Battlefield 3 launched with over 3 million pre-orders alone, and already players and teams of people are trying to find new and more immersive ways of playing the game. The hosts of UK’s Channel 5 The Gadget Show decided to take this to the next level by creating a simulation device that sports a full 360 degree HD projected screen -- for total visual immersion -- and a combination of roller driven omni-directional treadmills and infra-red cameras so that players can actually “walk around” inside the game and be tracked accurately. All of this is housed inside of a giant silver tent that reminds me of the clown tent I set up in my living room every so often, but even more awesome.
This video shows the research and construction of the simulation tent from start to finish, and over all I’m pretty damn impressed with what these guys came up with. I remember using a “virtual reality” helmet at the local fair back in the 90s to play Rise of the Triad and being blown away by how awesome it was. Looking back and seeing how far technology has come is rather humbling, even if it is just being used to make a computer game more immersive.
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