Following the successful press launch of its Project Natal motion control tech at E3 this year, Microsoft is now developing a system of muscle sensing control, with a new Guitar Hero demo showing off what the tech might be capable of.
Microsoft's new control tech lets you play Guitar Hero without using any kind of controller at all, merely attaching some muscle sensors to your arm to register when you move each one of your four fingers on your fret-hand.
Welcome, cyborg
Procrastineering notes that one of their favorite projects this year "was a muscle sensing system that (among other things) allows you to play Guitar Hero without a guitar".
But how does it do this?
By directly sensing "the electrical signals in your arms and maps those to the appropriate button presses" with the technology designed by PhD student Scott Saponas.
If Microsoft has its evil way we will all be fully cyborg-ed up by 2014, with our only form of emotional contact being with a creepy young virtual boy called Milo...
Via Procrastineering
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craigj2k10
October 29th 2009
2. Has no one thought of the obvious...
- How much will this cost; ps3 controllers are little plastic boxes with buttons on, and they cost £35
- How long does this take to set up; ps3 you just switch on, this stuff needs sticking to your arms etc.
However, they are the negative aspects, the guitar hero game looks fantastic!! Its bad news for redoctane though as they cant charge over the odds for instruments as there would just be these universal muscle sensing controllers.
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lovlid
October 28th 2009
1. Best Selling Interactive Porn Controller Ever ;o)
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