On Apr 3, 2015, at 11:52 AM, Kurt Feltenberger <kurt@thepaw.org> wrote:

> On 4/3/2015 12:33 AM, Christopher Hilton wrote:
>> That looks cool but it’s decidedly low tech as far as I can see. If I were still gaming I would embed or build a 32+ ~ 40+ inch TV into my gaming table under a piece of plexiglass.
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> While it sounds cool, the amount of work involved to make it viable (the construction and then everything has to be digitized and possibly formatted if you're using some sort of application each and every time) and the cost make it more of a bragging item than something that many would use.  For a low cost I can get something that works pretty much anywhere, is easily portable, and is ready to use for anything from planned encounters to pickup games that are run seat-of-the-pants style.
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Don't get me wrong, I'm not adverse to the kickstarter at all. Also, I cannot disagree that the work involved would be huge. I'm not a carpenter so I would probably farm that bit out to a friend. I might use glass rather than plexi as the cover for the extra durability. But as a Software Engineer / Programmer / Whatever I actually am, my definition of "work" may be different than yours. As a person who found his career writing very simple GM assistant programs for Classic Traveller, the allure is quite great. This also scratches a particular itch as most of my Traveller cadre has moved far away from our original home base. Extending a video based gaming table into a set of shared maps on the internet shouldn't be too hard. At that point one could game over Google Hangouts. Maybe I should think about my own kickstarter timed of course not to compete with this very worthy effort.

-- Chris