Microsoft has stepped up during Samsungs keynote speech at this years CES to reveal a project of theirs that could change the perception of "bigger is better" with tv screens.
Enter Illumiroom, an experimental project that augments the area around your screen with in game projections to enhance the experience.
What? Yeah it's a little odd of a concept, but just look at the proof of concept trailer below to get the gist of it,
Illumiroom will use a combination of a rear mounted projector and the kinect sensor, to sort out the size of your room and what needs to be projected where.
Microsoft patented an immersive display experience last year, with the hopes to make gaming "more realistic" by elminating exterior out of context images, and now it would seem that they have reached this goal with the illumiroom.
Comparisons are being made to the "ambilight technology" from a few years back, where TVs would project coloured lights depending on what was on the screen at the time. It wasn't a neccessity but it was a nice touch. Illumiroom on the other hand seems to show actual in game footage and effects on your back wall.
They are still a little way off having this product ready for purchase, and it is still isn't known whether this will tie in with the next xbox or future kinect technology, but Microsoft plans to reveal more information in Paris later on in the year at the ACM SIGCHI Conference in April. (Assocaiton for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction).
As an avid gamer, and a heavy consumer of television shows and movies, I am very keen to see how this technology pans out across the board. Keener still to see how it works when you already use a projector!
- Welsh 10/01/13
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