The great thing is that there is no controller. The software, in real-time I might add, tracks your movements and removes the background. It also can account for other people moving and walking behind you and doesn’t care about reflective surfaces like glasses etc. The game even has multiplayer! You can team on up to four of your friends who use controllers to attack you while you do your Fu.
The GamesCom Cologne Trailer:
The game is set to be released on Playstation Network later this year for about 14.99 Euro/Dollars. You’ll need to have your own Playstation Eye (you can get one via the GDN AStore).
When I saw it at GamesCom in Cologne, I spied people from both Sony and Microsoft standing about, inquiring as to what it was, how it was doing it, etc. It seems that the big boys are highly interested in what Teemu, the Managing Director and his team have done. You can check the video footage and see GDN’s own Shane Dickson and Thomas DuBois getting into the action themselves... Unfortunately, there was no footage of me playing the game in Cologne, where I made like a dubbed Kung Fu flick before fighting through a dozen guys. A real pity.
The PAX Prime 2010 Montage:
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Shane and Thomas take on Kung Fu LIVE at PAX Prime 2010. Footage shot with Creative Labs Vado HD
The thing that, in my opinion, makes this game so cool is not the awesome graphics and tongue-in-cheek attitude it takes (that’s all great though), it’s that a tiny little company way up north did something on Sony’s console...that Sony couldn’t accomplish. Kudos team! Way to drop kick them into action!
Mark my words...everyone will want this game when they see it, everyone. I expect that Virtual Air Guitar will be entertaining some large, lucrative offers for their company and technology in the near future.
