Look Out Kinect, Here Comes i-dong

[BORTZ]

The China Hi-Tech Fair is taking place in Shenzhen this week, and among the gadgetry being shown to attendees is a Kinect-like motion sensing unit built for games called the i-dong.

Developed by Taishan Online Technology Co Ltd., the i-dong (as reported by Tech-On!) is not a new console but, rather, a peripheral that can be used with other devices, such as PCs and set-top boxes.

i-dong comes in two parts: a thin black sensor unit with a camera and IR lights (imagine something directly in-between a Wii sensor bar and a Kinect), and a one-handed wand controller (right). The i-dong controller has buttons and a spherical top, which Tech-On! says is used to reflect light from the IR lights coming from the sensor unit. It is also possible to play games with a button-less IR light reflector that can be attached to other peripherals. One demonstration has the reflector attached to a ping-pong raquet.

The unit is being demonstrated this week as both a game-playing device with the controller, and as a way of interacting with multimedia, such as switching channels on a set-top cable box.

i-dong can be purchased in China for Rmb1,480, or about $222.89.
Source: http://www.1up.com/news/kinect-i-dong

I really hope they don't change the name if it comes stateside.

 

[Deleted User]

i-dong? ...fighting...sexual...urges...

 

[Delta517]

Lol, i-dong?

 

[Overlord Nadrian]

Definitely buying this ASAP.

 

[Terminator02]

they ripped off the Move and Kinect at the same time

consider me impressed

 

[zeromac]

Sounds more Dildo than the Move

 

[dmace81]

OMG AWESOME now i can have a idong to go with my Wii wii. First Ipad now Idong!

 

[tj_cool]

$222.89

 

[SifJar]

More like Move than Kinect really. But basically just a Wii Remote, only with both the camera and the LEDs in the sensor bar.

 

[BORTZ]

they ripped off the Move and Kinect at the same time

consider me impressed


QUOTE(SifJar @ Nov 22 2010, 04:25 PM) More like Move than Kinect really. But basically just a Wii Remote, only with both the camera and the LEDs in the sensor bar.

Yeah after i read the article again it made more sense as the Move actually, but the eye part reminds me of the Kinect.

 

[Zerousen]

..........

 

[Bladexdsl]

when i seen i-dong in the title i thought it was an apple product

 

[ykhan]

LOL "i-dong comes in two parts"

 

[Infinite Zero]

What a creeepy name

 

[Demonbart]

i-dong?
sounds like pr0nz to me XD

 

[Forstride]

This is actually pretty cool, seeing as it's completely open-source (I guess, since you can use them with PCs and TVs). It's like the ultimate home theater remote.

 

[Juanmatron]

Watch out Kinect! Here comes i-Dong!

 

[mameks]

i shlong

 

[ProtoKun7]

Spoiler

This name is even worse than Ayds.

Spoiler

You heard it here first; Ayds makes people thin.

Who supposes the name actually will change eventually? More importantly, I wonder if they know that it's such a double entendre.

 

[Gh0sti]

"if only...someone could put together all 3 big gaming companies into one peripheral...oh wait...its been made? i-Dong

instead of doing, we take the i out and put it right in front, makes all tech savvy sounding and desired by all nerds.

And lets sell it for more than the Wii, everyone will buy it...."

-round table development for i-Dong