The Gadget Show created an ultimate gaming simulator (thanks iceb) by combined several technologies. The cool thing: it relies on Kinect to work. This is what the simulator combines in order to provide the ultimate gaming experience:
- Battlefield 3 (the game you play)
- Igloo vision dome (8 projectors create a 360 degree wrap around screen)
- Omni Directional treadmill (move around in any direction freely to move the in-game character)
- Ambient light technology (light up the whole room with LED's based on what happens on the screen)
- appBlaster gun (gun to shoot with)
- Custom software to move the screen around the Igloo vision dome
- 12 Paintball guns to provide 'force feedback' of getting shot
And then there is of course the Kinect sensor, which is used to track the player and detect crouching and jumping. So although it is not tracking movement (the treadmill does this) it is still essential for the gameplay experience.