Portable DDR model

Radix · Trick Member Joined: 03 Jul 2002 Location: çå£«

I made this ages ago, and never really finished it. It's on my LJ, but then nobody who would be interested would read it there. Now I don't care anymore, so I'll post it here.

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It's a laser keyboard that's either out or close to it. However, about two years ago I saw the story in pop/sci magazine. That's when I came up with this idea:

It's a ddr laptop thing that opens up into two screens. You set it down on the edge of a table and adjust the height dial. It projects a pair of laser DDR pads on the ground in front of you. Nothing complex, it's just a ddr emulator in its own case that uses the above keyboard tech for input. I don't have any idea what the range is of the keyboard, but I'd imagine it's scalable depending on the application.

Sesshomaru · Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2004 3:35 pm Post subject:

how does it work? i mean if the pads are just lasers, then how do you play? thats pretty awesome though.
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Radix · Trick Member Joined: 03 Jul 2002 Location: çå£«

I imagine that the squares are drawn in laserlight, and a second IR laser sweeps over the keys, and the amount of reflection changes depending whether you have a foot there or not. I don't know, I haven't been able to find anything about how the keyboard works.

tekkie · Trick Member Joined: 19 Dec 2003 Location: Albuquerque

I read PC mag all the time, I've seen it. I had a dream DDR was like that. It was fuuun

But it seems like a cool idea. Better than having a laptop and a ddr pad, which I'll be doing soon
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intensiv3 · Basic Member Joined: 12 Jan 2004 Location: Houston, TX

looks awsome and realistic, hope it comes into production with ddr soon......but a concern does come to mind, it'll be expensive as hell
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YmkFX · Trick Member Joined: 24 Jul 2003 Location: California

I'd imagine you'd have to pick up your feet alot more, seeing as it probably picks up infrared light (Or the lack thereof) so you wouldn't be able to play JSB style.
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Philipio · Trick Member Joined: 23 Dec 2003 Location: Texas

i cant play for crap on a soft pad alone. i would be completely lost on that

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Little Firefly · Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2004 7:12 pm Post subject:

Very cool. I like it. I would buy one, especially if the computer thingy has all the mixes on it.

The great hting about those pads would be that there is no real risk of them breaking. No moving parts, nothing to wear out. awesome.
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DDRmaniacplayer · Trick Member Joined: 14 Apr 2002 Location: Chandler, AZ

Dude, thats such an awesome invention!! I would love to have it!!

But, wouldn't it be kind of wierd because you would like lose your footing because you can't feel the pad or anything.

xDDR-Masterx · Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2004 3:35 pm Post subject:

That would be really awesome, considering since there's nothing to break you could play with your shoes too. and it's a lot easier for me with shoes. I would buy that though, awesome invention. and on losing the footing, i think with a little practice it should be easy to memorize where the directions are. i think it would be a bit expensive though...
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BlueScreenJunky · Trick Member Joined: 01 Nov 2003 Location: France

Well it would feel just like the EZ2dancer machine I guess. It also works with laser on a flat surface, but I guess the laser is in the pad, and not something that projects the pads on a flat surface. (never played, only heard about it)

Anyway yeah, that portative DDR machine would be nice ^^

YoshiFan · Trick Member Joined: 28 Jul 2002

That looks cool, but for now I guess I'll still have to rely on my Gameboy Color DDR games for portable DDR.

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The Platinum Jedi · Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2004 2:32 pm Post subject:

Your idea is brilliant!

It's like incorporating DDR and Para Para Paradise all in one! I think it's freestyle friendly.
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Knee-ill · Trick Member Joined: 10 Jan 2004

wtf, that picture makes no sense.
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MDG · Trick Member Joined: 18 Dec 2003

That laser dance pad thing looks very cool. No more money wasting every time one of your pads gets ruined!!!

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Radix · Trick Member Joined: 03 Jul 2002 Location: çå£«