"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.
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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.
Other skills, such as the ability to recognize and track specific faces or objects, suggest the Miruko robotic eyeball interface could be put to use in a variety of navigation, surveillance, and augmented reality entertainment applications.
Pixel Eater
Straight outta Parasyte is what that is.
[]Robotbling
Interesting. I wonder where you came across this? :P
[]pukaso (sagiii)
Thanks a lot for your writing about our product.
[]Now we are making another robotic product focusing mainly on highschool girls (in Japanese, 'joshi-kousei', in short, 'JK') to make them stay connected with each other.
Tim
Interesting, but a very strange game! I can't wait to see the joshikosei game. Too bad there isn't more information about the creators.
[]Adam
Really intriguing! I about lol'd when the eyeball was attracted to.. ...the man using what appears to be an ATM machine! ;) (please correct me if i'm misinformed)
[]Fudoh
Ticket vending machines, I'd guess. The place looks like a train station to me. ;)
[]Marco Sickof Names
Yes - it is indeed a train station! My guess is that it's in Tokyo or another more major metropolitan city in Japan, as there's a lot of ticket machines in one spot.
[]Sublight
I would love to have a coat with about a dozen of these stuck in it, all moving around independently.
[]Plugh
A Beholder vest!
[]Oz
Is this available to purchase?
[]xtaz
Freaky !
[]Tyrone Boom
Didnt know that :(
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