buzzsaw
02-13-2009, 04:55 PM
http://www.techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/camspacelogo.png (http://www.camspace.com)CamSpace (http://www.camspace.com), the innovative technology that allows gamers to use their computer cameras to play Wii-like games (http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/06/11/camspace-creates-a-wii-for-everyone-minus-the-nintendo-console/), has added support for Flash, making its platform accessible to a much broader range of developers (prior to today CamSpace was restricted to traditional .exe games). To get started, users will still have to download the CamSpace client here (http://camspace.com/), which includes a few dozen games and will be adding more on a frequent basis (sorry Mac users, CamSpace is still Windows-only).CamSpace's technology revolves around detecting up to four objects in real-time, and translating their movement and rotation into in-game actions. To get started, users are asked to activate their webcams with their objects out of frame for a few seconds, then they hold them in front of the camera briefly until the system recognizes them. Any object will do, provided it is bright and has a near-uniform color (we used highlighters), and the tracking seems to work very well provided there's adequate light.
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