Filed under: Digital Cameras, Gaming, Peripherals

Hey, we’ve seen quite a few gimmicky game control schemes in our day. We thought we were jaded, believed that we could no longer be moved emotionally by a few dorks in a lab, promising to revolutionize video games with their insanity. Until we saw Cam-Trax. You’ll get it in a moment by peeping the video after the break, but the basic gist is this: Cam-Trax offers highly accurate and responsive tracking of random colorful objects you hold in front of your webcam and tell it to track. Gameplay can be EyeToy-esque, but it can also be so much more, since the unit can track many objects in a full three dimensions. The video shows everything from a glorified game of pong to a FPS, and promises to control “any game” with “any webcam.” Show us more, Cam-Trax.

[Thanks, Chen D.]

Continue reading Cam-Trax is “coolest thing since ice,” can provide Wii-like controls with any webcam

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

Filed under: Gaming

Remember Anascape Ltd, the little “gaming company” which sued Microsoft and Nintendo back in 2006 for controller patent infringement? Well, it’s payday to the tune of $21 million after a jury found Nintendo’s Wii Classic, WaveBird, and Gamecube controller designs all guilty of violating Anascape’s patents. Nintendo will appeal naturally while Microsoft settled the case before the matter ever went to trial. Now go ahead and Google Anascape with the challenge of finding a single service or product offering. Oh, did we mention that they are based in the patent-lawsuit friendly state of Tejas? Patent Trolls? Oh, you betcha.

Anascape… there is none.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments