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Now here is a Kickstarter project that you might be interested in helping out – the Cross Plane, a cross-platform controller as its name suggests which will play nice with a variety of consoles and platforms, including the Ouya, PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. What makes the Cross Plane even more special apart from its cross-platform compatibility? Well, it will also come with an embedded video screen similar in nature to that of the Wii U Game Pad, Vita Remote Play or NVIDIA Shield. The whole idea of the Cross Plane is to give you freedom from the TV and monitor through the wonders of direct streaming.

The Cross Plane will arrive with a 7” display with 720p resolution, a D-pad, twin analog sticks and rumble capability, although you can forget about having any kind of motion, touch, microphone or camera functions. One of the main reason it is capable of supporting a variety of platforms is due to its swappable control packs which you pop in the cartridge for the system that you want to use, before changing it according to your whim and fancy. Right now, the Cross Plane needs a whopping $350,000 to get off the ground, and pledges for the Cross Plane will start from $349 onwards with a May 2014 release date being targeted. Just bear in mind that the Cross Plane will be unable to run on Xbox 360 models that lack HDMI support.

Cross Plane Is A Cross-Platform Controller original content from Ubergizmo.

Virtual Reality (VR), the Holy Grail of gaming, does seem to have improved by leaps and bounds over the years, but somehow or rather, it has not really managed to hit the lofty and intended heights to date. Well, this does not mean that those with the technical know how and a dream to make it happen are going to let the world of VR remain stagnant. Here we are with a Kickstarter project known as the PrioVR, which will be a full VR body suit that would enable you to achieve real-time, full-body control over an in-game character. This is the stuff of dreams, where you can remain fully immersed in the game, although there is the remote possibility of being so “into” the game, that you run into a physical wall – literally.

Still, the PrioVR’s main strength so far might be the ability to overcome the nausea-inducing lag issues which plague other solutions such as the Oculus Rift. There are two different PrioVR body suits for you to indulge in, where the 11-sensor PrioVR LITE suit will cost you $450. Of course, there is something else out there for those who have heavier pockets, the PrioVR PRO suit, that will boast of a whopping 17 sensors, albeit it will burn a very real $625 from your bank account.

PrioVR Full VR Body Suit original content from Ubergizmo.

They say that those who are visionaries will definitely be able see beyond the potential hardships and obstacles, and see it through successfully. I guess when it comes to Kickstarter projects, most of the project’s founder(s) would keep their fingers crossed to pass the funding goal within the corresponding period, the sooner, the better, but very few of such projects manage to zip past their funding goal in less than a week. The TREWGrip rear-type keyboard is an interesting idea, where this patent pending device offers a single method of text entry across multiple technology platforms, ranging from mobile devices to desktops and Smart TVs.

The TREWGrip basically enables users to touch-type using all of their 10 fingers whenever they are working on a smartphone or mini-tablet, regardless of whether they are sitting, standing or walking. Not only that, the TREWGrip will feature a gyroscope that enables users to use it as their desktop computer keyboard and mouse. Funding for the TREWGrip rear-type keyboard will end today, and it does not seem as though they will meet the goal unless a miracle happens with just a few more hours to go as at press time, but development is said to continue even afterwards.

TREWGrip Rear-Type Keyboard Prepares For Life After Kickstarter original content from Ubergizmo.

It’s no secret that the iPhone’s flash has never been great. Apple is rumoured to be bolstering flash performance by adding a dual LED to the forthcoming iPhone 5S (or whatever the new flagship ends up being called) but dual LED flashes are no panacea for fixing smartphone low light photography — they can even make over-exposure worse, being as there’s a greater risk of washing out the photo with a more powerful flash. Fixing in the edit is one way to get round this, via Instagram et al’s filters. But what if you just want to take a decent iPhone shot in the dark from the off? Step forward Nova: a credit-card-sized, wireless external flash with adjustable light temperature so you can snap better-looking photos in shadowy environments.

Nova is not the first external flash aiming to improve on what Apple provided. It follows in the footsteps of iblazr, for instance, a plug-in external flash for iPhone that made use of the phone’s headphone jack to extend the flash capabilities. But Nova is using Bluetooth so it doesn’t have to be fixed in position — allowing the user to position it by hand to get the most flattering light on their subject. Nova can be used up to 20 feet away from phone — assuming you can get a friend to hold it beyond arm’s length, while you snap the shot.

Nova’s creators have taken to Kickstarter to crowdfund $25,000 to offset manufacturing costs — which means the device shown in the video above is still a prototype, so expect some tweaking of the final product. The flash light level will be controlled via an app — allowing the user to select different light colour temperatures, from cool to warm to brilliant. The app will also include an advanced mode where you can customise the colour temperature further, making use of the full spectrum of Nova’s 40 individual light points (65 lumen, white LEDs).

Tired of princess and puppy dog costumes? Why not dress up your baby in some scary threads this Halloween? Sure, it’s still more than a month away, but it’s better to have a costume all prepared than rush around and buy a really crappy one when you realize that you didn’t have time to make one yourself after all.

What’s a better costume for your baby than an undead one? Zombies are all the rage these days, so why not let your baby get in on the action?

Stephanie Davidson was on the hunt for a zombie costume for babies that would make them appear to be creepy, crawling torso-only zombie and decided to make her own when she couldn’t find it. She decided to share the joy of transforming babies into the crawling dead and launched a Kickstarter campaign called Zombabiez.

That’s essentially what these adorable-looking zombie costumes are called. Each one is made using child-safe materials and has a bunch of colorful innards and hanging organs that babies will probably have a lot of fun grabbing and chewing on.

You can check out Zombabiez here. A minimum pledge of $60(USD) will get you a Zombabiez costume for your little one, just in time for Halloween.

[via C|NET]