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This live-action performance from the annual Carnegie Mellon University Entertainment Technology Center's Building Virtual Worlds show has a group of students creating a virtual Nintendo world. Students had two weeks to brainstorm, develop, and create a virtual world and then use it to entertain a large audience.

In this case, the students created a story where a young man is hired to test a virtual reality version of the Nintendo Entertainment System before the system hits the market for Christmas 1985.

The performance was originally filmed on December 4, 2006, and was given in McConomy Auditorium at Carnegie Mellon, using technology called Playmotion. The playmotion is a motion sensor technology that receives data on the user's head and two hands.

So when is this version of the NES coming out? Nintendo? Anyone? Please. 








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Darren Nakamura's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/22/2007 17:11
Darren Nakamura
That was probably the coolest thing like this I've seen. Pretty well done, though there were a few slipups. I love the inclusion of Error from Zelda II.
Mabec's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/22/2007 17:23
Mabec
Oh my... thats 10+ in my book.
Aetsen's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/22/2007 17:28
Aetsen
It's pretty cool how he was interacting live with the screen. Like those experimental UIs on youtube.
defiendglory's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/22/2007 17:34
defiendglory
I enjoyed what seem like the Back to the Future reference at the end. Or maybe I just don't really have a life and am imagining things.
5lectro's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/22/2007 17:49
5lectro
I saw the back to the future reference too.

I'm also glad not to be the only one to think "a whore!" when you meet that girl in zelda 2.
bleep's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/22/2007 20:03
bleep
Thought it was rather lame!! come on this is 2007! you can't by on nastalga alone. Guess it was alright...but come on that was pretty LAME!
and yes I thouht he was gonna pull out a flux capacitor as well....
bleep's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/22/2007 20:04
bleep
nastalga=nostalgia....OK
Oni's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/22/2007 22:04
Oni
I thought that was pretty cool! Very well done!
tehuberone's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/23/2007 05:54
tehuberone
Nice presentation.
GlitchCog's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/23/2007 09:27
GlitchCog
The MegaMan part was the best.
Maxpower's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/23/2007 11:28
Maxpower
Just awesome.
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