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.
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posted Sep 27th 2009 11:28AM
Crapgadget?
YES!
That was the first word to pop into my head when I wasted three minutes and thirty six seconds of my life watching the video.
Creepgadget
Did they mention if they are adding eyes to shoes? I would buy some of those for upskirting in the mall. Imagine the faces when they see a giant eye looking up!!
That would make a kick-@$$ webcam!
What?! Lost Room references?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0830361/
@ Ridgecity
What if you see a monster up there? You gonna "shake" it?
Augmented reality OR Schizophrenia for the rest of us?
Would be more effective as a belt buckle.
Hey, baby! Looking goooood!
"I SEE you're checking out my manbits!"
I think the guy at the end of the video doesn't have any kids...because if he did, he'd know that he will be squatting like that for hours... good bye knees...
I take it you haven't seen How to Do the Asian Squat...
I'm Asian and I have to admit, I fell over the first few times. :-\
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWTmg4dHiKg
I dunno... this whole thing gives me flashbacks to Mazes & Monsters.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazes_and_Monsters
When you said you fell over, I thought you meant you fell over laughing. So I watched the video, and thought, this is neat, but not "funny."
So I re-read your message, and LOLed because you meant you ACTUALLY fell over. :)
In all seriousness, thanks for enlightening us to this useful technique, Brandon.
lol.... I started doing the 'asian squat' when I was young back in UK, I just found it comfortable! My friends would make fun of me, so I moved to Thailand... now I can confidently squat when I want and fit right in :D
I've unknowingly been doing the "asian squat" for over a decade now.... When I played baseball, between pitches I'd roll back into that position, much easier on you during the game.
Thanx for enlightening me that it wasn't just me having a weird habit.
And on this post, after I watched the video, I was like with a very distinct "WTF did I just watch?" feeling.
I waited and waited, but it still hasn't gone away.
I believe Engadget has scarred me for life with this one.
Pretty damn cool, now if only we could have an area just for augmented reality games, that'd be awesome.
Great if it was 10x smaller and you could wear it like a badge... but that guy wearing it and ignoring the fact just looks like a loon.
Reminds me of Orb from quake arena!!! FTW
The first you is scary...not the second
Japan, go for the Tech, stay for the Weirdness..
I lol'd while eating in my dorm hall's cafeteria... Lol
I cant wait to beat the shit out of the first person I see wearing one of these.
You're a zombie, aren't you?
Can I get one in time for halloween?
i'm trippin' balls man...
I want two of those on the back of my head, but they must move independent of one another.
Just like Cookie Monster?
Not only will this win the 2009 Crapgadget award, it'll also no doubt also secure this year's Creepgadget award too!
This has FAIL written all over it...
FAIL. FAIL. FAIL. FAIL. FAIL. FAIL. FAIL. FAIL. FAIL. FAIL. FAIL. FAIL. FAIL. FAIL. FAIL. FAIL. FAIL. FAIL. FAIL. FAIL.
please never do that again
That's what she said.
So does your comment...
Oh great - perfect strangers won't mind you photographing them and their kids then violently shaking your phone before walking off.
"well you see officer, those kids had monsters on their faces and i was saving them! the eye told me to!"
That's going into someone's Soul Edge cosplay very, very soon.
If I did cosplay, it'd be going into mine, that's for sure.
What's the point of using the eye in this particular application?
They could have just used the iPhone's camera
How many fps? lol
That dude has it set to "Find underage girls dressed like Sailor Moon".
I wonder if they have to pay royalties to The Residents.
Seems like it would be better suited for finding known criminals in airports, etc. if you could program it to recognize their faces.
Oh, they've done that. http://archives.cnn.com/2001/US/09/28/rec.airport.facial.screening/
Aw, that's not the article I thought it was. Anyway, they do use facial recognition to detect known terrorists and such in subways, airports, etc.
Werabel..... ha ha
WHAT IS THE POINT OF THAT?! ALL YOU ACCOMPLISH IS SCARING RANDOM PEOPLE!
Recession Antidote? Please?
Japanese people are too effing weird.
OH NO!!! The Soul Edge has claimed a new host! quickly, attack(call the cops) while his camera phone/sword is still weak.
I've arrested creeps hanging around playgrounds doing shit like that...
The heck? The guy's wearing that thing at a playground with little kids..
Not all cultures assume all men are pedophiles waiting to snatch and kill small children. Only cultures that have adopted feminism have joined the modern day witch hunt. Considering in North America, where there are about 200 000 000 people under 18, and there are approximately 6 cases of stranger abduction leading to murder per year (there aren't many it's just that every time there is one the news wont shut up about it for 3 months), I'd say logically the last thing you need to be scared of is some random stranger abducting and killing a child. Oh, and another fun fact, children who are die as a result of homicide up to the age of 14 in North America, were most likely killed by their own mother. Weird huh?
We lock up 'strange looking' men, but pay no attention to moms who are freaking on their kids at the supermarket, when chances are, mom might kill the kid, and the strange looking guy is just some random person who has no more intentions of harming a child then jumping over the moon. Bottom line, witch hunts based on myths and fears are NOT in the best interest of children and raising children to fear men is teaching them to fear the gender most likely to protect them if they are in any kind of REAL danger like being lost, falling in a stream, getting bullied, drinking something they thought was juice etc....
Sexual abuse of children happens in their own homes by some on they love and trust almost all the time. Oh, and fun fact number 3, the most common form of incest the world over is between siblings, brother sister, brother brother, sister sister.
Educate your self, know the facts, and determine the threats based on what actually happens in the real world on a regular basis, not the extremely rare anomaly that Oprah and CNN tell you is what you need to fear.
Hey, that's not what I meant at all, and I certainly didn't mean to offend you! All I was saying was that if I was a little kid on a playground, a robotic eye stuck to someone's arm would creep the heck out of me!