levelHead: A 3D Spatial Memory Game

[MAXumYMakarOFF]

Does anyone have a printing of these symbols so I could make my own cubes?

[natetrontx]

Who is the music by? Love it. What a far out concept for a game! Astounding.

[tumbirs]

Nice display of locational memory when the angle is changed.

Kinda remind me of those MGS games. lol

Thanks for uploading.



[odv000]

simple realisation and so cool result !!!

brilliant idea !!!

[MrGeekPhantom]

Aug reality is one of the newest innovations in the electronics industry and.... ...AR is amazing!

[hazonku]

looks fun. It's like an AR version of Echochrome. The difficulty would only be limited by the imagination too. You could just keep expanding your number of cubes and markers making the game ongoing. I see why "invisible" markers would be a plus though. Otherwise you could cheat by recreating the markers on paper taking the whole spacial thinking out of the game. the rotation of a cube is the hard part.

[sneffetsd]

NICE!

and for windows xp?

[teevix]

ow.. me and my stupid head didn't read. Its Augmented Reality :P

[teevix]

would be awesome :) tobad its fake

[julianbastidas]

it´s real

[teevix]

I know ;) check my post above it ;)

[bumblebeefightergirl]

Thats incredible! Looks really cool.

[martinsimicek]

It looks like very nice game.... Is it posible to play it on windows XP?

[purelife112]

Cool! Nice game.

[billycheese565]

Im pretty sure it works like this, you buy a pentanted cube and download the software onyour computer. using a webcam you see the rooms on the little cube . so you look at your computer to see the game in the cube.

[billycheese565]

to prove this look at the description "the cube itself appears entirely white to the naked eye." so you would have to use a camera to see it.

[coolmania]

Acutally, you can see the small markers on the cube. THey are trying to make a semi invisible ink that will be within the threshold of digital cameras but not within the threshhold of human optics. It would most likely be an off white that eould only be able to be differentiated by the program itself.

[coolmania]

Well yes and no. This is compiled to run on a linux machine to unless you have linux and have a relatively fast computer than you will not be able to download this. This technology is actually quite simple when you think about, it is just the webcam view that makes it seem so confusing. Lets say the machine room is designated D1. When you have the cube facing the camera with the image associated with D1, it imposes the image onto the cube.

[PolaristheCepheid]

nice.....I wanna play with that :D

[sptheraver]

That is simply amazing!

[JeyPieX]

sensationell!!!

[marshallcz]

wow that's awesome.

I would even pay for this game! ;P

[BlackTigerAP]

FAKE. No such device.

It's only "theory".

[Sebastian1011]

not true you can get teh source code and compile it

[aSadFcuk]

dude even if it is 'fake' take it for its conceptual value, the idea is really good.

[0artgirl0]

Lol... quite simple technology... the only trick is that you see the motion picture on the projection as a mirror image and not on the actual cube....

[hazonku]

WTF are you talking about? Are you trying to explain that you watch the game on the PC & not the actual cube? Oh & MIT just fixed that too btw. You actually could watch it on the cube itself using a mini projector & maybe little colored dots in the cubes corners to for angle tracking.

[delire2080]

In fact it is not as possible as you think.

Whether using mini projector or LCD screen, each side of the cube would require a camera to calculate the viewing angle of the player's face. Without this there'd be no sense of depth: Each room would appear 'flat' relative to the viewer. Inside the 5x5x5cm cube there'd need to be a small computer to pass the relative angular pose back to the computer to which the projector is attached.

It'd be awkward and expensive. AR is simpler and more robust.

[ronnysoeberg]

It's not fake. Pattern recognition is all over the place these days. If you're into synths at all, or experimental audio, check out the Reactable.

[m1el001]

u sux. there is a lotz of similar devices.

[GarryRat]

Fox example?

[Legend1984]

meh hehe

i heart this QI

[Gnounc]

I'm hoping someone more motivated will release a windows binary.

If not I'm going to have to brave the harsh storm of Linux HCL's.

[Chloesaysmeow]

Umm.. Looks amazingly cool- but I am already confused! There is not much chance that I have the intelligence (nor the patience!) to play an Escher-esque game like this for long! :( But I would still buy one because it is visually & technologically cool as sh*t!

[Atemporal]

Looks like it could be frustrating...innovative concept nonetheless.

[herbalicious74]

говно. это обычный кубик. и обычное вставление видео в видео. даже не смогли ровно видео в монтировать. моя оценка 1. whatever this means i mean too!!!

[uYaSouL]

It's a cool idea, but I don't see much fun in this.

[justinrakete]

I want one! I hope they release something like this soon coz ill buy it.

[Samsasrenjet]

Looks like a game that's the coolest shit for 2 minutes...and then you go and play Mario again.

[LinkThatLove]

this is stupid why would there be a overlay thing on trhe cube to make an image somewhere else? wouldnt it defeat the purpose? and the cubwe would be useless if its blank. use some axis, accelerometers and 6 screens and itll be awesome

[delire2080]

see the project page for a technical description of why what you suggest wouldn't work. also see reviews on that page by game reviewers that have played levelHead: they give some insight into how it works.

[nicknormal]

@LinkThatLove lame comment, use your imagination.

[Atze2004]

nice idea but looks boring

[JackPiratRU]

говно. это обычный кубик. и обычное вставление видео в видео. даже не смогли ровно видео в монтировать. моя оценка 1.

[billiejean1977]

Wow, that's pretty interesting. I'd love to get this little puzzle toy when it comes out. Hope it's not too expensive though.

[botomazia]

It's opensource, I think it will be free (except that you have to print and build your own cubes)

[billiejean1977]

print and build? You mean with paper???

[botomazia]

yes. The important things are the 2D code bars on cube faces, which are interpreted bye the software for the overlay image.

[urielalbertosanchezm]

Wow! this will be great with a linux OS cell phone with video camera

[ohvnaq]

This concept is brilliant, although still early in the making, and the tilting-control system is RAD!

Keep it up guys!!

[snuglewort]

looks cool but the music is fricken anoying haha

[pselodux]

actually i think the music is awesome, though i'm a fan of autechre and such heheh.

[lancstony]

Hasnt the wii already done this?

[rudyiking]

Looks like it would be a cool game.

[rhyscthomas]

In response to Adkit, its a demo not the real thing, although! a prototype has been made. As a product design student we had a visit off a former student who is high up in HASBRO (Big Game Company) hes had a go of the prototype. Still under development but the idea has been sold on to another company for mega bucks - gona be the next big thing!

[delire2080]

While levelHead has received expressions of commercial interest, no deals have been signed and nothing has been sold, ideas or otherwise.

[incubozz]

me gustaria saber como funciona!! =)

[MindPaniC]

Ups... me acabo de dar cuenta de que ya te lo han preguntado y que sale en los creditos del final... perdona

saludos

[MindPaniC]

Julian estupendo!!

por cierto, cual es el nombre del track que suena?? por que a mi el IDM me encanta.

saludos

[epytwen]

been searching around for ARToolKit examples but this has to be the most amazing demo I've seen yet.

Amazing stuff. Keep working on it. It'll go places.

[Adkit2]

it's...are you blind? the images are edited onto the cube, quite badly even. freeze the frame at any point where he's turning it. x.x

[SilverWingedOne]

This is why people should read the "About This Video" section before posting a comment.

[SilverWingedOne]

This was in reply to what AdKit2 said.

[nnelson20]

Thats what I was about 2 say thats what I just did be4 I read ur comment its just edited COME ON PEOPLE OPEN UR EYES !?!

[delire2080]

Please see the levelHead project page for detailed information about the technology used.

[smartstuff2buy]

its not edited, why dont you search what augmented reality is!

[nnelson20]

So there is actually a person in a box?...I don't think so

[smartstuff2buy]

the other guy said it was edited to make it look like a game. the box is blank, but when viewed on the computer screen or with wearable display goggles, it appears as though you see the overlaid picture of the guy walking.

its not just a fake edited video. its an interactive overlay

[nnelson20]

that sounds cool its just how r u makin a person walk in a box?Even if u were wearin goggles

[smartstuff2buy]

when the box is tilted, the camera pics up the angle of the symbols on the paper in the camera's view. it tries to instantly overlay the computer generated graphic, in this case an animation. using algorithms it knows which direction to make the animated figure move.

its not my video

[nnelson20]

How come on 1:09 the "white human figure" is on the dudes hand?

[Adkit2]

(my point being it's not very cool or amazing at all)

[fishpoo222]

could you do better?

[420bmxer]

thats the coolest shit WHERE CAN I GET 1 :)

[zlwilly]

I can see how people would want this to have screens and such so the game can be played minus the webcam and monitor, but I think this is positively brilliant. New ideas like this really get me going!

[foamator]

I think it's better having a plain cube and the computer adding the stuff in digitally.

Augmented reality is way cooler than stuff with screens, as devices with LCD displays on them are nothing new, but augmented reality is more cutting edge.

[zlwilly]

I agree completely. I remember the first time I read about Augmented Reality. It was an older issue of popular science and it just blew my away. :] I wish we could get more new ideas like the levelHead game out there!

[raffage]

The game looks boring but this is cool.

[espionhyperoctave]

excellent concept.. if this was developed into a game that had screens on each side, it could be marketed as a revolutionary new toy..

who does the music? Excellent track..

[delire2080]

I looked into this possibility but found several issues with it. Firstly, it's vastly more expensive: even if you could fit a computer and 3D accelerometer sensor kit inside the remaining space left between the 6 LCD 5cm screens, you probably couldn't afford the result.

Secondly, I like the idea of being able to distribute this project to any user with a webcam, 3D capable computer and printer: I make a new level, they download it as a GIF, print it onto card, fold it and start playing.

[espionhyperoctave]

nice one.. I can but dream! Maybe in the distant future then! you should patent this idea now though. maybe in the future when costs for LCD screens, computer and 3D accelerometer sensor kits are much cheaper, making this into a portable, digital toy could become a reality.

and the music? :-)

[delire2080]

.. ran out of characters.

To continue.. the other issue is that an LCD cube would still need a webcam in order to know the position of the player's face: only this way do you get the illusion of being able to see 'around corners' as you can now. It would be disappointing and unplayable if you couldn't do this.

Finally, I notice people responding strongly to the illusion that what they have in their hand is transformed into a little world on screen.

(music: see credits at end of vid)

Cheers!

[MrKlause]

What I would love to see, is this same idea, but using an internal gyro of some sort, as well as screens on all 4 sides of the actual cube. The fact that the actual image has to be projected, and that the box is nothing more than a navigation mechanism, makes the whole thing seem false when in principle it's really cool.

[gorillazbmx]

it is done with the sony eyetoy

[PickledYoshi]

Cool.

[KBA3AP]

On it's own, it's JUST A CUBE WITH PICTURES.

[Untitlix]

РУсская версия не влезла...

English version: I think , that people who havent watched this track at all, say that its falser, because in the the show the technology organized with special camera,with analyzes the picture on the cube and show the position of humanoid, witch was programmed to that picture )))

[CblPP]

Баш и ничего больше

[hummanoid]

Сам ты "Брэхня", еблан. Если не в курсе технологий - не пизди, этой технологии уже лет 5. На ней построен Reactable, читай что это такое в википедии.

[Medvedvitaly]

Брэээхня!!

[wiltonsk]

wtf?!?!?!?!?! :S

[MrMaya3D]

This doesn't look like a real product. It looks like it was composited in After Effects or something.

[HeathS]

Watch the whole video... the image is superimposed via a camera tracking the cube... done in real-time, not post-processed in something like After Effects. Go to about 1:52 and you'll get the idea.

[SP333doh]

I can only imagine the kind of rush I'd hit up from playing this game

[mzarectah]

Gamespot is my religion, and hotspot i the $#!T!!!!!!!!!!

[wolfborn10]

Until I see an offical commercial, I'm not buying it.

[oxiigen]

Cool! Bravo! I would like to play this game, looks interesting!

[Krakapow]

i think this video real rocked it!!

[hankbebs]

q porra é essa?

[beethsoup]

wow, i luved this video!

[Darkrun]

hell yea hot spot

[lotrfreak323]

hotspot is the ****!!!!!

[fresh2deafbill]

cool

HOTSPOT STREET TEAM!

[Arsenkov]

Man, that music is annoying!!! But I would sure love to have a cube like that!

[W3dotCOM]

Hotspot street team

[lunchbox184]

cool, hotspot represent

[Joshello]

I am the hotspot, all your jeffs/ryans/vinnies/tors belong to us. Jon Davis hits up mah rush when korn synergise with shit to form a deibilitating haze. What the hell am I even saying anymore

[johnsobdj19]

I know this is a concept, but this thing needs to come out.

[atreusK]

k, so what's the point of this game for the playstation 3 eye?

[Joshello]

Well the video appears to be a video capture of a dude with a cube flipping it around, but the eye watches what you do with the cube and places the correct image of what place youre in based on the side of the cube, and then you can rotate the cube slightly to make the dude move. That's what i've gathered.

[greystone227]

Woah, when they put that second cube in there, I think my head exploded. Totally awesome.

[xollner]

the Hotpsot is my Religion and Religion is the Shit!!

[jimmykirk1]

GS represent.

Segways are my religion, old white people are the shit.

[garrickgreathouse]

They should have shown the second part first, then it would look less mocked up.

[gtrunner2]

levelHead is a religion and A 3D Spatial Memory Game is the S, Hotspot Street Crew

[eyobyt]

Cool, Gamespot Greetings to all

[snake139]

Hotspot Street Crew Represent!

[barlienb]

Yeah, Hotspot Street crew On The Spot.

[linkyshinks]

Fantastic, that is so cool. I guess it could have many applications in the future aside from this one.

[Cardboardts]

Hotspot Street Crew Represent!

[quantumredshift]

That's freaking cool!

[ivecky]

Wow, I can't wait till Augmented reality is mobile and personal.

[ChildOfBodom16]

I have to say these people really outdone themselves! They made the dumbest invention the world has ever seen. Let's all thank them for this useless square that does nothing. I mean, it needs a TV, a camera, and who knows what else to play, even though they say "It can fit in your pants". The only problem is that's all it could really do, unless you are planning on throwing it at someone, I guess then it would be somewhat useful.

[koo95]

cool

[maCisoN69]

It's not a fake...

At 1:53 you see how that thing works. The cube is an input device. The camera uses the symbols on the cube as an orientation while any kind of computer calculates the movements. Finally you see the result on a monitor.

good work

[datxcod]

Forgot to say that this is an excellent example of augmented reality. Good work, hope to see more games and apps using it in the future.

[datxcod]

People dont be retarded although I know its very hard for you to avoid. The cube is just a normal cube (cardboard box, plastic, whatever) with some visual patterns on each side, the camera you see takes those patterns and overlays the 3d image on top of the cube. You can only see the 3d stuff through the camera. Jesus, fuckin baboons.

[pwEclipse]

through the camera? do you mean on a monitor right? :)

btw this project is very interesting.. overlaying 3d stuff on camera tracked objects isn't simple but isn't also so hard, overview the idea is very fresh and stylish

[datxcod]

I can't go on details in here because people certainly wouldn't care or understand, I just gave a quick explanation so that everyone could understand whats going on in the video. And yes, since the camera is connected to a computer the 3d image is processed by theier app, so you see the results on your monitor (you can use other options of course)

[WarrenEBB]

Would be awesome to mix this with Echochrome (mc escher style "small dude just walks around" PSP game).

pipedream:

Could be mind boggling if outside players could network into your game, and run around inside your cube from their FPS perspective.

- Maybe a game where you're trying to keep your walking figure alive, and drop things on all the FPS invaders.

- Or it'd just be cool all these networked invading players had Portal guns and der physics was rampant!

Aaahhh!!(mind explodes)

[dota175]

That is VERY VERY COOL!!!

[hey5000]

Now this is the future.

[Tombo130]

so i dont get it?

hes watching a screen which is showing him what is on each of the screens that he is turning to and allowing him to see where hes moving?

quite strange and awesome!

[dota175]

WOW! How much it'l cost?

[Synion]

It is being programmed under Linux and its code will be released as open source when its finished. I don't think it will cost anything.

[cyberwizzard]

People, this is not fake - its called augmented reality. The whole idea is the the cube is not some uber fancy toy from the future but the graphics are an overlay generated by a computer...

Now what i'd like to know if this is done realtime or are the graphics rendered later on? :)

[theREALZaru]

They are real time. I saw a demonstration of something similar. The camera uses the symbols on teh side to "see" what side is facing and what orientation, and the result is shown on the screen.. Good stuff..

[SIP100]

Its pretty impressive quite the task to program i bet. Awesome work.

[Emwurst]

Real time.

[docjazz4]

So this is basically the futuristic version of those old cube mazes with the silver ball? I like the concept :)

[klarathios]

Yes, it's fake...Who gives a crap? This video is about the idea!

Well done!!!

[Gypse404]

pretty cool ! revolution of gaming ! and more.. lol

[maCisoN69]

When u read comments like "Fake" or "post postproduction" you can see how dumb people are..

poor world we live in!

[anon510]

you're fake

[deano97]

no your fake

[bboywzrd1]

Annoying space sounds...come on man

[Hammertong]

If you can actually make this work, I will buy one!

[parrotsnest]

fake!

[Werdzwurth]

Wow, that looks cool. It's like a 21st century Rubiks Cube....or something like it.

[rallyf1]

i noticed that the camera uses the black and white pattern on each side of the cube to determine what to display, different patterns different images. i saw this technology in the eye toy that sony is promoting for the ps3, and got me wondering is it going to be the same as the rumble issues that sony had.....using other company's technology and then going into legal battles over it???

[KSS5]

This promo is annoying. The game looks hot though.

[abdulkha]

good work, its called augmented reality, where camera detects a shape of some sort and on monitor its show overlay on that shape, resulting in cool effects, planet v2.0 is an excellent example

[Tombo130]

how is that possible?

are they really screens or was all of that added on in post-prod of the vid?

[djskydive]

This is a video game, the cube is the interface in stead of the keyboard. The cube's motions are translated to the cube that is digital and makes it move arround.

[5heikYerbouty]

post production, look at the image quality of the background compared to the game.

[halobenish]

video fvcks up after a minute for me... can see where you put the video on

[kent606]

wooooooooooow

very cool

[saccharinmetric]

Incredible as always Mr. Delire.

[freskiesgates]

whats the song's name and artist?

[Smalls1652]

Songer - Song

[Vislav]

Wooooow, looks amazing but i still don't get it, how tha game works