does the woman in the video have a patent for her mouth?

Yes it has false teeth and lots of condoms in the pockets (double strength)

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I for one welcome our speccy overlords!

Bring it!

A freebie side effect - with a pistol, you even get real(istic) reloads where you could end up getting hit by a bad guy whilst you're physically reloading!

Cooolll.

Next step- a 360 degree panoramic game environment using multiple 'stitched' projectors and accelerometers - make u feel like you're totally in the game.

Can even throw in motion, you'd physically stay stood in the middle of the circle, then use the iPhone 3Gs digital compass readings (mounted on a hat) the system would know which way you're facing, you'd press a button to go forward/backward that direction.

And to go ridiculously further - in-game pickups can be simulated by having some machine drop real ammo clips at your feet from some kind of makeshift dispenser above the players head.

How kewl would that be!?

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More discussion over beer...

...I gave her that pearl necklace!!!

Like a sheet or cardboard one would be able to use airsoft or bb guns to accomplish the same thing. Purely irresponsible to demonstrate this with a real gun.

I understand your normal abhorrence of stereotypical American gun culture, and their high murder / suicide rates, but give me a break! That was the coolest science / engineering experiment I've seen in a long time! And it was conducted completely responsibly in a controlled environment!!!

Has literally the most annoying voice in the world.

But cool science, will definitely try this out some time!

Good news: First steps towards the holodecks - woohoo!

Bad news: They loaded up Quake 3 and tried rocket jumping

Wouldn't it be better to ask Midway for a copy of Time Crisis 3? At least you don't have to worry about moving--you can execute a "stop time" for reloading and a secondary sensor to tell if you're under cover.

Grenade launchers makes everything better, IMO. :D

That is the coolest thing EVER!!!

Now, where is the sniper mod...

Labview, Check

Accel'ometres, Check

PC, lots

guns, nuts! Sub using fire axe, tools or lab stools....

Friday afternoon of fun in the lab while the boss is on vacation!

Even with this game, as it still stands, the only good thing that comes out of their gun culture is population control.

what does it give you (apart from using a real gun) over, say, gun-mounted-laser and camera systems? Or Wiimote based systems? They're just as good (at least a decent set-up is, a wiimote-based one might be a little laggy), nowhere near as destructive and nowhere near as dangerous. Plus you can use them in the UK without gun licenses. Just a single Portal-style warning that you "do not look at the operational end of the device" and away you go.

Also, with a laser-based system the weapons can be light enough to allow you to carry multiple guns- so you're not using a pistol to control an RPG or a crowbar. How do you right-click with a pistol, anyway?

And it wasn't HL2 they were using, it was a flash file using pictures from HL2. There's a difference. If you don't believe me, I've got an unpainted beetle-engined Ferrari replica you can have for a cool £half-mil. Looks basically similar to the real thing, but they're not anything alike!

And before anyone tries to shout me down, yes- I have done better; laser shooting range was rigged up for a works party and I completed HL2 with wiimote, stereoscopic HMD and a Wii Balance Board. Both of which were pretty damn impressive if I do say so myself!

A local shooting range had a video system which used a laser grid to track bullet position. The images were projected on a rubber screen. The system didn't work well, so they took it out after a while. I'd like to play with something like that again.

Do it with laser tag gear and there is no need for live weapons, possible injury or death, or arrest and incarceration. Legal problems avoided.

No comment on the content, I can't stand these people.

I read these comments and I have to ask: why is the mother country is so afraid of little guns? They're very safe, and very easy to use; it's a point and click interface... basically don't point at what you don't want destroyed and never click until you've read rule #1.

No wonder bunch uppity drunken colonists drove the tyrannical megalomaniacs off the island... It seems the red coats showed up with laser pointers and airsoft guns and were greeted with a hail of lead from Gordon Freeman.

does she also wear her sunglasses at night?

They're very safe, and very easy to use; it's a point and click interface... basically don't point at what you don't want destroyed and never click until you've read rule #1.

There seem to be a lot of Yanks who don't understand your two rules. Or worse, understand the rules, but don't care that they are taking a life. IMHO we are better off without them, but there will be those who disagree.

Re: Adnim

We used to do something similar, same sort of experiences as you, though we did have the Police arrive on a number of occassions. We also got hold of some 6mm Paintball pellets designed for use in BB guns. Now they made things fun, especially when there was such a mix of 'weaponry'.

We even went to the extent of making smoke grenades from Film Canisters, Potassium Magnate and Glucose.

Wish I could get away with doing it now to be honest!

AWESOMEEEEEE!!!

Sorry, I had to do it just this once. :)

I want this :)

As a recent Limey import into the US, I have to remind my fellow Americans that the Brits are so convinced that objects themselves have the capacity for evil that stab-proof knives (yeah, right) were invented there - and their crime-rate beats even that of South Africa, as recently published.

Poor brainless sheep - Orwell would be proud.

... is how many of them say "Give me a gun and I'll kill all those guys!" ...

Fun idea, but who could afford it? With .22 maybe......

Ammo is REALLY expensive. I only get to shoot a few times a year for carry permit profiency.

As a hobby, this would make cryo-cooled gaming rigs look cheap.

Stop moaning that it's a flash version. The author said : "a Flash version of Half-Life", so we already knew that. Perhaps you should read the article properly.

@the author : That's not Half Life, it's Half Life 2.

*Runs off to geek shed*

Here in the US we need more guns. Many more, 1000s, no 1000000s in fact!

After about 5 years we would have weeded out the betas and the slow/old.

Problem solved!

SCIENCE!

Washington DC has tough gun control laws and a high gun crime rate. Gun crime in this country actually went up after gun laws were tightened up by the NuLab junta.

Bad people who wanna do bad things with guns will really not be bothered whether the gun they have is illegal or not. Remember, 'guns don't kill people, rappers do.'. Also, the first thing a dictator does is ban private gun ownership and hunting. Ask Hitler and Tony Blair.

As for the game, very cool, though where do I lay my hands on a BFG?

Why ? errrr obviously they are Texans which may modify their out look a tad, because they can, and because it was clearly a laugh.....

You might get the impression that I don't agree with private ownership of firearms from previous posts. It's irresponsible gun owners I disagree with.....

... shame about the voice!

If I was on the nest I think I'd put something in her mouth to keep her quiet.

Any more details about Anita B and her impossibly gleaming teeth?

I know I should'nt, but I want one....

You could use it in a nursery and have kidds with foam hammers playing 'wack a mole'. or maybe somthing more educationial.

If fact if you put it horozontal, and projected one of them 'mind games' the sort where you need to put blocks in the right place or cogs in the right order to make a 'machine' work. You could do that I suppose, although I like the gun idea.

I can see many comercial applications for that board as I suspect its quite cheap to make.

I've been pondering how to get a computer to quickly & easily work out where an arrow lands on a target - can you imagine playing a version of Space Invaders, Duck Hunt or the like with bows and arrows?

It's illegal to hunt with a bow+arrow in the UK because it's effectively a silent weapon compared to guns, a system like this could bring some fun into the sport beyond traditional target shooting.

A similar system (but based on microphones, and not compatible with HL2) is available already via www.aircine.de - basically you shoot at a video with anything from an Airsoft gun to a heavy machinegun, and the microphones in the corners detect which point you've hit.

Requires the blackbox from Aircine, a laptop, a beamer, and a large framed screen.