Videogames
Kinect-based medical images exploration
by Alessio Placitelli on May.04, 2011, under Development, Tech Stuff, Videogames
The following is a short video clip about the project I’ve been involved in for the last months at ICAR-CNR. We’ve been using OpenNI+Nite+OpenCV to manipulate medical images using Microsoft Kinect. Enjoy the clip and let me know what you think 
20 Years of Tim Schafer!
by Alessio Placitelli on Sep.29, 2009, under Videogames
This is how Tim Schafer got into game industry: luckily enough he didn’t get the engineering job he applied for!
New MegaDrive console launched today
by Alessio Placitelli on Oct.13, 2008, under Videogames
Blaze has launched its MegaDrive handheld console, which contains games such as Sonic and Knuckles, Golden Axe, Shinobi and Ecco the Dolphin.
Zelda Marathon: Child’s Play fundraising
by Alessio Placitelli on Aug.03, 2008, under Videogames
I’m sorry I couldn’t post this news earlier but it’s better now than never, isn’t it? Since the 31th of July, the Mario Marathon Team in collaboration with Cameron Banga and the Four48 Team, is playing through every single Zelda game available (yes, each one of them from The Legend of Zelda to Zelda Twilight Princess) in an awesome 70 hours gaming marathon to help Child’s Play charity raise some funds. Check out the live webcast on their blogs and don’t forget to donate!
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