Arcade Fire: Sega Outrun console being turned into driveable car [w/VIDEO]
Sega Outrun GPS video arcade console scooter -- Click above to view the video after the jump
When we hear the phrase "contemporary artist" we usually say, "Just show us what you're doing because there's little chance we'll understand rationale." Garnet Hertz, the artist in question, is combining a Sega Outrun arcade console with an EVT America Electric Trike (a three-wheeled scooter), an iPhone, and custom GPS software. The result will be a drivable arcade game -- like on the road at up to 20 mph -- that overlays Outrun graphics on live GPS maps.
The GPS software finds the vanishing point of the road and then, in the manner of Google Maps' hybrid setting, puts the Outrun Testarossa and road into the live-action setting. The iPhone's internals keep track of progress and keep the screen moving in 'real-time.'
If you really want to know the rationales, they are the "Un-Simulation of Driving," and "GPS Navigation Parallax & Mixed Reality." Make of those what you will, just know they involve "obfuscation." Sadly, deception and inveigling weren't mentioned. You can check out the video after the jump, which is mostly a guy holding a laptop walking away from the camera. Or you can check out the gallery of images below.
Gallery: Sega Outrun Arcade Console Scooter
[Source: Concept Lab via GameSetWatch]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
abisairomero 7:29PM (11/11/2009)
hell yeahhh
CLASSIC!!!!
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Galley 8:46PM (11/11/2009)
That is all kinds of awesome!
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PumaGTO 9:02PM (11/11/2009)
It´s not Outrun if you can´t have the lady besides you.
anyway... That´s the ultimate geek transportation, but pretty cool nevertheless.
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Bryan 9:52PM (11/11/2009)
Nice...except you'll quickly rear-end a car you can't see.
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RWD 9:35PM (11/11/2009)
I like how it shows their imaging system analyzing the lines of the road/hallway... But then has no effect at all on the game screen. Was that the idea, to have it give you a game version of whats really in front of you in real time? Aaaaaaaawesome! But was this test supposed to show that it works? Cause it sure don't.
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neutralgear 12:13AM (11/12/2009)
This video just proved nothing. I like how it was using the walls of the hallway as guidelines to create a track that looked nothing like the walls of the hallway? Also, how is this awesome? They did not create anything like the photoshopped picture or an arcade/vehicle suggested as of yet. That would be much more interesting.
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Randy 3:58PM (11/13/2009)
Can you do it?
neutralgear 4:11PM (11/13/2009)
No, and apparently neither did they.
Randy 4:36PM (11/13/2009)
LOL
Kaveh 2:40AM (11/12/2009)
Man, that makes me remember the good old days of arcades.
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freckles 9:09AM (11/12/2009)
heck yeah, i remember those days as well; this music is classic!
Kaveh 1:09PM (11/12/2009)
I know, I am tempted to buy one of those race seat things for my Xbox.
aznlilchino103 8:25AM (11/12/2009)
HAHAHA. The dude is from UC Irvine!!! I recognize the new building and the places that he's walking (Ring Road)
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steve malala 11:43AM (11/12/2009)
http://chizienomah.com/
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Guitar Hero 12:40PM (11/12/2009)
Guess I'll have to say it:
Yo dawg, I herd you like driving, so we put an actual vehicle in your car game, so you can drive while you drive.
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