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Title: Projected Dance Pad
Post by: weisshaupt on April 05, 2008, 10:35:14 am
Maybe this is old news, but I thought it was pretty cool.. A virtual dance pad based on the same technology that they use with the PDS projected laser keyboards..

Don't know if its going anywhere, but it sure would be a neat way to integrate a dance pad into your cabinet.


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Title: Re: Projected Dance Pad
Post by: Fozzy The Bear on April 06, 2008, 07:39:54 am
Don't know if its going anywhere, but it sure would be a neat way to integrate a dance pad into your cabinet.

The keyboards are at best buggy and irritating to use, so I somehow doubt that the dance pad will be any better. Interesting though.

Best Regards,
Julian (Fozzy The Bear)
Title: Re: Projected Dance Pad
Post by: vorghagen on April 06, 2008, 09:24:47 am
The keyboards are at best buggy and irritating to use, so I somehow doubt that the dance pad will be any better. Interesting though.

As far as I've heard (never actually used one) the biggest complaint with those is a lack of tactile response. With a dancepad that's much less of a problem.
It also doesn't need to be as accurate as a keyboard, what with the "buttons" being around 25x bigger. Definately something I'd look at if I were considering a dance pad for my cabinet.
Title: Re: Projected Dance Pad
Post by: ChadTower on April 08, 2008, 09:17:29 am

It sure needs to be faster than the keyboard, though.  If you don't have dead accurate timing it is useless for a music game.