Modern kids have it made. No more boring license plate games or playing Punch Buggy when today's tech-savvy tots and teens can choose from rear-seat video systems, video games and Sirius Backseat TV. Now three students at Berlin University of the Arts have come up with a way to turn the world outside of a car into a video game using a laptop and a webcam.
The webcam projects buildings, trees and other objects outside the car window onto a computer screen, and the player has to steer a "ship" around the obstacles on the screen without crashing into them. The faster the speed of the car, the faster the ship flies and the more difficult it is to keep from crashing.
Check out a video of the students test driving a prototype of the video game concept on the street.
And, fortunately, it's the passenger playing.
estreka says:
11:43 PM, 10/ 8/08
When I was very young, I used to visualize something similar, only it was a skateboarder and he got points for doing crazy stunts over the terrain or avoiding oncoming traffic on the roads.
ateixeira says:
08:00 AM, 10/ 9/08
That's pretty cool. Keep the kids occupied and this way they won't get car sick, plus they see the scenery.