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Lay Down Your Virtual Tag With the Wiispray
Posted by Owen Good at 7:00 AM on June 9, 2008
That's not R5-D4's brother, it's a modded Wiimote that a German student envisions for use in a virtual graffiti world.
Martin Lihs, student at Bauhas-University in Weimar, built the "Wiispray" for his thesis. He wants the wall to encourage graffiti artists to express themselves without the artistic encumberances of balancing on a highway overpass railings, getting chased by railroad police, or, like getting arrested.
Sounds fun and creative but people tag up real walls for a reason -- real people see 'em. All the commissioned murals, coffee table books and contests for graffiti artists provide real recognition to, but not like getting up on a warehouse wall. The essential act of graffiti is painting where you're not supposed to paint, right?
WiiSpray Prototype Graffiti Controller for Wii [Slashgear, via Engadget]
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tmanflys
Posted 7:12 AM 9/6/08
@Maldron: Somebody owes me a soda.
tmanflys
Antiterra
Posted 7:11 AM 9/6/08
@ShaggE: Yes, it was. [kotaku.com]
But now we can divide up into Luke and Owen factions, and battle each other to the death to decide who wrote the best piece.
Meanwhile, I'll making dinner. 11PM, I figured it's about time.
Antiterra
NaryaMithrandir
Posted 7:11 AM 9/6/08
Awesome concept indeed. However, yea, the real point of graffiti-ing is to have real people in a real environment see, experience and understand what your tagging up. In that way, this kinda defeats that no?
Maybe a complete concept would include a social networking site like Facebook and Myspace only for graffiti artists where on their virtual "wall" they continously post their tags up etc..
But I digress..
NaryaMithrandir
Jazhuis
Posted 7:10 AM 9/6/08
@ShaggE: As above, yes. But it just gives us another place to shout from the rooftops:
Sega! Make another Jet Set Radio!
(And don't make it suck)
Jazhuis
Maldron
Posted 7:09 AM 9/6/08
@tmanflys: Jynx!
Maldron
braagh
Posted 7:09 AM 9/6/08
If anything this will just encourage people people to practice before they go outside and paint a real wall.
Could actually be a lot of fun though, painting things in a virtual world. If this came with a game it could be really enjoyable on the Wii. A game could come with-
Wait a minute...another peripheral? NOOOOO!
braagh
Maldron
Posted 7:09 AM 9/6/08
@ShaggE: Yep. [kotaku.com]
Maldron
tmanflys
Posted 7:09 AM 9/6/08
@ShaggE: Yes, here: [kotaku.com]
tmanflys
ShaggE
Posted 7:07 AM 9/6/08
Wasn't this posted before?
ShaggE
excel_excel
Posted 7:06 AM 9/6/08
@Shiryu: Well there is now, I mean as soon as you posted that there was one. yours!
This is brilliant though! It'd certainly be cool for a graffiti game....ahh Jet Set Radio....ahh
excel_excel
Shiryu
Posted 7:04 AM 9/6/08
... no comments!
Shiryu