Project Number
- 172
Title
- Big Head Racer
Description
- Virtual environment prototype to personalize video racing entertainment experiences.
Contact
- Valerie Dunford
Affiliation
- VIVID GROUP
Address
- 317 Adelaide Street West, Suite 302
- Toronto, Ontario M5V 1P9
- Canada
- Toronto, Ontario M5V 1P9
- valerie@vividgroup.com
WWW
- http://www.vividgroup.com
Year
- 1997
Reference
- SIGGRAPH 97 Visual Proceedings
Project Details
- "A revolutionary, entirely new prototype, Big Head Racer has been created with the objective of personalizing video racing entertainment experiences."
- "It allows participants to see a live video image of themselves in the cockpit of a futuristic racing machine competing against other drivers (whose heads also appear in their cars) in a race for the finish line!"
Sight
- graphics workstation, video camera
Sound
- amplified sound
Touch
Smell
Taste
Other
Emergence
- 2 - Prototype, Components, Testing
Intent
- 3 - Application (expression, enabler)
Primary
- 309 - entertainment
Secondary
- 208 - animation
Remarks
- Implementation details undocumented.
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