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Full Body Dance Dance Revolution

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the oh-this-will-only-make-me-look-more-dumb dept.

tasty_beanburger writes "NewScientistTech has a story about a full body version of Dance Dance Revolution. It uses vision recognition to award points after assessing a player's ability to correctly mimic silhouetted dance shapes. Check out the video clip of it being demoed at SIGGRAPH 2006."

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  1. Translate Sign Language by neonprimetime · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The researchers believe the system could have more practical applications in the future. They say it could be used to automatically translate sign language, for example

    Yes, if this technology exists, and slips out into mainstream, they better put it into more practical uses than DDD.

    1. Re:Translate Sign Language by The+Living+Fractal · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Hey now, DDD has some practical use. A video game that actually involves burning calories is probably just what the US needs, and more of it. Though your original point is well taken.

      TLF

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  2. Oh Great!! by The+Great+Pretender · · Score: 5, Funny
    So now the whole world can see how this white man can't boogie.

    Perhaps this can help my sex life? I'll just slip in a porn DVD grab the wife and then get points for following the action on screen.

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  3. Very Afraid. But Hopeful. by fragmentate · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well. With DDR my family looked like a bunch of kids with Tourette's Syndrome. Now they'll appear violently epileptic.

    I can only hope they're unaware when this is released.

    The technical angle on this software is what redeemed CmdrTaco from the "oh-this-will-only-make-me-look-more-dumb dept." Pretty interesting stuff, especially since it seems this stuff matures more rapidly once it goes into a game. (i.e. Flight Sims).

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  4. No fat kids by sensei85 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Does this mean that the fat kid who lives at the arcade and plays 3+ hours of DDR every day yet never loses weight isn't going to be able to play DDD, because his silhouette can't possibly match up with the figures on the screen? I think that's unfair. Give sweaty headband kid a chance!

    1. Re:No fat kids by mopslik · · Score: 5, Funny

      It doesn't matter which way you turn -- a sphere's a sphere.