Miruko wearable gaming eyeball robot turns the creep factor up significantly

Miruko is the creepiest gaming device we've seen in a while -- but it's also downright awesome. A robotic interface boasting WiFi and a built-in camera, it's designed to be worn and used in augmented reality, real life gaming situations, able to detect things -- like monsters -- that are invisible to the human eye. Once the robot detects the presence of said monster (or zombie), it fixes its gaze on the object, allowing the gamer to follow its line of sight and then.. you know, destroy it -- using an iPhone camera. It's also capable of locating and locking in on specific objects and faces, making it really useful in hunting down whatever imaginary creatures that have been following you lately. Check the coolness in the video after the break, but keep in mind -- we've been able to see the invisible monsters all along.

[Via Pink Tentacle]

[Xcelerate Posted Sep 28th 2009 1:13PM]

What do you mean?

[CJ Posted Sep 27th 2009 11:59PM]

Clearly not a very good gaming device.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 28th 2009 12:17AM]

There's a guy that goes around and shows it off, but get a look at the kid's expressions at the end when they see the moving eyeball ahah.

http://www.tvlesson.com/video/39519_miruko-gaming-eyeball-in-action.html

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 28th 2009 5:35AM]

If this thing can help me find my car keys I want one NOW! :D

[Kid Red Posted Sep 28th 2009 9:19AM]

hahaha

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 28th 2009 9:49AM]

GlaDOS?

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 28th 2009 10:39AM]

Can I walk around with this and a boombox playing that GEICO song: somebodys watching me? I think I should

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 28th 2009 11:24AM]

Thus continuing the long tradition of "only in Japan"

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 28th 2009 12:52PM]

Oh, I can see the conversations now:

"Excuse me, do you mind if I take a picture of you? I need to destroy the monster stuck to your face that my creepy mechanical possessed arm-eyeball pointed out to me."

Come to think of it, that's really not much of a conversation, unless of course you count swearing and getting kicked in the gut a form of polite discourse.
I think we can all also agree that this would perhaps be the worst pickup line ever conceived in the history of man if some poor single guy were to try to bring this thing to the dating venue of his choice. Why only guys? Because knitted arm mounted eye sockets haven't been fashionable since the Polk administration.

...I love this thing. The jokes write themselves.

[Michael Pollard Posted Sep 28th 2009 2:03PM]

Reading the article, I thought it would be a head-mounted device with a display on the back. And seeing "invisible" monsters I figured referred to an infrared sensor.

Think of the potential with that one - say you're playing paintball. Set the eye to look for opponent faces, and mark them. Then track them even when there's an obstacle between you and them. Can you say, "unfair advantage"?

And shoot them from around a corner, while never exposing yourself to their fire... :)

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 30th 2009 5:24PM]

very interesting.