Mar 09

OpenPool Augmented Reality Kit Adds Visual Effects to Billiard Tables: Trick Shots

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Pool tables come in hundreds of different styles, but if you really want to make your setup unique, check out OpenPool. It’s an augmented reality system that lets you project visual effects on the bed that react to the motion of the balls.

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OpenPool is an open source program that uses a Kinect sensor to track the balls on the table, then feeds the visual effects to a projector mounted above the table. OpenPool also has an optional complementary device that triggers additional visual effects when a ball sinks into a pocket.

OpenPool isn’t for small time players though. You have to pledge at least $5,000 (USD) on Kickstarter to get a full OpenPool kit, which includes a PC, a Kinect and a projector – and that doesn’t include the pool table. You can also get a DIY kit – basically just the software and a mount for the projector – by pledging at least $1,000. Masse your browser to the OpenPool website to see additional information as well as more demo videos.

[via Gadgetify]

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Aug 10

Banana Pool Table

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banana-pool-tableSo, you think that you have got things down pat in terms of your pool skills? Well, sorry to burst your bubble, but here we are with something that will get even seasoned pool players excited – especially for those know-it-alls who think that they have seen everything there is to the game of pool. Catch them off guard not only with the unique shape of the £12,000 Banana Pool Table that will require an entirely new perspective on how you play the game of pool, but also get them asking, just how you managed to get that kind of money to spend on something that most folks would deem as a surplus in any home.

The Banana Pool Table is handmade in England by British artist Cleon Daniel, and considering the amount of dough you have to fork out for it, it will also come signed and numbered. It is made out of only the very finest materials, and well, best played in bunches. Heh! The Banana Pool Table is more or less guaranteed to surprise, amuse and entertain – in any order, of course. You can use your own set of billiard balls, or use the single white, solitary yellow and 10 brown balls that comes with each purchase.
[ Banana Pool Table copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]

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