Summary: Player views computer game with glasses/headset that are connected to computer Player controls movement (forward, backward, left, right, diagonal in the 4 above directions, strafe left and right, crouching, walking) by moving his body Player controls direction by turning his body and moving controller around, up down etc. Player controls shooting and other actions with buttons on the controller What I'm imagining is a person playing Counter-Strike. The player would be using a gun-shaped controller to shoot and to also to control direction (360 around him, and also up and down). To make the in-game character turn, the player would just turn his body to move the gun in that direction. The turning wouldn't be controlled by head movement. To make the player shoot or stab a knife or throw a grenade, then the player would just hit the trigger on the controller. Another button could be put on the controller to control reloading, or maybe it could be done with detected hand motions. To make the in-game character move in a particular direction the player would first have to take one step in that direction and then if he wants to keep going in that direction then he would start running/walking on the spot. You could hopefully do this in a small area and wouldn't have to worry about running into furniture etc. Is there any hardware out there that can detect the following movements of a player standing in front of it: * forward * backward * left * right * diagonal (in the 4 above directions) * strafe left and right * crouching * all the above movements in a slower speed. the default speed for most FPS games is running, but the player would need to be able to walk slowly too * jumping I know the Kinect can detect motion but can it detect all those things? To view the game the player wouldn't be looking at a projected image on the wall or his computer screen, but would wear a head-mounted display or glasses like the Vuzix glasses.
