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DISTANCE TABLETOP GAMING
Justin Gold
Patrick Lupiani
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The Goal
Enhance the experience of traditional tabletop gaming over long distanceMake it as ‘natural’ feeling as possibleHigh levels of social InteractionMore than just a virtual version of a board
gameFun!
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The Table
Based on the design of a collaborative product with MITRE
Multi-touch and gestural interface Real and virtual objects Networking Telepresence
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The Vision
Extend the table to includeInteractable gaming widgets
○ Dice, spinners, etc.Structured interactionsAI based gaming
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The Competition
Microsoft Surface E-Whiteboards Tablet Computers
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We can do that plus…
Object scanning Cheaper than most other solutions Gestural tracking with Kinect includes
height data Did we mention the object scanning
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Implementation
Libfreenect .NET/C# Extensive use of computer vision Finger/Hand Tracking Intended to be ported to the SDK
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Bumps in the road
Base table took longer to implement Kinect resolution issues Limited hand tracking capabilities
No built in skeletons for hands Kinect is a resource hog Calibration to back projection Top Projection very light sensitive
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If we knew then what we know now Program structure Kinect Issues
Depth limitationsRelative immaturity of the drivers
Wait for SDK
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Where could it go…
Library of playable games Build-a-game framework More complex gaming structure
Tabletop RPG gamesTabletop war gamesCards
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On with the show…
Demonstration of table