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cnet: Gaming exoskeleton to pair with Oculus Rift headset at CES 2014
Real-time Mocap and VR in UDK (demo video)
Original (failed) Kickstarter
And I already funded the STEM Kickstarter...
So what do y'all think about that? Is it the true way to "be in the game", or the next motion control flop? Is the STEM already dead, or will the two control systems be used in tandem
for maximum immersion?
Real-time Mocap and VR in UDK (demo video)
Original (failed) Kickstarter
PrioVR, the full-body tracking suit, rebounds from its failed Kickstarter with a fully-functional prototype at CES 2014 that will pair with the Oculus Rift headset.
Sailing toward the far-off sci-fi future of those powered exoskeletons in "The Matrix" or the video game series Crysis, the PrioVR hardware is a string of strap-on sensors extensive enough to make anyone look like an actor in a motion capture studio. Its half-body system includes sensors for a user's head, elbows, and wrists that can be expanded into a full-body suit that tracks one's shoulder, waist and leg movements.
"That allows you to drop on the ground, roll around, shoot under your leg, curl up into a fetal position," said Paul Yost, YEI's chief of R&D. "We have this collection of inertial sensors that combines with a software that ties all that together into this skeletal model. All that happens on the system itself, so there's no computational load on the PC other than the communication."
So on February 14, YEI will again launch a Kickstarter campaign, this time with a more impressive showing of its final product and a lower goal of less than $100,000. Ultimately, Yost said, the full-body version of the suit will sell for roughly $400, while the torso half of it will go for around $270.
Yost stressed that the system is modular, meaning those who buy the half-body PrioVR set can add more sensors and functionality, for sections like the waist and shoulders, onto their suit incrementally.
By August, Yost is confident that the PrioVR will be in mass production and that every Kickstarter backer will have their very own PrioVR suits. Its a bold goal, and its success hinges on the relationship YEI builds with VR superstars like Oculus Rift, which will include full-body suit demos at CES starting Tuesday.
And I already funded the STEM Kickstarter...
So what do y'all think about that? Is it the true way to "be in the game", or the next motion control flop? Is the STEM already dead, or will the two control systems be used in tandem
by the super rich