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DISTANCE TABLETOP GAMING
Justin Gold
Patrick Lupiani
The Goal
Enhance the experience of traditional tabletop gaming over long distanceMake it as ‘natural’ feeling as possibleHigh levels of social InteractionMore than just a virtual version of a board
gameFun!
The Table
Based on the design of a collaborative product with MITRE
Multi-touch and gestural interface Real and virtual objects Networking Telepresence
The Vision
Extend the table to includeInteractable gaming widgets
○ Dice, spinners, etc.Structured interactionsAI based gaming
The Competition
Microsoft Surface E-Whiteboards Tablet Computers
We can do that plus…
Object scanning Cheaper than most other solutions Gestural tracking with Kinect includes
height data Did we mention the object scanning
Implementation
Libfreenect .NET/C# Extensive use of computer vision Finger/Hand Tracking Intended to be ported to the SDK
Bumps in the road
Base table took longer to implement Kinect resolution issues Limited hand tracking capabilities
No built in skeletons for hands Kinect is a resource hog Calibration to back projection Top Projection very light sensitive
If we knew then what we know now Program structure Kinect Issues
Depth limitationsRelative immaturity of the drivers
Wait for SDK
Where could it go…
Library of playable games Build-a-game framework More complex gaming structure
Tabletop RPG gamesTabletop war gamesCards
On with the show…
Demonstration of table