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What if… games consoles had to render themselves?

January 26, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

In focus, today is a project from ElectronicsHub titled Self-aware and wonders what consoles would look like if they had to render themselves.

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: playstation, PlayStation 3, playstation 4, playstation 5, switch, wii, wii u, Xbox 360, xbox one, xbox series x

Townbuilder App finds thousands of backers organising 3d-printed tabletop terrain

January 23, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The scale of ambition from some tabletop gamers is clear as a desktop app designed to create and manage whole towns has raised tens of thousands of euros on Kickstarter.

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: 3d printers, kickstarters

Infinite Realms: Software to turn your table into infinite dungeons

January 15, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Infinite Realms is Kickstarter, software designed to work with flat-screen TVs laid face up or with projectors pointing down.

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: battle mats, kickstarters

MAG TWIG: Outdoor survival and dice you can open a beer with

January 12, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

You’ll be forgiving to think you’ve stumbled onto one of those Kickstarters designed to help you enjoy or survive in the wilderness through clever modern tech.

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: dice, kickstarters

Tabletop RPG tech: Infinite Realms plans to bring interactive computer graphics to your actual table-based gaming

January 10, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

Megavoid Studios has plans to bring new technology into play with fully interactive 2D and 3D tabletop projected maps.

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: cartography, household

Imagining creative video game patents as concept art

January 8, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

As a result of rummaging around the patent archives, Crucial has been able to commission concept art of the more interesting ideas they surfaced.

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: crucial, playstation, xbox

Channelling a Rocketeer vibe: The Khonsu clock lamp will charge your tech

December 31, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Brass, wood and jetpacks; that’s what the Rocketeer uses to bring advanced 1930s technology to life.

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: lights

Gracefully done: Tockr x The Wheel of Time watch

December 27, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Well done on Tockr for betting on The Wheel of Time. The American brand’s homepage is currently showcasing this great looking watch.

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: mashup, wheel of time

Dragon Map Maker: The promise of gorgeous and quick TTRPG battle maps

December 15, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

We may be onto the next generation of cartography tools. The third generation of solutions supports multiple views and is smart enough to auto-populate the maps with sensible and context details.

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: cartography, kickstarters, maps, software

Concept artist transforms Ducati Diavel into Kaneda’s motorbike from Akira

December 14, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

It’s hard to name a more famous anime vehicle than Akira’s motorbike. Does the castle count in Howl’s Moving Castle? What about the flyer in Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind?

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: Akira, concept art, motorcycles

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