Coolest. Gaming Set-up. Evar.

[DonTadow]

Welcome to ENWorld!

No problem, i almost forgot this is where it all started. This setup is now more common place thanks to steel. I have pretty much nixed the table all together and through up an 80 inch screen. every player has a mouse and a laser pointer, though now everyone's just comfortable playing off tablets and laptops.

 

[3d6+15]

I hope I am not condemned as a lich-king reviving this long-deceased thread, but I just saw it for the first time now.

You might be a lich-king, but what does that make people like me who have been subscribed to this thread for seven years?

I guess we are the threads devoted worshipers. Any stirrings of unlife in our dark god make us come back and comment.

Nice Kickstarter find. I'm definitely going to take a look.

 

[Playsurface]

Playsurface Running MultiTouch ARC Maps

Another movie of Playsurface showing multitouch zoom, pan, and rotate plus Devin Night tokens!

Playsurface: RPG Maps - YouTube

The kickstarter is funded! Only one more day to get an order in!

 

[falcarrion]

Very nice. Have you thought of doing a table using a lcd screen instead of a projector?

 

[Oryan77]

Very nice. Have you thought of doing a table using a lcd screen instead of a projector?

I'd be very interested in an easy to set up touch screen contraption that I can just plug my tv into and have it work. I've seen videos on homemade touch screens but it seems like too much work for me and I probably couldn't get it to work anyway.

I'd love to get Maptool to work on my LCD tv as a touch screen.

 

[falcarrion]

I'd be very interested in an easy to set up touch screen contraption that I can just plug my tv into and have it work. I've seen videos on homemade touch screens but it seems like too much work for me and I probably couldn't get it to work anyway.

I'd love to get Maptool to work on my LCD tv as a touch screen.

They do make multitouch overlays for tvs.

 

[Chris Knapp]

I love the video game but not any type if video game only Disney video games.

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[Alan Shutko]

I'd be very interested in an easy to set up touch screen contraption that I can just plug my tv into and have it work.

They exist, and can work well... But they are expensive.

IR Touch Bezel, Interactive Overlay, Interactive Frame | Pro Display

 

[JDragon]

Well I'm going to drag this one out of the depths again, I just wish I could say it was for good news. :-(

I recently moved across the country and apparently my projector did not like the move.

I set it up this evening to do some tests for a new table for a rear projection setup idea I had and it would not power on. I checked the power cord and its getting power, but not sure what else I can do.

I got it for x-mas in 06' so got almost 6 years of use out of it. I may take it to a local computer repair place to see if they might be able to do something but I'm not holding my breath.

So now I need to figure out where do I go from here? Another projector or do I try to go for the TV option?

I was getting a 40" by 30" image from my old projector and would like to get close to that. I plan for my table to be 4' by 8' or very close to that. We are renting for a few years so a ceiling mount is not very viable till I get my own place again. The upside is I have a room I can permanently set up a game table in.

Thanks

JD

 

[Radiating Gnome]

...
So now I need to figure out where do I go from here? Another projector or do I try to go for the TV option?
...

I'm going to pitch hard for the TV option. We're 6 months into playing on the TV surface, and it's almost all good. It's amazing what a relief it is to get rid of the noise projectors kick out, for one thing. And depending upon your rig, it's actually a lot simpler than the projector to deal with.

The biggest problems we have, at this point, have been little things -- breaking the habit of rolling dice on the TV, for one thing.

-rg