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A Microsoft research team is working on a concept which will take your gaming experience to a whole new level, christened "IllumiRoom" the now live proof-of-concept augments the area surrounding your television with projected visualizations to enhance the traditional living room entertainment experience. A Kinect scans the shape of the room which is then used by Illumiroom for 3-D projection to paint surroundings with images. Have a look at the ROOM sized gaming screen demonstration using this technology.

Gaming is everywhere be it your computer, laptop, TV, cellphones or tablet but now they have a new address - inside man urinals. Captive Media is the world’s first retrofit, networked washroom gaming system with an innovative hands-free control - "A users pee".

These "TOYLETS" features an hi-definition screen, fitted at eye level above the urinal, where it commands the full attention of the user. When not in active use, it plays a mixture of adverts and contents which switches automatically to GAMING mode when a user approaches it. The urinal makes use of contactless sensors to detect the position of a man’s stream allowing them to interact with the game. Dont miss the videos below to check these smart urinals in action.

Apple designs beautiful products, and there have been many concepts mimicking their design philosophy on products they don't create. Here is yet another example of simplistic and futuristic table-tennis table designed using Apple aesthetics. The concept labelled "Apple iTable 2" shows a futuristic version of popular game ping-pong (Table Tennis), the concept features multi-touch surface which is responsive to both human touch as well as the ping-pong ball. The table is powered with two 2.4GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon E5620 processors, an ATI Radeon HD 5870 graphic cards, a Wi-Fi connection and 12 Bose micro speakers. The screen is Apple’s new HiDPI, which gives a resolution of 2880 x 1800 pixel.

The SMART Table will offer various statistics and data during and after the game, for example ball hit location, trajectories and player scores. All this can be synced with Apple iPhone and iPad.

After 14 years of original Half-Life, a new total conversion of the game is now available for download. Developed using the newest version of the Source Engine, the third-party mod "Black Mesa" took almost 8 years to develop with a volunteer team of 40-persons. The Half-life mod is not just a re-skinned game, but a whole new complete gaming experience. The conversion mod fully exploits the changes in newer "Source Engine" to provide a reconstructed Half-Life universe with better art details, level sizes and code features.

The game is out now for free download and features a brand-new gameplay and feel, with more complex and challenging environments. Black Mesa reintroduces the popular "Half-Life" player character Doctor Gordon Freeman, along with the original characters seen in Half-Life. Offering tremendously detailed environments, a huge cast of characters and experimental weaponry. All-new music, voice acting, choreography and dialogues provides a more expansive and immersive experience than ever before.

Black Mesa gameplay videos, download links and installation instructions posted below.