Monthly Archive for October, 2009

An inter­est­ing new pool table called the Obscura Cue­Light is mak­ing waves for its unique use of video tech­nol­ogy to enhance the player’s experience.

Cur­rently set up at the Esquire Ulti­mate Bach­e­lor pad, the Obscura Cue­Light is quite an amaz­ing demon­stra­tion of tech­nol­ogy. It uses sen­sors and motion detec­tors to manip­u­late images as you move the balls around the table. While the table is cur­rently set up to reveal a hid­den image, that’s just one poten­tial use of the tech­nol­ogy. It can also be con­fig­ured to trail flames behind the balls, or even project a pool of water on the table that rip­ples as the balls move over it.

The good news is that the sys­tem itself only costs $80,000. It just hap­pens to be mounted on a table that costs $125,000. So the ques­tion is, would it work on the $75 table you picked up at a garage sale?

Con­tinue read­ing ‘Pool Table Sports Video Overlay’