http://www.psfk.com Your Go-To Source For New Ideas And Inspiration Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:40:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.psfk.com/2010/11/guitar-hero-controller-synthesizer-video.html Wed, 03 Nov 2010 11:43:35 +0000 A real instrument is made out of the famed controller.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/02/technology-game-mechanics-and-bridging-the-virtual-actual-divide.html Thu, 25 Feb 2010 20:53:39 +0000 Game developer Jesse Schell talks about how the explosion of the virtual in our lives has driven us to crave more reality in every facet of life.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/10/video-guitar-hero-hack-creates-life-size-football-interface.html Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:40:13 +0000 Utilizing freestyle footballers, a hacking experiment features wall-mounted Guitar Hero controls placed in front of a three-story screen. Soccer balls kicked at the life-size panels provide the physical interface for the game within the game.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/10/air-guitar-hero-project-explores-muscle-computer-interfaces.html Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:49:27 +0000 Scott Saponas showcased his project on muscle-computer interfaces using a customized Guitar Hero application. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/09/youth-music-box-acts-as-training-wheels-for-future-musicians.html Wed, 02 Sep 2009 14:45:21 +0000 Silent Studio’s Youth Music Box is a fully interactive musical sandbox where up to four or five people can perform using instruments like keyboards, drums, and a DJ style interface.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/03/guitar-hero-with-a-banjo.html Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:11:44 +0000 The “Oh No Banjo” exhibit has to be one of the cooler bits we’ve seen from the Game Developers Conference currently underway. The showcase featured the work of students who participated in the “Alternative Controllers Seminar” at Rochester Institute of Technology last semester. They created this modified play instrument by taking a guitar game-controller and building a true to form banjo around it. They even wrote custom software and musical arrangements to go with it (making it even more “Banjo Hero” ready). Another final project from the seminar was the “deformable surface controller”, which gives game players the ability toRead more...]]>