Heidi HoopesMarch 31, 2015Lumo projects an interactive, motion-sensitive game experience onto walls and floors

Lumo's goal is to get kids moving again in video games

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If you've visited a trade show or children's museum lately, chances are you've seen an interactive, motion-sensitive exhibit projected onto a wall or floor. Lumo is the at-home version of this technology, developed by technologists Meghan Athavale and Curtis Wachs who began creating interactive environments for commercial settings. Seeing a demand for a cheaper and more user-friendly version of their product for interactive gaming at home, they're launching an Indiegogo campaign to fund the continued development of Lumo.

Lumo pairs a pico projector with movement detection to create games that are projected onto a floor and change as players move within the game. The existing game catalog of 100 titles delves into kids' favorites such as a fishing game and an alphabet learning aid, and also comes with 10 templates for kids to rejigger the game with custom art.

Though Lumo's designers previously created their own commercial system, the technology was too expensive at the time for home use. As the price of hardware and imaging technology came down, and bright, long-life projection technology improved, it allowed Athavale and Wachs to dream up how their technology might make it into the home.

Though the included game library seems strictly juvenile, developers have access to an SDK to create new games. Existing games can be used with the projector by adding a mobile controller such as the iMpulse.

With its HDMI interface, Lumo can also double as a movie projector and mounts on either the wall or ceiling. Removing the Lumo ball from its brackets at bedtime and placing on a nightstand turns it into a dream projector.

Lumo runs Android and offers 854 x 480 pixel resolution on the projection, 1.6 GHz processor and 8 GB of storage, and both Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.

Pets may also like Lumo, and indeed, videos on Lumo's website show obsessed kitties chasing skittish fish in a virtual aquarium, but Lumo points out that cats can see higher resolutions than humans so may not stay interested in what might be a pretty overpriced cat toy on its own.

Currently, the Lumo system is seeking funding on Indiegogo. Pledges start at the US$499 Early Bird level, with delivery anticipated in June 2016 given a successful campaign and development cycle. Stretch goals will build additional functionality into Lumo, including painting new textures onto 3D objects.

You can watch some demonstrations of the product in Lumo's Indiegogo's pitch video below.

Sources: Lumo, Indiegogo

Lumo可以将交互式运动感应游戏画面投射到墙壁和地板上

lumo项目互动、运动敏感的游戏体验上了墙壁，floors

LUMO的目标是让孩子们在游戏< / P >图像画廊再次移动（13幅）
如果你去过一个贸易展或儿童博物馆最近，机会是你已经看到了互动，运动敏感表现出投射到墙壁或地板。LUMO是在这个技术的家庭版，由技术专家所athavale柯蒂斯Wachs谁开始创造商业环境的互动环境开发。看到一个更便宜、更人性化的版本，其产品在国内互动游戏的需求，他们推出一个Indiegogo竞选基金LUMO的继续发展。

LUMO对微型投影机与运动检测创造在游戏中被投射到地面和变化的游戏。100人现有的游戏目录探讨孩子们喜欢的如钓鱼游戏和字母的学习援助，还带有孩子更改游戏定制的艺术10模板。

尽管LUMO的设计师以前创建自己的商业系统技术太昂贵，在家使用的时间。作为硬件和成像技术的降临，明亮的价格，长寿命的投影技术的改进，它允许athavale和Wachs梦想他们的技术可能会使它进入家庭。

尽管包括游戏库似乎严格的少年，开发者可以使用SDK开发新游戏。现有的游戏可以使用投影机加入移动控制器如冲动。

有HDMI接口，也能充当在LUMO的墙壁或天花板的电影放映机和坐骑。在睡前托架拆卸LUMO球和放在床头柜上变成一个梦想放映机。

LUMO运行Android，提供854 x 480像素的分辨率在投影，1.6 GHz处理器和8 GB的存储空间，而Wi-Fi和蓝牙。

宠物也可能像LUMO，的确，在LUMO的网站视频显示在一个虚拟的水族馆痴迷小猫追逐轻佻的鱼，而LUMO指出，猫可以看到更高的分辨率比人类也不可能呆在什么可能是一个很贵的猫玩具对自己感兴趣。< / P >

目前，LUMO系统寻求在Indiegogo资金。承诺开始在美国499美元的早期鸟一级，交付预期在六月2016给出了一个成功的运动和发展周期。延伸目标将建立额外的功能到LUMO，包括绘画新的纹理到3D对象。

你可以看一些演示产品的Indiegogo的沥青下面的视频轨道。