Monday, April 29, 2013

Microsoft IllumiRoom is a coffee table projector for the next-generation Xbox

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When Microsoft first unveiled its IllumiRoom technology at CES, it did so in an unusual way. The software giant traditionally reveals its research projects in short scrappy videos accompanied by research papers and a lot of technical jargon. IllumiRoom was different. Microsoft’s Chief Technology Strategy Officer, Eric Rudder, joined the Samsung keynote to showcase a video of an augmented reality projection unit designed to extend gaming onto nearby walls. The demo showed off a concept that appeared finely tuned, with what felt like a marketing video.


"IllumiRoom envisions a next-generation gaming console..."


Microsoft described IllumiRoom as a "proof-of-concept system" and promised more information at a CHI 2013 event that starts...


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