Homemade Ms Pacman cocktail cabinet
Christian sent in his homemade Ms Pacman cocktail cabinet, check out the 10 pages of build photos! – Link.
Gaming
Head tracking with the Wiimote
Really well-done basic introduction to how a Wiimote and Wii sensor bar can be used to create a head tracking system for VR worlds and games. Pretty impressive. Head Tracking for Desktop VR Displays using the WiiRemote – Link
Metro-Wardrive creates game levels from city access points
Here’s an interesting take on urban gaming. “Metro-Wardrive” is an adaptive game that changes its level information according to the environment of the player in an urban center. All local SSIDs are turned into enemies which try to capture your “wardrive-cristal”. Really cool idea for a portable game that will never give you the same […]
Wii Nunchuck controlled robot
Frank writes – I connected a Wii Nunchuck controller to an Arduino, which takes the data from the controller’s I2C data bus, decodes it, and send the data to the robot with a radio transmitter. Charlie uses a radio receiver to get the data, and it will control the drive servo system and the pan […]
Chat puts gaming social awkwardness into physical space
Berlin-based media/game artist Aram Bartholl’s “Chat” project interjects the virtual chat stylings of online gaming into the physical world. Featuring a keyboard that hangs in front of the “chatter” and a giant illuminated speech bubble overhead, the wearer can type any message and have it show up in lights. The next step would be to […]
TV game controller circuits explained
This site gives you detailed circuit diagrams for TV game controllers ranging from the Atari 2600 (circuit diagram above) to the Sony Playstation. Very useful if you want to repurpose one controller to use on a different system or if you just like taking things apart MAKE style. TV Game joysticks – Link
Adding form to function, consoles take a hit
Anything is possible with a little bit of force. This X-Box has been maimed by a powerful waterjet that has managed to cut a clear circle out of it, rendering it useless, but interesting to look at. Just don’t try plugging it in or something could blow up. Un nou mod per a la 360 […]
