If only life was more like a video game, eh? Imagine how much more fun your everyday activities would be if they were enhanced with real-time feedback, endless stats and power-ups, the computer helpfully collating information on your every move so you can take a look at it and see how crap you are in figures. Magical stuff. We’re already starting to see this happen with some smartphone apps, but so far, it mostly seems to revolve around Nike’s + apps and the activities of running and walking.Step into the fray, media artist and keen snowboarder Trent Brooks who’s developed an open source project called AntiMap to take that data indexing experience to the slopes, gathering real-time rider data while you’re out skiing or snowboarding. It then analyzes your numbers and even syncs it to video footage of you riding around, so you can marvel at your sick moves while enjoying some après-ski downtime.Inspired by the Nintendo Wii’s Shaun White Snowboarding game, Brooks set out to create a mobile application that could record information using your smartphone while you’re out hitting the powder (currently only works on Android but iOS version is coming). So you get speed, distance, and time stats, along with spin detection, as well as the ability to play it all back afterwards on a computer using the AntiMap Video application. He cites potential uses as: real-time snowboard or ski games, a training or tutorial tool, and even for use in professional televised competitions like the Winter X Games. So, data-junkies, get your fix.It’s still in the development stage, but the apps—both mobile and desktop—will be released soon. For more information, go here.
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When Life Imitates Video Games: New Snowboarding Analysis App
AnitMap records your data while you’re out on the slopes, then lets you synch it with a video for post-slope analysis.