Surface Used For Dungeons And Dragons
G4 TV - TheFeed — A group of students at Carnegie Mellon university have created an interesting use for Microsoft's Surface: Playing tabletop Dungeons and Dragons. Check out the proof of concept video here: Surfacescapes Demo Walkthrough from Visual Story TAs on Vimeo. I used to play a bit of D&D (before moving on to Call of Cthulhu), and I have mixed feelings about whether this is a good idea or not. On the one hand, I could see that integrating the rule-set ...

See Dungeons & Dragons Played on a Microsoft Surface
1UP RSS feed — Surfacescapes Demo Walkthrough from Visual Story TAs on Vimeo. Odds are, Microsoft didn't have this in mind when developing the Microsoft Surface, but the Surfacescapes team at the Entertainment Technology Center at Carnegie Mellon University have developed a way to play the classic Dungeons & Dragons tabletop game on the device. As you can see in the walkthrough video ...

D&D Surface Demo
Blue's News — D&D Surface Demo [Oct 19, 2009, 2:23 pm ET] - Post a Comment There's a Surfacescapes Demo Walkthrough on Vimeo showing a proof of concept developed by Carnegie Mellon University showing Dungeons & Dragons being played on one of those Microsoft surface dealies that are destroying newscasts everywhere. The clip shows how the interface works for players and game masters, and the result is fairly nerdgasmic. Thanks Slashdot . Share Story Enter the email address of the person you'd like the share this story with, or share it with other sites. From: ReplyTo: To * : Subject: Text: Notes: Email Password Remember Me If you don't already have a Blue's ...

Dungeons & Dragons On Microsoft Surface Is For Wealthy DMs Only [Clips]
Kotaku — Microsoft's multi-touch Surface table may not seem like an efficient use of one's cash, but if this Dungeons & Dragons demo from the Entertainment Technology Center at Carnegie Mellon University moves beyond "proof of concept" we'll start considering a purchase. As clearly noted in the below video, this is a work in progress tech demo from a sextet of CMU students that touches on some of the more superficial, but supercool, portions of running a D&D; campaign on one of the world's more expensive monitors. (And, for the record, one of those students is the creator of the previously Kotaku featured The Science of the Mushroom Kingdom, so nerd ...

Dungeons & Dragons Brought to Life Using a Microsoft Surface Table
The Escapist : Latest News — Wouldn't it be cool if the very table you were playing Dungeons & Dragons on enabled you to fully visualize your game? Now it can. The Surfacescapes team from Carnigie Mellon University are working on a proof-of-concept project to show how tabletop games could be played on a Microsoft Surface Table. The Microsoft Surface ...

[Other] Surfacescapes Demo of Dungeons & Dragons
Total Gaming Network — If you like cool, new technology that lets you get a little more involved with your games, Surfacescapes sounds like it will be right up your alley. The Surfacescapes team at Carnegie Mellon University makes good use of Microsoft Surface to show how involved the old tabletop game of Dungeons & Dragons can be. ...

Surfacescapes: D&D On Microsoft Surface
Rock, Paper, Shotgun — Not strictly PC gaming, but it’s nevertheless fascinating. It shows Carnegie Mellon’s proof of concept application for running a D&D game on Microsoft Surface and, well, that map is about the most alluring piece of nerd-kit I have ever seen. I mean, I love maps at the worst of times, but that is simple too much. What’s even more interesting about it is the way that in terms of interaction, it hybridises boardgame conceits – maps, dice, and physical surfaces – with videogame processes – having menus and automated computation. Pen and paper games become “screen ‘n’ finger” games? ...

Dungeons & Dragons played on Microsoft Surface
Destructoid — The SurfaceScapes team at the Entertainment Technology Center at Carnegie Mellon University have designed a proof of concept Dungeons & Dragons tabletop game to work on Microsoft Surface. SurfaceScapes is aiming to provide features that Game Masters and players will be able to work with to recreate the D&D experience on Microsoft's giant screen table. I'm not a Dungeons & Dragons guy at all, but this is just neat as f**k. The above video goes through a walkthrough of what SurfaceScapes has developed so far. If videogames are making the transition away from handheld controllers, ...

Microsoft Surface table used as an expensive table top gaming tool
Gaming Nexus — by: John Yan NEWS - There's a few on the staff that do table top gaming such as Dungeons & Dragons so I'm wondering what their thoughts would be on this little demonstration. Here's a video of a group of folks creating a D&D experience using Microsoft's Surface table. It looks pretty cool for being a work in progress and maybe a glimpse into the future of what we can expect in terms of table top gaming. ...

D&D rolls with the changes, ported to Microsoft Surface
Joystiq — By the time your average Dungeons and Dragons player has failed his third death save and gone off to that great dungeon in the sky, he or she's spent nearly $800,000 on miniatures and various-sided dice. (Trust us, it adds up.) Keeping that number in mind, we'd like to turn your attention to an alternative to tangible tabletop gaming: ...

D&D on Microsoft Surface!
Aeropause Games — Engadget is reporting that a team of researchers from the Entertainment Technology Center at Carnigie Mellon University has found the best use for Microsoft Surface I’ve yet seen : Dungeons and Dragons! Watch the video up above, and you’ll see the interesting ways in which the ‘Surfacescapes’ team has implimented the interface. The players control their characters and their characters actions via radial menus on the table, and the DM controls the enemies and suchlike from a separate computer. Just watch it, it’s really awesome.

SurfaceScapes: A Role-Playing Game Project for Microsot Surface
GamersGame.com Gaming Blog — A game called SurfaceScapes was created by Carnegie Mellon University students for the Microsoft Surface Table. The game was based on D&D; and was created to show how role-playing games can work using Surface technology. The objective of the SurfaceScapes project is to create a proof-of-concept for playing tabletop role-playing games on the Microsoft Surface Table. We will be using Dungeons and Dragons as a basis for our prototype, with the option for future expansion to other role-playing games. SurfaceScapes will provide Game Masters and players with a set of features to enhance the combat and role-playing aspects of tabletop games. This will ...

SurfaceScapes: Virtual Tabletop Gaming
GameSetWatch — Developed by a team at Carnegie Mellon University as a proof-of-concept for playing tabletop role-playing games with Microsoft Surface, SurfaceScapes provides a set of features designed to immerse both game masters and players with virtual representations of their game environments and characters. "We are taking traditional tabletop role-playing games to the next level, adding a new layer of immersive and intuitive gaming to the Microsoft Surface Table and assisting both GMs and players in enjoying exciting and engaging adventures," says the CMU group. The setup doesn't yet look as ...

Unveiling my inner geek: Microsoft Surface meets Dungeons and Dragons
Games Brief — It’s time to unveil my inner geek. I saw this video and was immediately entranced. I’ve been a pen and paper gamer for years, but haven’t a chance recently. And the strides taken, particularly by Bioware/Black Isle, have made the computer experience as good, if not better. But if we can find a way to use a tabletop to do the annoying calculations and record keeping while still keeping the improvisation, imagination and free-flowing experience that marks out a perfect roleplaying session, sign me up. And, above all, this will finally make one of my favourite games of all time a joy to play. Steve Jackson, please can we ...