Earlier this year Microsoft gave us our first look at IllumiRoom, a new technology that uses a Kinect-enabled projector to extend the game-playing environment from the television screen into the living room. Today Microsoft Research has released a five-minute video that delves deeper into the technology that could debut on the next Xbox.
https://kotaku.com/microsoft-s-illumiroom-concept-turns-your-entire-room-i-5974616
With the next Xbox set to be unveiled on May 21, the timing of this new video release hints at a shared destiny for the IllumiRoom tech and whatever game-playing device Microsoft has up its sleeves.
It’s a wonderful idea that looks amazing in a controlled environment. I’d say that if your living room looked exactly like this one, with its Ikea Expedit shelving system and the same lighting, then you’d be in for a treat.
I, on the other hand, keep my coffee table only a few short feet away from my television, and the Expedit shelves are in the dining room instead. I’m likely screwed.
