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[–] friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

lol, this reminded me of the MS surface parody. "Instead of using one of today's more popular compact devices to get directions to where you're going, why not use a device the size of a small car to do the same job?"

https://youtu.be/CZrr7AZ9nCY

[–] binarytobis@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

It always seems weird to me that they didn’t market it for its true potential, as a D&D and board game medium.

I built one myself with diffusive plastic, a short throw projector, and a PS3 camera, and it ruled.