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Damn, this could be like the Peloton of Chess: an actual physical board that lets you play with people online. Would be pretty amazing. I'm visualizing a board
by oliv__ 5y ago
Damn, this could be like the Peloton of Chess: an actual physical board that lets you play with people online. Would be pretty amazing.
I'm visualizing a board with magnetized pieces and your opponent's pieces would move on their own.
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- Karunamon 5y agoTheres an outfit called Square Off that has made literally this. They were about to deliver a 2nd gen version before covid hit and broke all the supply chains. Its still happening, but harshly delayed. https://squareoffnow.com/ https://squareoffnow.com/
- perihelions 5y agoThere's already many solutions for *dedicated* chess boards with electronic outputs -- they're common in major tournaments. (I.e. capacitive sensors under the squares). The point of OP's solution (as I understand it) is anyone can use their own, ordinary boards for this, with no purchase, using standard cameras. I think it's awesome. (I think magnetized self-moving pieces exist too, but they're not very impressive. IIRC it's just one 2-dof magnet under the board. But that's slow and more for show than utility. It'd be a handicap for blitz).
- bosie 5y agoif you have to move both sides of the board, i dont think this is really a solution for blitz anyways?
- blentrop 5y agoThere's currently a project in Kickstarter doing just that https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/wondersubstance/phantom-the-most-advanced-chess-board-in-the-world https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/wondersubstance/phantom...