deoxys
10-26-2011, 10:32 PM
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Out of curiosity to see just how immersive they could make a game, some guys on a British tv show decided to use Battlefield 3 as an opportunity to create a realistic game simulator, or, at least as realistic as they could.
For those who don't want to watch, or would rather skip to the end, the lowdown is this:
- Giant igloo shaped tent as a room to facilitate the game
- 5 HD projectors hanging from the ceiling to give a 360 degree view screen
- Shifting ambient lighting to reflect the atmosphere in game
- A type of slow moving treadmill that encompasses the entirety of the floor to simulate walking, so that when your character is prompted to walk a certain direction on screen, you would as well
- Paintball guns in all corners of the tent to fire at the player when the player in the game gets shot
- A replica gun with iron sights and built in motion tracking to track movement of the gun on screen.
- Hunting clothes and paintball helmet to at least semi-simulate the wearing of the uniform
The end results were good, the player wound up getting shot several times and was in what seemed to be quite a bit of pain from the outcome, though it could have been overdramatic.
About 5 or 6 years ago, I watched a special on PBS that detailed the history of video games and where they would be in the future, and this is pretty spot on of what they said a game in the future would be like. Is it something I want? After playing the Wii, and no longer liking motion controls after I thought it would be the way to go, no, it isn't. Is it something I want to try and wouldn't mind doing as a way to exercise? Fuck yes.
Out of curiosity to see just how immersive they could make a game, some guys on a British tv show decided to use Battlefield 3 as an opportunity to create a realistic game simulator, or, at least as realistic as they could.
For those who don't want to watch, or would rather skip to the end, the lowdown is this:
- Giant igloo shaped tent as a room to facilitate the game
- 5 HD projectors hanging from the ceiling to give a 360 degree view screen
- Shifting ambient lighting to reflect the atmosphere in game
- A type of slow moving treadmill that encompasses the entirety of the floor to simulate walking, so that when your character is prompted to walk a certain direction on screen, you would as well
- Paintball guns in all corners of the tent to fire at the player when the player in the game gets shot
- A replica gun with iron sights and built in motion tracking to track movement of the gun on screen.
- Hunting clothes and paintball helmet to at least semi-simulate the wearing of the uniform
The end results were good, the player wound up getting shot several times and was in what seemed to be quite a bit of pain from the outcome, though it could have been overdramatic.
About 5 or 6 years ago, I watched a special on PBS that detailed the history of video games and where they would be in the future, and this is pretty spot on of what they said a game in the future would be like. Is it something I want? After playing the Wii, and no longer liking motion controls after I thought it would be the way to go, no, it isn't. Is it something I want to try and wouldn't mind doing as a way to exercise? Fuck yes.