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Super Augmented Mario Reality Invaders

May 16, 2006 By Glenn Turner

The ever-industrious We Make Money Not Art brings us news of more people morphing video games into real-life concept pieces. First up is the Nintendo Amusement Park, a very special place where you can strap on Mario's boots & mustache and jump like you've been infused with hearty mushroom goodness. Unfortunately watching the commercial for this concept piece makes it look much better on paper than in execution, although their vision page shows that they're definitely not short of ambition.

Regardless, if you're in New York City and want to give it a spin (or a spin jump), check out their sign-up page

Second is Space Invaders 2006 which utilizes projection and motion capture in order to bring the act of blasting aliens to the facades of New York City. Basically, the invading aliens are projected onto a building,and a player defends the sidewalk from their attack by moving their body back and forth to guide the ship, and jump whenever they want to shoot.

Sure, the end result appears to amount to not much more than a streetwise EyeToy session, but multi-story gaming of any type is undeniably cool.

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