GameBullet™

The Finnish company A4SP Technologies Ltd. developed the GameBullet™ sensor module that integrates into the shaft of the GB Floorball stick. The Finnish company A4SP Technologies Ltd. developed the GameBullet™ sensor module that integrates into the shaft of the GB Floorball shaft. Data captured on the device can be downloaded to the user's mobile device and is supposed to help improve a player's ballhandling, passing and shooting.

Sony Game Phone on the way

Not to be outdone by iPhone games and its integration of its triaxial accelerometer, Sony will be releasing the Sony Ericsson F305 Phone which will include extra game (x,y) buttons. Apparently there will be three games included with the F305 including bass fishing, bowling and a jockey game. No word about any GPS, or social networking capabilities/mash-up.

CORPUS Museum - "A journey throught the body"

Selling tickets apparently is not a problem for the new CORPUS museum in the Netherlands. School groups and tourists are flocking to this new facility dedicated to teaching visitors through five dimensions (five senses). In one of the exhibits (seen in Reuters video clip), you have to throw objects at the touch sensitive screen to kill bacteria or other bad molecules/virus.

CamSpace: Playing games with cardboard

Take any object (piece of cardboard or ketchup bottle) and allow your webcam to recognize it .. The CamSpace software (looking for Beta testers) then maps your object as the game piece/object. In the screen caps above, demo'd games inlude playing a soccer game (like EyeToy Play) of keep-up and playing an "augmented" xylophone. A great and affordable to way to physically interact with others and the games. They claim that they will always make the software available for free.
[Thanks Ben]

Rock Revolution: DrumMania 2.0

Following the success of Guitar Hero and Rockband, Konami will release a drum-based game called Rock Revolution. Apparently although the DrumMania series drum was successful, they started from scratch when it came to the game controller and interface (drum kit = 6 pads and plus pedal).

[Via Gamasutra]

Tresling: Tetris + Arm Wrestling

First there was Tetris Weightligting and now there is Tom Gerhardt's Tetris + Arm Wrestling = Tresling using a an "Over The Top" type touch senstitve interface (with opposite hand control for orientating your falling pieces). I love mash-ups/hacks like these because it shows unconventional thinking and problem-solving that integrates physical interaction and socially supportive environments.

[Via Like Cool]