from your living room...


helsinki-based virtual air guitar company ltd., is a videogame developer founded by
new media, computer visions and virtual reality research. the company designs
and develops social 'exergames' (a combination of 'exercise' and 'gaming') using their
patented freemotion® computer vision technology that uses a web-cam to replace the
traditional game controller. in this case, players are literally 'in the game', presented as
themselves rather than an avatar, equipped with superhuman skills and capabilities!
freemotion® is a computer vision library that allows accurate real-time monitoring
of the entire human body, along with the removal of one's background, through the use
of regular web-cams. freemotion® skeleton accurately records the player's full body
fighting moves - which includes data for all body parts such as hands, feet and the head -
'lifting' players out of their living room, placing them in the middle of the video game action.

this technology eliminates the need to memorize button sequences, bridging the gap
between casual gamers and the hard-core audience. the company's first title is
'kung-fu live', which is scheduled to premier in fall of this year. playable on PC
and consoles using a web-cam, the game will let players embark on a journey as a
mighty kung-fu hero, allowing one to step into the comic book world of martial arts
and epic battles.



...to the gaming world.






a potential scenarios



a potential scenarios



a 'move-by-move' documentation how 'kung-fu live' works - from reality to the gaming world
video by designboom


'kung-fu live' was presented at the 'straight-forward: new finnish design' exhibition in the
meatpacking district during new york design week 2010. the show illustrated how traditional
values of finnish design are still prevalent in the work of finnish designers today.
the title of the show 'straightforward' refered to the values of finnish design as well as to the
character of the country's people.