Saul says:

This is cool, and I hope they take the principles further. It is probably fun to play, but it is much less interesting to watch the second time around. If there was something else going on at the same time (other kinds of puzzles, maybe), THAT would be a game.

July 31st, 2008 at 1:17 pm

Tom says:

Well that’s funky!
Would be cooler if you didn’t need the projector. Little LCD covered blocks would be freakin awesome.
Could take the Sims in a whole new direction.

July 31st, 2008 at 1:33 pm

Al3xand3r says:

Is it using something like Johnny Chung Lee’s techie stuff?
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~johnny/
http://procrastineering.blogspot.com/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhSR_6-Y5Kg

July 31st, 2008 at 1:49 pm

MetalCircus says:

Technically impressive. Gameplay looks about as fun as having a dog fart all over your dinner.

Having said that, I’d buy it if they made the little man go a bit faster, though.

July 31st, 2008 at 2:53 pm

Cyranix says:

The idea is quite appealing. However, if anything like this takes off in the market, you better hope that someone figures out how to re-use the hardware across games — otherwise, these cubes will become the next “plastic guitars” that everyone complains about, taking up space because there are too many.

July 31st, 2008 at 3:43 pm

Pirate0r says:

I’ve (sadistically) decided that if the little man was subject to physics the game would be much more fun. For some reason i have this desire to roll the cube upside down and watch the character tumble and scramble for his little digital life.

A bonus would be if the cube was covered in LCDs. Then you have yourself a fully fledged virtual pet game where you could carry the little guy to work and subject his home to earthquakes when he forgets where the toilet is.

July 31st, 2008 at 3:46 pm

AbyssUK says:

This would be great, now give that guy a portal gun and imagine the fun you could have.

July 31st, 2008 at 4:30 pm

GeorgeR says:

That’s just trippy and cool on so many levels, totally awesome.

July 31st, 2008 at 5:29 pm

Bartleby says:

Dear ladies, and gentlemen,

why is it that, when a game tries to push the boundaries of what can be done with videogames, there’s always someone talking about “market”, “licenses”, and what not?
why is it we can admire what can actually be done, no market involved?
btw, the source _was_ released July 30th. Check selectparks.

July 31st, 2008 at 6:23 pm

Urre says:

I’m amazed so few seem to have looked up on the tech and the related info. All you need is a cardboard box with symbols printed on it, and a webcam. That’s the whole novelty. That’s what can keep the size down, whereas an LCD covered cube would be at a bare minimum 5 times larger due to wiring and whatnot, much heavier, extremly expensive (cardboard box costs…?) and it wouldn’t provide the coolest part, which is seeing around the corners as you move the cube around. On LCD’s the game would be entirely flat, whereas using this it looks as if the game is inside the cube. It’s so elegant… And it’s obviously not limited to cubes, as anyone who’s looked up Augmented Reality will soon discover.

July 31st, 2008 at 7:43 pm

No Projector says:

No projector, its being composited. So whomever wished there were no projector wins!

July 31st, 2008 at 10:26 pm

luminosity says:

Reminds me a little of House of Leaves. Now that could be a cool game. Guide the guy out of the cube which is actively changing its structure to keep him trapped.

August 1st, 2008 at 12:50 am

moonracer says:

Eye of Judgment for PS3 uses the same tech. Imagine the same concept superimposing digital imagery over reality through goggles (or contact lenses). I could have a special pattern printed on my bed sheets so it looked like they were constantly in flames (well, as long as I looked directly at them).

August 2nd, 2008 at 10:45 pm