Sandbox with real-time water flow simulation - General

[video=youtube;j9JXtTj0mzE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9JXtTj0mzE&hd=1[/video] Explanation: "Video of a sandbox equipped with a Kinect 3D camera and a projector to project a real-time colored topographic map with contour lines onto the sand surface. The sandbox lets virtual water flow over the surface using a GPU-based simulation of the Saint-Venant set of shallow water equations."

That's pretty neat

Brings a whole new meaning to a sandbox game...

Expected a sandbox game with realtime water physics

That's fucking awesome. It would have been better if it updated the terrain faster though.

[QUOTE=Dead Madman;35849949]Expected a sandbox game with realtime water physics[/QUOTE] So what is this then?

Holy shit, that's incredible.

Oh god it's like From Dust but in real life Oh, kinect, is there anything you can't do?

can someone post the diarrea ass?

[QUOTE=El Sito;35850554]can someone post the diarrea ass?[/QUOTE] wat

[QUOTE=El Sito;35850554]can someone post the diarrea ass?[/QUOTE] I've often wondered about the nature of existence, whether or not we humans and our culture are a miracle in a already miraculous universe, or just fleeting, macro-scale viruses that would devour their children to stave off their inevitable death for a few cosmic seconds. But now the veil is lifted from my eyes. All of those countless centuries of human development, the slow evolution of language, the progress of technology, all of these things have proven themselves worth it in that one perfect sentence. [quote]can someone post the diarrea ass?[/quote] I have seen beauty that makes the most brilliant lotus flower seem like damp toilet paper.

Unbelievable whats already been pulled off using the xbox Kinect :v: 2 Days till my Kinect is here :dance:

[QUOTE=tepholman;35850781]I've often wondered about the nature of existence, whether or not we humans and our culture are a miracle in a already miraculous universe, or just fleeting, macro-scale viruses that would devour their children to stave off their inevitable death for a few cosmic seconds. But now the veil is lifted from my eyes. All of those countless centuries of human development, the slow evolution of language, the progress of technology, all of these things have proven themselves worth it in that one perfect sentence. I have seen beauty that makes the most brilliant lotus flower seem like damp toilet paper.[/QUOTE] Words from the mouths of babes

I like how if his arm stays still long enough, it attempts to map out the elevation of this new mountain.

Holy poop. I'd love to see a game made out of this! Having something like From Dust on this would be amazing, with projected villagers! AAAGH [editline]6th May 2012[/editline] [IMG]http://i49.tinypic.com/22gw5.png[/IMG] auauauauahsgsassfhgagha

that's not water it's powerade

[video=youtube;d_ZHsgKjNNk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_ZHsgKjNNk[/video]

the kinect is good for everything except for what it was designed for

[QUOTE=El Sito;35850554]can someone post the diarrea ass?[/QUOTE] Umm...okay. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLKnCeeAW48[/media]

This (minus the actual sand - just a table and a projector) could make for an absolutely amazing RTS game. Imagine the creative freedom of Minecraft and the mechanic of From Dust mixed with hand gestures to control units.

[QUOTE=Baboo00;35853115]This (minus the actual sand - just a table and a projector) could make for an absolutely amazing RTS game. Imagine the creative freedom of Minecraft and the mechanic of From Dust mixed with hand gestures to control units.[/QUOTE] You can bomb by like throwing rocks at the sand or something. or just make craters

Their shit is awesome: [video=youtube;B4g9J-aSF-c]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4g9J-aSF-c[/video]

Wow, imagine if they made that a game. Like you could place people and they'd make villages and such. Shit would be dope.

RTS video games + table top games in one. Make your own terrain.

[QUOTE=SteelReal;35854168]Wow, imagine if they made that a game. Like you could place people and they'd make villages and such. Shit would be dope.[/QUOTE] Populous 4 Mother of god.. Just the thought of that

[QUOTE=SteelReal;35854168]Wow, imagine if they made that a game. Like you could place people and they'd make villages and such. Shit would be dope.[/QUOTE] Isn't that exactly From Dust? It even has the fluid simulation, although it's obviously less fancy than the one shown above.

[QUOTE=Mister Royzo;35861900]Isn't that exactly From Dust? It even has the fluid simulation, although it's obviously less fancy than the one shown above.[/QUOTE] Think he means using the actual sand like in the video

[QUOTE=DohEntertainmen;35852926]Umm...okay. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLKnCeeAW48[/media][/QUOTE] thanks, i've been looking for this vid

I want to play this so bad.

The only problem with this is that the water can't erode the sand because it doesn't really exist.