May 17, 2008
Congrats to Thomas Chan for Ukikit
Itp 2008: Full-Body Virtual Foosball Game Called Ukikit Get It?
The Wii-volution is in full effect at NYUs Interactive Telecommunications Program—a perfect example is this physical virtual foosball game called Ukikit. You Velcro a pink strap to your foot, and an iSight camera tracks its movement while a sonar sensor tracks your proximity. The data translates into swivel kicks and side-to-side slides in almost realtime. I loved playing it with inventor Thomas Chan almost as much as I enjoyed the “Moving Parts” virtual pinball game, but as you can see in the video, both the system and I both need a little more practice before were perfect.
Congrats to Thomas for getting picked up by Gizmodo about Ukikit. Looks pretty damn cool.
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