Show HN: Beam Is the Future of Playgrounds

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6 points | by yk123 1760 days ago

3 comments

  • piceas 1760 days ago
    I tried their tabletop Sharks! game at a McDonalds a few years ago. It was fun and worked reasonably well although the latency was bad enough that it made the game hard to play a times.

    Hopefully/likely the newer versions are more responsive but it's hard to tell from the marketing videos.

    I'm also a fan of AR Sandbox which feels a bit more interactive because it involves tactile manipulation rather than just point/click/tap/jumping to trigger events.

    It would be neat if a bunch of foam blocks could be tracked to allow for cooperative sorting and building games. E.g. an egg race game(or other balanced object projected on foam block).

    https://arsandbox.ucdavis.edu/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CE1B7tdGCw0

  • dang 1760 days ago
    You should add a comment to the thread giving the backstory of how you came to work on this, and explaining what's different about it. That tends to seed discussion in a good direction.

    (I'm a moderator here and normally send this suggestion by email. You should put an email address in your profile in case we can help in some other way.)

  • quickthrower2 1760 days ago
    Interesting I’ve seen something like this in a shopping centre. Kids love it. Although they are kids and would get bored of it eventually especially if they see it every day. Maybe preteens and teens could get hooked if the games are really good. Could be great for adults too!