[games_access] GestureTek technology

[Barrie Ellis]

Interesting, although I think this stuff has been around for a very long 
time. Not quite sure how they have patented the concept. Myron Kruegar has 
been working with these concepts since the late 1960's alongside a fair few 
other artists.

http://switchgaming.blogspot.com/2006/06/video-place-myron-krueger-clip-from.html
http://switchgaming.blogspot.com/2006/06/mine-controlcom.html
http://switchgaming.blogspot.com/2006/06/shadow-monsters.html

However, I can't knock GestureTek for making these ideas more mainstream.

Barrie
www.OneSwitch.org.uk


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Florio" <arthit73 at cablespeed.com>
To: "'IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List'" <games_access at igda.org>
Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2006 4:10 PM
Subject: [games_access] inquiry gesturetek.com Florio to invite 
theirtechnology


> http://www.gesturetek.com/
>
> Above is the web site. At the unveiling of my painting of Baltimore blast
> soccer star in Baltimore Museum Sports Legends Museum, in front of the
> soccer exhibit there was on the ground a screen of a soccer ball and a net
> on each side.  The device was on the ceiling projecting down with 
> reflector
> mirrors and sensors that pick up your feet movement so you could basically
> kick the ball around into the net.  I thought this is excellent for people
> in wheelchairs we can't use a lot of physical interaction like real soccer
> balls so the computer takes care of that movement by just picking up your
> reflective white shoes so I was able to have fun actually felt like I was
> playing soccer and I made a goal with my feet.  I was playing with my 
> three
> year old nephew it was so much fun.
>
> By the way I learned at the Museum this device they purchased from this
> company was $30,000.  Ouch.!  There are contact numbers and for game
> developers specifically on the web site I'd like to discuss which one are
> who we should write to.  Would be great for the book.  I'd like to do that
> research if I could.
>
> Check out the web site above I would actually like to with sig permission,
> put together a them dictation package represented by myself and our group 
> to
> see if they would donate to us one to take to our different conferences 
> just
> to demonstrate the potential.  It's great to let this company now where 
> else
> there product can be marketed but I'm afraid if we do that, and they
> actually believed was like most companies don't or ever do go that way, 
> they
> will market millions on our ideas but at least we could get familiar with
> their technology.
>
> If you are familiar with the Eye Toy for PlayStation 2 I read their web 
> site
> they gave the technology for them to use and came up with that.  On their
> web site they have ground effects and even mobile technology for cell 
> phones
> which is amazing maybe cell phones could be made accessible game play 
> after
> all for anyone with limited movement just by putting the phone in front of
> you and picking up your movement or hand gesture something.
>
> Any thoughts on that please let me know I'd like to write them not sure
> exactly on what but somehow I want to get a hold of the technology because
> implementing it for videogames like the eye Toy and just putting it on
> before her anywhere else could bring a lot of people in wheelchairs 
> together
> interacting with video games on a huge scale like a gymnasium floor if you
> could put it high enough.
>
> Robert
> www.RobertFlorio.com
> All about Art and Video Game Accessibility