It’s what dreams are made of for any avid gamer – controlling an avatar with your body in real time.
Project Anywhere is the brainchild of Constantinos Miltiadis, a student at ETH Zurich, who claims to have created the most advanced virtual digital avatar, which allows multiple gamers on different continents to compete in the same virtual space.
One of the most interesting parts of the kit is a pair of lightweight 3D-printed so-called “Inteligloves”, which allow gamers to use their hands directly in a game, free of wires.
“This is an elastic PLA material that you can print on a home 3D printer. These are flex sensors, we have a wireless module. This is a nine degree of freedom inertia measuring unit (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inertial_measurement_unit), so it has an accelerometer, gyroscope, and digital compass,” explains Miltiadis.
The user’s iPhone is fitted to a cheap 3D-printed plastic mask, enabling him to become fully immersed in the game.
A Kinect sensor connect
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