9/24/2009

Eyeball bot for Japanese FURRIES!!

From the always informative PinkTentacle.com, is word of a Japanese eyeball bot for gamer furries.

Posted by Taro in Arts/Culture, Electronics, General, Pop Culture, Science/Technology | 1 Comment »

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1. MARKed TRAIL Says:
   September 25th, 2009 at 8:16 am

   Gee Taro, I thought everybody needs a robot eye on their furry costume to look out for invisible monsters.

   Via pinktentacle.com
   Miruko: Wearable eyeball robot interfacee
   “Miruko,” a wearable eyeball-shaped robot with a built-in camera and wi-fi capabilities, is designed to augment human perception by sensing and reacting to objects that cannot be seen with the naked eye.
   In this video, Miruko’s creators demonstrate how the robotic eyeball can be used as an interface for a virtual monster-hunting game played in a real-world environment.
   Worn on the player’s sleeve, Miruko’s roving eye scans the surroundings in search of virtual monsters that are invisible to the naked human eye. When a virtual monster is spotted, the mechanical eyeball rolls around in its socket and fixes its gaze on the monster’s location. By following Miruko’s line of sight, the player is able to locate the virtual monster and “capture” it via his or her iPhone camera.

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