The second annual Board Game Jam is happening next month at George Brown College. It’s going to be an awesome time when you can start a board game on Saturday and play it on Sunday night with your friends.
It’s timely that I just found out about the ePawn, which looks to connect the digital and tactile realms of gaming in a cohesive experience. From their site:
Real objects Get back to real feelings, touch real objects and use them as the most natural interface with a system. Instead of having 3D screens, have real objects on a screen: is there any better 3D than real 3D? Real Time ePawn’s tracking solution is fast. Objects are seamlessly tracked by the system and they can even be used as devices for action games
Check it out in action:
ePawn is looking for a release in the second half of 2012 and until then all we can do is speculate. There are so many questions I have for ePawn, well I’ll just have to wait. So it goes.
I was surprised to find out that they aren’t using RFID and have created their own propriety system of unit detection and placement.