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Seriously sometimes I wonder what’s wrong with Japan?  I mean all the Japanese people I’ve met have been great, but for such an intelligent and friendly nation full of techies, scientists, robotics experts and doctors they sure put their resources into some really weird stuff.

For example… the Japanese have come up with this awesome facial recognition technology for your computer’s webcam.  Basically your webcam can detect your facial expressions along  with your head’s movement and mirrors your motion on the computer screen… it’s as if your eyes become the screen itself.  Now I’m thinking “this is great! Think of all the cool things that you could do with this technology!  Children could use it as a virtual learning tool without ever leaving the classroom.  Students could learn how to diagnose engine problems in a car, without ever having to touch one.  You could explore an entire city without ever leaving your computer chair”  Not the Japanese though… they’re thinking “Hey you know what we could do with this?  We could make a video game where you look up a cartoon girl’s skirt by moving your head around.”  Thanks Japan!

Now if you want to see this technology in action you can watch the clip below of the video game Tech48.  Don’t worry I wont judge you for being curious.  I guess they figured it would be less dirty if they had a female do the demonstration.  They were wrong.

Now you may think I’m done… ‘Ha ha, that was pretty wacky Jorden, you and your silly yet creative blog got me again’… but sadly I am not done.

As if virtually looking up a virtual girl’s virtual skirt wasn’t enough Japan took their Tech48 webcam recognition technology one step further.  In their new game Love Death 4 (creative title) the same facial recognition technology will now be used to detect shapes… just pause reading right here and think about that for a moment.

Screen shot from Love Death 4 with their Boner Cam

That’s right the same webcam that you probably purchased to keep in touch with your loved-ones while you were away at college will now be used to detect your boner.

Now all the specs on this game are still a bit sketchy but I have a few questions… How interactive are they even going to make this thing?  And what if I’m a female gamer?  Am I able to purchase a fake boner so that I can experience all that Love Death 4 has to offer, or can I just hold up a banana?

Oh Japan, what will you think of next?  Maybe a mother and son wearing scarves that look like a set of boobs… oh never mind.

I sincerely apologize for the route my blog has taken lately.  I didn’t think I was going to be Vancouver’s #1 weird and perverted inventions insider.  I’ll try and write about some eco stuff that actually helps the world later.

Cheers!

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