A Japanese firm has used Microsoft's Kinect peripheral to create a promotional display for the upcoming Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. Solid State Society. The exhibit features images projected on two different walls, and then uses the Kinect to track player movements, allowing visitors to control one of the mechs featured in the movie.
The system itself is actually PC-based, however, so it's not official Xbox software. If you happen to be in Tokyo and want to see it, the promotional exhibit is on display in the Shibuya Parco shopping complex until the middle of April.
Reader Comments (24)
Posted: Mar 24th 2011 7:22AM TheShaper said
Even ADS?!
OH C'MON ALREADY! What about games? Xbox 360 GAMES?
OH C'MON ALREADY! What about games? Xbox 360 GAMES?
Posted: Mar 24th 2011 7:31AM Shiz said
OK, so the surgery hack is no longer the best.
Posted: Mar 24th 2011 8:10AM KiraXD said
im beginning to think that kinect games will never exist outside the 4 same launch titles.
Posted: Mar 24th 2011 8:43AM (Unverified) said
Why is there no video?
Posted: Mar 24th 2011 9:07AM Aerothorn said
Post should be more clear: Solid State Society is not upcoming (it was released a few years ago). A 3D version of it apparently is.
Posted: Mar 24th 2011 9:30AM EvilCartographer said
@Aerothorn
Agreed. It was a quality film, and a pretty good end to the tv version of the franchise, but I would have liked to see a whole third season based on the plot, rather than just the movie.
Still, very cool idea using Kinect as a GITS interface. Doesn't make me want to buy Kinect, but cool nonetheless.
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Agreed. It was a quality film, and a pretty good end to the tv version of the franchise, but I would have liked to see a whole third season based on the plot, rather than just the movie.
Still, very cool idea using Kinect as a GITS interface. Doesn't make me want to buy Kinect, but cool nonetheless.
Posted: Mar 24th 2011 10:13AM bunnyraven said
@shabby329
I love JD Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye was my favorite book back in HS. After watching GiTS, I went out and read his collection of short stories, one of them being The Laughing Man. It was an awesome read!
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I love JD Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye was my favorite book back in HS. After watching GiTS, I went out and read his collection of short stories, one of them being The Laughing Man. It was an awesome read!
Posted: Mar 24th 2011 9:27AM vermonster said
So,you're telling me this cyberbrain I bought on craigslist is no longer needed? Damn you Chief!
Posted: Mar 24th 2011 10:20AM Machiavellian79 said
Why don't some of you complainers just wait until E3. I am sure you are going to get your full of Kinect games. The device sold over 10 mill, you can believe there are games being made. Hell, if you take the 3 thats being done in Japan and the one that's coming from Crytek, that's enough to fill my quota for the device.
Posted: Mar 24th 2011 11:51AM R Planteer said
Why is no one else shocked that this is happening in Japan of all places? The most Xbox-phobic country on the planet.
If it had been a schoolgirl raping sim using the PS Move, sure, that I can understand, but an interactive ad using Kinect?
Crazzzyyy world....
If it had been a schoolgirl raping sim using the PS Move, sure, that I can understand, but an interactive ad using Kinect?
Crazzzyyy world....
Posted: Mar 24th 2011 11:58AM liquidsoap89 said
Woah woah woah woah woah.....
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There's a new GitS movie?
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There's a new GitS movie?
Posted: Mar 24th 2011 1:44PM Crayola Q Pants ESQ said
@Nonentity Whoah, keep your filthy Tachikoma antics to yourself, guy
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Posted: Mar 24th 2011 12:33PM gangcar said
MS has done it now, they've inadvertently developed the ultimate tradeshow booth device!
Posted: Mar 24th 2011 3:45PM gatotsu911 said
This is probably as good a time as any to ask... why has no one attempted a proper Ghost in the Shell video game yet? I don't mean like those crappy third-person shooters on the PS1 and PS2; I'm talking an open world game with the entirety of New Port City to explore. Building-diving, cyberbrain-hacking, thermoptic camouflage, body and brain augmentations, cyber-terrorists, the flooded Old City - everything that makes the franchise fascinating, not just a bunch of generic run-and-gunning.
On a related note, I'd also like to see a decent Akira game. The borderline-anarchic Neo-Tokyo, packed with warring biker gangs, anti-government factions, and weird military experiments could lend itself well to a GTA-style game.
On a related note, I'd also like to see a decent Akira game. The borderline-anarchic Neo-Tokyo, packed with warring biker gangs, anti-government factions, and weird military experiments could lend itself well to a GTA-style game.
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