# Microsoft IllumiRoom

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-illumiroom/646763>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [January 10, 2013, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-illumiroom/646763 "2013-01-10T16:58:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lantern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d26b3c/32.png) [@Lantern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lantern)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2013, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-illumiroom/646763/1 "2013-01-10T16:58:05Z")

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> **[Archived MSDN and TechNet Blogs](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/archive/blogs/)**

Shown at CES though it will probably be a while before we see this an actual product. I think it’s brilliant though I wonder how practical it is. You would need a projector behind you to create those effects, right ?

Am I the only one who thought of “Hulk, Smash!” when the guy says “Xbox, Go Big”. It’s only a matter of time before we get to say that in a game, right?😃

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2013, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-illumiroom/646763/2 "2013-01-10T20:43:48Z")

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Yeah, you’d need a projector.

Everything demoed in that video seemed more distracting than anything else. Didn’t look particularly awesome to me. Just gimmicky.

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**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2013, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-illumiroom/646763/3 "2013-01-10T21:04:37Z")

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I already get nauseous from FPSs. That would make my head asplode.

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**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2013, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-illumiroom/646763/4 "2013-01-12T22:46:05Z")

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That’s almost one tenth as good as having a big, close, high detail screen filling up your field of view rather than trying to squint at a TV all the way across the room.