D&D multitouch table

Surfacescapes is a pen & paper roleplaying Dungeons & Dragons environment for the Microsoft Surface multitouch table by the Entertainment Technology Center at Carnegie Mellon University:

Surfacescapes Demo Walkthrough from Surfacescapes on Vimeo.

While i find the concept very interesting and promising in theory, i’m not convinced by this implementation. Playing with the table looks a little cumbersome and not particularly helpful (i haven’t played a pen & paper RPG in 10 years though, so maybe i misjudge). Makes for some pretty graphics though. (via Rock, Paper, Shotgun)

# Oct 21, 2009

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