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"Microsoft is closer to bringing gamers a more immersive experience through Illumiroom, according to documents released online this week.\nMicrosoft's IllumiRoom uses a  Xbox Kinect and a projector to extend the gaming experience beyond the borders of the television. While a prototype of this was presented at this year's Consumer Electronics Show, documents released on Microsoft's Research hub indicate the project has moved beyond proof-of-concept.\nThe IllumiRoom first uses the Kinect's camera to get a sense of the player's living room. Then, the wide-field project, which sits behind the player, projects portions of the gameplay onto the surrounding living room landscape to achieve a broader sense of immersion.\nThe IllumiRoom might just project visual effects outside of the TV space: like lightning bolts or explosions. It can also extend the field of view of the game to encompass the whole wall. The IllumiRoom could also give the player a broader sense of space by showing markers representing other players or items out of their TV's main field of view.\nThe video above also shows the IllumiRoom using light or sound tricks to distort reality around the TV, like turning the living room into a cartoon world or making it black and white.\nMicrosoft still has a long way to go with the testing, but it's conceivable that the IllumiRoom could eventually be part of the soon-to-be announced next-generation Xbox. \nHomepage image courtesy Microsoft.\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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