Today's handful video: Mario, gesture mash-up

by Zack Stern { Jan 23rd 2008 at 3:17AM }

In what looks like a mash-up tech demo, Super Mario Bros. gets a helping hand from a player, with the plumber being guided and lifted by simple gestures. The video makes us hopeful for fun camera-based games to finally take hold. Bring on the crazy, creative games.

See the video after the break.

[Via BoingBoing]

Tags: camera, hack, hottest-video, hottestvideo, mario, mario-hand, tech-demo, video, videocamera

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

JonFitt @ Jan 23rd 2008 3:04PM

Couldn't he place his hand under Mario and just lift him across the map?

Haxxorz!

Dio @ Jan 23rd 2008 9:34PM

*flick*

Joseph @ Jan 24th 2008 2:31PM

It looks like one of those games you'd play with the EyeToy.

Tiger of PTS @ Jan 23rd 2008 3:47AM

Thank you, yesterday on Kotaku.

Tiger of PTS @ Jan 23rd 2008 3:49AM

Just kidding, this video's cool enough to see twice.

Jtenma @ Jan 23rd 2008 8:38AM

Oh, you were so going to get flamed.

Kamizar @ Jan 23rd 2008 4:25AM

The clouds are bushes...

JDavis @ Jan 23rd 2008 4:36AM

The clouds in the original SMB1 have always used the same graphics as the bushes. You never noticed that until now?

Kamizar @ Jan 23rd 2008 4:39AM

Of course not, but there are many people who haven't, and i am merely enlightening them...

Kn1ves @ Jan 23rd 2008 5:35AM

the mountains are made out of chocolate chip cookies

Veko @ Jan 23rd 2008 4:38AM

In concept it's cool, in action not as cool. I'd definitely play games, that aren't lame and simple, (a lot of the eyetoy games) which are designed for the controls.

hvnlysoldr @ Jan 23rd 2008 1:48PM

I love Dark Crystal.

That's Master Hand?

Chase @ Jan 23rd 2008 6:49AM

While this is neat, I think camera-based games aren't popular because people like precision control, which camera-based games cannot yet properly duplicate. Even a game like Super Mario. Bros. requires precision control of the character. Some of the jumps, for instance, need to be well-timed - otherwise you plummet to your doom. So yeah, while novel, camera-based games are somewhat impractical.