Dungeons & Dragons on Microsoft Surface – Video
D' Technology Weblog — The Entertainment Technology Center at Carnegie Mellon University is showing a sneak peek at a Dungeons and Dragons proof-of-concept game they are working on using Microsoft Surface. ...

Video: Dungeons and Dragons on the Microsoft Surface
CrunchGear — Surfacescapes Demo Walkthrough from Visual Story TAs on Vimeo. One more quick video before I head out the door and battle the dumb crowds in dumb New York City. It’s Microsoft Surface, yes, but one where you play Dungeons and Dragons. ...

D&D + Microsoft Surface = Unheard-of Levels of Radness
GeekDad — This may be why Microsoft Surface exists: Surfacescapes Demo Walkthrough Surfacescapes is a proof-of-concept project using the Microsoft Surface Table to play interactive role-playing games, in this case geek favorite Dungeons and Dragons. Players attach physical pieces to the virtual space, which includes all the cool drag and zoom interactions of other Surface apps. Calculations are automated and battles are animated with creatures intelligent enough to detect where the players are situated on ...

Dungeons & Dragons on the Microsoft Surface [Surface]
Gizmodo — For thousands of years, none of us quite understood the point of the Surface. Then, a few Carnegie Mellon students armed with but blades and wits developed this D&D; game, and they lightning bolted the naysayers away. [Microsoft via Kotaku] ...

Jouer à Dungeons & Dragons grâce à Surface…
Le Journal du Geek — C’est possible, grâce au travail (titanesque) réalisé par des étudiants de la Carnegie Mellon University. Bon forcément, à mettre en place, ça coute presque un bras, mais avouez que ça change un peu du plateau traditionnel non ? via engadget

Microsoft Surface turned into the ultimate D&D board
DVICE Atom Feed — Say hello to Michael. He's one of the developers on the Surfacesapes project over at Carnegie Mellon University, and he's about to walk you through just about the best use for Microsoft's Surface multitouch table in the video above. Oh, what's said "best use," you ask? Why, recreating the Dungeons and Dragons tabletop experience, of course! It's still a work in progress, but so far they've got everything from modeled pieces (such as the Dire Wolf you'll see), spell effects (such as the massive explosion that takes out the aforementioned Dire Wolf), and tons of nice touches, from ...

Microsoft Surface turned into D&D board
SlipperyBrick.com — Surfacescapes Demo Walkthrough from Surfacescapes on Vimeo. This is the best use for Microsoft’s Surface multitouch table we’ve seen yet. Recreating the Dungeons and Dragons experience on a tabletop. It’s a work in progress, but it’s pretty stunning. It was created by a team at Carnegie Mellon University. Players move real figurines over virtual battlefields, rolling virtual die to deal damage against the usual wolves and such. So far they’ve got everything from modeled pieces, spell effects, and tons of nice touches to the terrain and ambient outdoor ...

Dungeons & Dragons for Microsoft Surface created
The Raw Feed — Surfacescapes Demo Walkthrough from Surfacescapes on Vimeo.

Video: Dungeons and Dragons on Microsoft Surface, a walkthrough
Newlaunches.com — This is totally awesome new for ‘Dungeons and Dragons’ fans. This video we have from Dvice.com brings forth the best possible use for Microsoft Surface , or so it says. Whatever it is, it’s good enough for us. There’s this well modeled Dire Wolf, that’s taken for a spin on the cool table with the spells and the red dice. It’s all good. [image] The best part was the explosion effect. Hell, I so want to get that close to one as the massive Dire Wolf falls to the ground and dies. Even the sound effects are a good catch. [ Dvice ]

D&D on multi-touch table
Boing Boing Gadgets — Students at Carnegie Mellon's Entertainment Technology Center (ETC) developed a Dungeons & Dragons experience for the Microsoft Surface multi-touch table. From ETC: The objective of the SurfaceScapes project is to create a proof-of-concept for playing tabletop role-playing games on the Microsoft Surface Table. We will be using Dungeons and Dragons as a basis for our prototype, with the option for future expansion to other role-playing games. SurfaceScapes will provide Game Masters and players with a set of features to enhance the combat and role-playing aspects of tabletop games. This will include the ...

D&D on multi-touch table
Boing Boing — Students at Carnegie Mellon's Entertainment Technology Center developed a Dungeones and Dragons experience for the Microsoft Surface multi-touch table. From ETC: The objective of the SurfaceScapes project is to create a proof-of-concept for playing tabletop role-playing games on the Microsoft Surface Table. We will be using Dungeons and Dragons as a basis for our prototype, with the option for future expansion to other role-playing games. SurfaceScapes will provide Game Masters and players with a set of features to enhance the combat and role-playing aspects of tabletop games. This will include the ability ...

Dungeons & Dragons Meets Microsoft Surface
The Gadget Blog — Dungeons & Dragons on a multi-touch surface, with support for other RPGs promised? Definitely neat stuff, and it also inspires “now why didn’t I think of that?” moments. A brief 3-minute demo of Surface Scapes follows! ...

Dungeons & Dragons on Microsoft Surface multi-touch table
Ubergizmo — Surfacescapes Demo Walkthrough from Surfacescapes on Vimeo. The SurfaceScapes project is the brainchild of students from Carnegie Mellon's Entertainment Technology Center (ETC), where it will deliver a proof-of-concept for playing tabletop role-playing games on the Microsoft Surface Table. Dungeons & Dragons was the natural choice when it came to testing the prototype, making us salivate in anticipation should this be a success. Of course, this won't kill off ordinary tabletop gaming as we're sure the entry price would sit well only with a handful of folks, but it will be a top class draw in virtually ...

D&D Gets Nerdy(er)
OhGizmo! — I usually consider myself to be a bit of a tech head, but now and again something comes along which makes me realise how low I really rate on the universal scale of geekery. The latest thing to blow to my sense of nerdy self worth is SurfaceScapes, a project dreamt up by students at Carnegie Mellon University’s Entertainment Technology Centre, which aims to create a proof-of-concept for playing tabletop role-playing games on Microsoft’s Surface Table. Basically, this provides players with a digital environment, which they can interact with using real objects (such as painstakingly detailed ...