Dynamically-activated optical instrument for producing control signals.

摘要

An optical controller (136) is capable of surrounding a player (146) with a radiation screen from a plurality of panels (132,134), and enables the player (146) to produce control signals for interface with a controlled instrument such as a musical instrument or a video game processor (138). The insertion of the appendage of the player can produce a functional control signal. The relative position of the insertion of the appendage can be determined, for example, as a result of the intensity of reflected radiation in the dispersing radiation screen. The video game processing unit can play either a conventional video game (142) that usually accepts eight functional control signals, or it can utilize the full capacities of the control signals available from the optical controller. The player (146) can simulate the movements of the video character (148) to experience a more realistic game play action.