Although some fanatics have been ready to kill off the air guitar in the wake of Guitar Hero<\/i> games\u00b4 success, a Finnish game developer disagrees. Virtual Air Guitar Company<\/i> has been developing a technology which translates the player\u00b4s movements into music with the help of a pair of motion sensing gloves and a camera to receive the movements.
\nAnd Finnish Industry Investment Ltd.<\/i> agrees with them, along with a private investor, since the organizations have signed a deal which gives Virtual Air Guitar Company a funding of 130 000 EUR. <\/p>\n
”With this investment, we aim to develop a prototype of the game, and through that a global distribution deal with an international publisher,”<\/i> says Aki Kanerva, Managing Director of the Virtual Air Guitar Company.<\/p>\n
Those whose ham-fisted clubbers cannot be harnessed to produce comprehendible music should not be worried. The developers promise that even with the most basic movements the produced music is somewhat bearable.<\/p>\n
In the Finnish tabloid Ilta-Sanomat, Kanerva says that viable platforms for the game are Playstation 3 and Xbox 360. If everything goes well, the game should be ready in 2008. <\/p>\n
Will Virtual Air Guitar Company follow in the footsteps of other successful Finnish developers, such as Bugbear or Remedy, remains to be seen.<\/p>\n