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. PlayMotion, in essence, "allows players to use the wall of the room as a

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surface",Tatiana Prophet.
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turn your actions into digital shapes and patterns on a large screen."Bob Pepalis. "Future of gaming solid" ''REVUE & News'' January 5, 2005. Retrieved on November 28, 2006. PlayMotion was founded by designer Greg Roberts and noted computer vision scientist Matt Flagg in 2003. The company has a partnership with

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's Entertainment Technology Center (ETC) who uses the platform to create next generation

and novel live performance concepts. PlayMotion builds upon the pioneering work done by visionary Myron Krueger in the 1970s and 1980s. Their internal Funlab is an R&D incubator allowing for free thought and autonomous action which has produced many games and technologies throughout the years, including a landmark 5-screen, 250 player experience at

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. In 2009, PlayMotion released version 1.0 of a comprehensive SDK based on the

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, one of the first software development kits to focus specifically on

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application design.

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* {{Official website, http://www.playmotion.com, PlayMotion's official website Video game companies established in 2003 Privately held companies based in Georgia (U.S. state) Video game companies of the United States Companies based in Atlanta 2003 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state) American companies established in 2003

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