Place to Play Idea

My original idea was the safety system thing for a motorbike but it was decided that it didn’t really have a play factor. I thought about how this could be changed to become more playful. I came up with the following idea: -

The Idea

My idea is a product that you wear and interact with. To decide a name for my product, I wrote down lots of ideas and asked everyone in the lecture room to vote for their favourite. The winning name was ‘V-Tag’.

It’s a Virtual Reality system, which can change your environment and also lock onto other people with another V-Tag Pack on. The idea is to chase others down and shoot them but when you get shot, you get a small electric shock (this can be turned off though). You change the difficulty by making the environment system thicker so it’s harder to get to them but easier to hide. You can also make it so you have to lock onto the other players before you can shoot them. You could also change the settings on it or even have environment cartridges. There are cameras on the helmet that registers you environment and if you had say a ‘Jungle Cartridge’ in it then if you were playing in a playground and it would change it to look like a jungle. Music and sound effects can also be played to make it feel more real and exhilarating. This is not just for children, adults would love it too so you can interact with your children more and in the fresh air!

V-Tag is basically a virtual reality version of ‘Tag’.

The Materials

Like the game centre company, Laser Quest, you have jackets with sensors built in but you also have a helmet. The helmet has a Virtual Reality Display similar to the new Sony Glasstron. This enables you to see the world differently with the Environment changing software.

You also have a gun, which again is similar to the Laser Quest guns but lighter and smaller. You could even buy accessories sets, which could enable you to attach it to a bike so you can play ‘V-Tag’ on your bikes. A warning should be put on though saying that if using ‘V-Tag’ it MUST be played well away from roads or other vehicle operated places such as car parks.

Research Areas

· Laser Quest

· Virtual Reality Goggles – Sony Glasstron

· Video Tracking

· Reverse Parking Sensors

· Thin Film Displays

· Augmented Reality

· Motion Sensors

· Eye Toy Technology