Game turns moviegoers into human joysticks

Iria · May 17, 2007, 09:01 PM

Source: News.com
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Moviegoers have a new way to interact with theater screens, and it doesn't involve throwing tomatoes.

As part of a multimedia campaign to get people more involved with its Web news content, MSNBC.com has launched a game, called NewsBreaker Live, that plays in movie theaters. A motion-sensitive camera in the front of the theater measures how the audience is moving its arms. The camera then translates that collective motion to an onscreen paddle that players use to bounce a ball back up to the top of the screen to knock out blocks.

Judas · May 17, 2007, 09:36 PM

it's theater revised Akanoid!

May 17, 2007, 09:01 PM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	Game turns moviegoers into human joysticks Source: News.com _______ Moviegoers have a new way to interact with theater screens, and it doesn't involve throwing tomatoes. As part of a multimedia campaign to get people more involved with its Web news content, MSNBC.com has launched a game, called NewsBreaker Live, that plays in movie theaters. A motion-sensitive camera in the front of the theater measures how the audience is moving its arms. The camera then translates that collective motion to an onscreen paddle that players use to bounce a ball back up to the top of the screen to knock out blocks.