Microsoft's Illumiroom will support 'a next gen console'

Illumiroon is a 3D camera/projector which produces some really interesting effects (including making it look like the room is blurring, explosions extending beyond the screen, snow accumulating on furniture, etc). I highly recommend watching the five minute video.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-04-29-microsoft-moots-illumiroom-with-next-xbox

http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/illumiroom/

I don't see me buying this at all.

Isn't this just a kinect "next gen" project? TBH I don't think its going to be expensive.shadowchronicle

I don't see myself buying this, considering it'll most likely be expensive as hell.

I don't see myself buying this, considering it'll most likely be expensive as hell.

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I don't see myself buying this, considering it'll most likely be expensive as hell.

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I don't see myself buying this, considering it'll most likely be expensive as hell.

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This looks pretty interesting. I'm not digging all the effects, but it seems highly adjustable so anyone can set it up to their liking. Finally some new tech that isn't complete bullshit.

I can see this working if you're just one guy sitting in front of your telly, directly behind the projector.  What happens if I sit a few feet to the left or to the right?  A lot of the effect will be wasted on me if I have shelves like those used in the demo.  Surely the projector can only beam light in a straight line, thus leaving gaping holes of shadow that will break the illusion if your viewing angle isn't the same as that of the projector.

Also, as some people at Eurogamer pointed out: to get that kind of result, you'll need a very expensive projector.  base line projectors just don't have a high enough resolution to produce anything credible like that.

This is MS talking here, if it works anywhere near aswell as kinect then oh dear......:?

Not a bad idea. Hopefully it is not another gimmick.

Nothing more than an unpractical gimmick.

If pulled off right it could be pretty cool. I don't know if I'd really want to spend that much money on the thing though, unless it put into every 720 model.

Man, the PS4 just keeps getting better and better. :P

This really isn't something that I'm interested in. It's a neat novelty, but watching the video would make me disappointed at the quality of the rooms image compared to the TV image.