before I had kids), nothing really worked out well. I’ve seen a few “game chair” thingees over the years, but always remained skeptical. Skeptical, that is, until Jamie Duran from Ultimate Game Chair came in with the Renegade Game Chair. Clicken mit ze linkenmouse!
Johnny Lee Chung, a graduate PhD student, has come up with some interesting applications for the Nintendo Wii Remote. One of his projects allows you to interact with your computer by waving your hands in the air (kinda like in the movie Minority Report). My favorite project he is working on is his “Head Tracking for Desktop VR Displays using the Wii Remote”, the video of which is posted above. I was very impressed after watching it and I hope that someone at Nintendo see’s it and hires the guy. Go to his website and check out his other projects.
Chris from Nyko stopped by the Capcom Unity labs to show off Nyko’s latest cool peripheral, the PerfectShot. As you’ve undoubtedly discovered by this point, playing Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles with the Nintendo Zapper can be fun, but the overall design of the Zapper doesn’t really lend itself to true arcade-style lightgunning. Nyko’s answer is much more true to what you would expect a lightgun to look — and more importantly — feel like. Bonus: it’s only $15! Follow the jump to see your stalwart Unity team rocking the PerfectShot in the Capcom demo room. Read the rest of this entry »
Sitting on the floor while gaming sucks. If you’ve got a tile floor, all your body heat is immediately sucked out; hardwood is incredibly uncomfortable and we won’t even talk about the horror of rug burns (for all our sakes). Over the years, I’ve experimented with various gaming/seating solutions, everything from a beanbag to an office chair, but short of dragging a giant La-Z-Boy into my man-dungeon (the one small spot in the house where my action figures, video games and comic books used to live, before I had kids), nothing really worked out well. I’ve seen a few “game chair” thingees over the years, but always remained skeptical. Skeptical, that is, until Jamie Duran from Ultimate Game Chair came in with the Renegade Game Chair. Clicken mit ze linkenmouse!
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