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adidas Originals - Augmented Reality Sneaker Experience

akesoakeso Registered User regular
edited February 2010 in Games and Technology
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRcognsyqNY

I'm not sure what to even say. It's a shoe that works as a controller so you can play one video game where you shoot storm troopers and costs over $100?
It's like the power glove on crack.

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  • mere_immortalmere_immortal So tasty!Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    I really thought this was a spam bot advertising trainers again.

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  • wobblyheadedbobwobblyheadedbob Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    This has got to be one of the stupidest things I've seen. I don't want to hold the thing I've been walking in all day.
    :?: :lol:

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  • DrovekDrovek Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    So why does it have to be a shoe, again?

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  • ArkanArkan Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Drovek wrote: »
    So why does it have to be a shoe, again?

    Why not a shoe?

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  • UncleSporkyUncleSporky Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Just a ridiculous promotion. You could copy that same pattern to a piece of paper and attach it to a stick for a much more playable sort of experience.

    I mean, I love augmented reality and want to see more of it on portable devices, this is just the worst possible venue for it. It may as well be on a McDonald's Big Mac box or something.

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  • chamberlainchamberlain Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Does the hair cut come with the shoe?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZ1NA7Mgzgw

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  • cloudeaglecloudeagle Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    ...how did anyone think this was a good idea?

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  • mrt144mrt144 King of the Numbernames Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    I hate retro 90s shit. It's so bad.

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  • OlivawOlivaw good name, isn't it? the foot of mt fujiRegistered User regular
    edited February 2010
    I like the name

    Augmented
    Reality
    Sneaker
    Experience

    That's really great

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  • mrt144mrt144 King of the Numbernames Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Also what the fuck does adidas have to do with Storm Troopers other than both are backpacking bullshit.

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  • cloudeaglecloudeagle Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    mrt144 wrote: »
    Also what the fuck does adidas have to do with Storm Troopers other than both are backpacking bullshit.

    Marc Ecko obsesses over stormtroopers, and he's violently popular for some reason. My guess is Adidas is trying to ape him.

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  • akesoakeso Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    mrt144 wrote: »
    Also what the fuck does adidas have to do with Storm Troopers other than both are backpacking bullshit.

    Storm troopers are edgy?

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  • mrt144mrt144 King of the Numbernames Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    cloudeagle wrote: »
    mrt144 wrote: »
    Also what the fuck does adidas have to do with Storm Troopers other than both are backpacking bullshit.

    Marc Ecko obsesses over stormtroopers, and he's violently popular for some reason. My guess is Adidas is trying to ape him.

    Mark Ecko is king of the backpackers.

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  • cloudeaglecloudeagle Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    mrt144 wrote: »
    cloudeagle wrote: »
    mrt144 wrote: »
    Also what the fuck does adidas have to do with Storm Troopers other than both are backpacking bullshit.

    Marc Ecko obsesses over stormtroopers, and he's violently popular for some reason. My guess is Adidas is trying to ape him.

    Mark Ecko is king of the backpackers.

    Um... what's a backpacker? I'm guessing there's more to it than just having a pack on your back.

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  • UncleSporkyUncleSporky Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    By the way guys, you can make this kind of thing yourself quite easily with ARToolkit.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ux6Ihiy6ZLA

    http://www.hitl.washington.edu/artoolkit/

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  • EchoEcho ski-bap ba-dapModerator, Administrator admin
    edited February 2010
    Good thing I took three extra seconds to look at this before I pressed the spam button.

    Damn shoe spammers.

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  • SamSam Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Also what the fuck does adidas have to do with Storm Troopers other than both are backpacking bullshit.

    Adidas has this huge retro Star Wars thing going. They put out Darth Vader shoes, Stormtroopers and Skywalkers, as well as Leia and Yoda kicks.

    adidas-skywalker-g13297-1-600x399.jpg

    adidas-storm-trooper-2-g13296-1-600x399.jpg

    The skywalkers and stormtroopers look cool. The others range from fugly (Vader, Leia) to WTF
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  • akesoakeso Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Echo wrote: »
    Good thing I took three extra seconds to look at this before I pressed the spam button.

    Damn shoe spammers.

    are there really that many people spamming shoes on penny arcade???

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  • randombattlerandombattle Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    akeso wrote: »
    Echo wrote: »
    Good thing I took three extra seconds to look at this before I pressed the spam button.

    Damn shoe spammers.

    are there really that many people spamming shoes on penny arcade???

    There was a couple going on a for a bit. So yeah I guess PA is prime shoe marketing candidates.

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  • mrt144mrt144 King of the Numbernames Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    cloudeagle wrote: »
    mrt144 wrote: »
    cloudeagle wrote: »
    mrt144 wrote: »
    Also what the fuck does adidas have to do with Storm Troopers other than both are backpacking bullshit.

    Marc Ecko obsesses over stormtroopers, and he's violently popular for some reason. My guess is Adidas is trying to ape him.

    Mark Ecko is king of the backpackers.

    Um... what's a backpacker? I'm guessing there's more to it than just having a pack on your back.

    Someone who goes to hip shows, with a backpack on their back usually containing things like cans of spray paint which will never be used, weed, ipod, etc etc. Usually white kids from the burbs who think they're way more afroinformed than anyone else.

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  • Hotlead JunkieHotlead Junkie Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Talk about a first person shoe-ter

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  • subediisubedii Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    I really thought this was a spam bot advertising trainers again.

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  • Hotlead JunkieHotlead Junkie Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Can you get trainers for these games?

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  • Bacon-BuTTyBacon-BuTTy Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    I was lauging my arse off when I started watching.

    Olivaw wrote: »
    I like the name

    Augmented
    Reality
    Sneaker
    Experience

    That's really great

    And this just makes it so much better.

    Brilliant.

    This is like, a fucking joke, right?

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  • Hotlead JunkieHotlead Junkie Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    I'm totally sole-d on this idea

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  • SoaLSoaL fantastic Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    hotlead you will stop that immediately

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  • Hotlead JunkieHotlead Junkie Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    SoaL wrote: »
    hotlead you will stop that immediately

    Sorry I was just getting a real kick out of all this. I thought the idea was a real shoe-in

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  • FuraelFurael Registered User new member
    edited February 2010
    Dammit Hotlead. You'll lose your badge for this!

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  • SmokeStacksSmokeStacks Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    You blew up thirteen cars!

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  • Fort1tudeFort1tude Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    guys can this now be about augmented reality stuff?

    i am now interested in the ARToolkit and the possibilities for dnd, i mean it just needs a webcam and pieces of paper right?

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  • SmokeStacksSmokeStacks Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Seriously though, this is pretty dumb.

    I don't understand the draw here. With paper I can understand, but shoes?

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  • akesoakeso Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    I was lauging my arse off when I started watching.

    Olivaw wrote: »
    I like the name

    Augmented
    Reality
    Sneaker
    Experience

    That's really great

    And this just makes it so much better.

    Brilliant.

    This is like, a fucking joke, right?

    Sadly no. A friend of mine went to the Houston Champs to confirm they are actually on the shelves.

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  • Alfred J. KwakAlfred J. Kwak is it because you were insulted when I insulted your hair?Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    The good thing about this is that you get 2 controllers for multiplayer.

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  • SageinaRageSageinaRage Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Why couldn't they make a game, where you, like, wear the shoes?

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  • Fleck0Fleck0 Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Why couldn't they make a game, where you, like, wear the shoes?

    "walk around, and experience the world in TRUE 3d". $100 is nothing for graphics like that! plus a completely open sandbox environment

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  • UncleSporkyUncleSporky Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Fort1tude wrote: »
    guys can this now be about augmented reality stuff?

    i am now interested in the ARToolkit and the possibilities for dnd, i mean it just needs a webcam and pieces of paper right?

    That's all it needs, but remember each person needs their own screen to be able to see the stuff. Everybody holding up their iphones, looking through it like a viewer onto a world with tiny orcs on their table.

    It also requires lots of programming, there are a lot of small demos but you're limited by your ability to program the set up, physics, rules, and graphic design. All it really does is provide coordinates for your view on the scene.

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  • ArkanArkan Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Fort1tude wrote: »
    guys can this now be about augmented reality stuff?

    i am now interested in the ARToolkit and the possibilities for dnd, i mean it just needs a webcam and pieces of paper right?

    That's all it needs, but remember each person needs their own screen to be able to see the stuff. Everybody holding up their iphones, looking through it like a viewer onto a world with tiny orcs on their table.

    It also requires lots of programming, there are a lot of small demos but you're limited by your ability to program the set up, physics, rules, and graphic design. All it really does is provide coordinates for your view on the scene.

    you could use a single webcam and a large computer screen to look at it

    or even a large projector

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  • UncleSporkyUncleSporky Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Arkan wrote: »
    Fort1tude wrote: »
    guys can this now be about augmented reality stuff?

    i am now interested in the ARToolkit and the possibilities for dnd, i mean it just needs a webcam and pieces of paper right?

    That's all it needs, but remember each person needs their own screen to be able to see the stuff. Everybody holding up their iphones, looking through it like a viewer onto a world with tiny orcs on their table.

    It also requires lots of programming, there are a lot of small demos but you're limited by your ability to program the set up, physics, rules, and graphic design. All it really does is provide coordinates for your view on the scene.

    you could use a single webcam and a large computer screen to look at it

    or even a large projector

    The point of augmented reality is to be able to move around the object and see it from different angles. A single screen just makes it like that Eyetoy card game. Why bother projecting onto your table when you could just be looking at a normal CG world like Oblivion or something?

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