Digital Rug Changes as You Walk over It

We also have one of these at The Museum in downtown Kitchener. Always thought it was neat but having it in my house? Not sure about that.

Yeah, we have tons of them in Toronto. There's one at Queen's Quay that's pretty cool. I saw one of them in a sports store once. I played virtual soccer with a little boy there.

These are pretty common at museums. I know they have a bunch of them here at the Ontario Science Centre in Toronto, and I've seen them elsewhere as well. It's cool but not as amazing as it might seem -- it's "just" an overhead projector facing down connected to a webcam to sense the motion of people walking around.

You can see the woman's shadow in the video here so I'm certain it's the same technology -- so it's not actually a digital carpet. The floor/carpet is just the "screen" for the video projector.

The one at the Ontario Science Centre goes through a bunch of modes including a virtual fish pond that you can jump around in and scare the koi. Kids go nuts for it. I'll bet dogs would too if they were permitted!

Yes, yes, yes! That would be awesome!

It would be cool to have one that displays pirhanas and leeches that come toward your feet...