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Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Like Wii Sports Boxing, But Actually Hitting Something

Remote Impact doesn't just allow you to throw jabs, hooks, and body blows at thin air, it provides a "full body contact experience" allowing for punches, kicks, and charging bodies -- presumably, you can even throw 'bows at the game. Remote Impact's multi-touch detection system captures both the location and intensity of multiple simultaneous hits, so harder hits will result in more points.

Distance Labs, which showed off the project at Nordic Exceptional Trendshop (NEXT) in Denmark earlier this month, describes it as a "Sports over a Distance" boxing game, as it enables geographically distant players to trade punches, unlike Wii Sports's boxing game.

The company also believes that "the physical intensity of the game contributes to general fitness, weight loss and stress relief at the same time ... allows you to socialise and create new friendships over a distance in a fun way." Remote Impact also helps you deal with unresolved issues in your life, as seen here:

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