SLorpedo: Reactable for a Virtual World

For anyone who recalls my earlier post regarding the very cool Reactable interface (reLink), this will be immediately appreciated.

The above video is a real game being played on a real table but recreated in real time inside a virtual world (though I suspect this is turn-based play). As the real hands move the paper cutouts with the identifying marks, a webcam picks up the image which is then processed and sent into Second Life. You can see a video of the hands being streamed inside SL and, of course, the virtual submarines shooting torpedoes at each other.

Nice little mixed-reality effort.

Wonder what we’ll see next. Maybe someone will put those markers on snails and people can organize virtual races. Gamblers will love that.

Dibs on “Escargot Downs”.

via Linden Lab official blog