Body Pong
Body Pong is based on the original Pong arcade game from Atari, with a line down the middle of the screen representing a net separating one player’s area from the other, and a ball that bounces back and forth when players bump it. Instead of using paddles, players bounce the ball off their bodies via live silhouettes that look like each players shadows
Collaborators
The research and development of Body Pong was supported by the Learning Technologies Center, a department within the Science Museum of Minnesota. Aaron Heidgerken, an Exhibit Programmer at SMM, and I, an Education Program Specialist for LTC, developed Body Pong out of an interest in the creative potential of a hacked Kinect sensor used with creative open-source software.
Northern Spark video
Body Pong was selected as a Northern Spark Nuit Blanche 2012 project in partnership with the Science Museum of Minnesota. This video by Tristan Pollock is a collection of projects during the 2012 event, with Body Pong as the first project.
