# PlayMotion

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{{Short description|Video game company}}
{{notability|Companies|date=January 2017}}
{{Infobox company
| name = PlayMotion, Inc.
| logo = playmotion.jpg
| logo_size = 233px
| type   = [Private](/source/Privately-held_company)
| foundation = July 4, 2003
| location = [Atlanta, Georgia](/source/Atlanta%2C_Georgia) United States
| industry = [Video games](/source/Video_game_industry)
| revenue =
| num_employees =
| key_people = [Greg Roberts](/source/Greg_Roberts_(Designer)) <br />([Chief Designer](/source/Chief_Designer))<br />Anthony Cowan <br />([EVP](/source/Executive_Vice_President)) <br /> Jeremy Barrett <br />([VP Engineering](/source/VP_Engineering)) <br />Wes Lewison<br />([VP Sales](/source/VP_Sales))
| products =  ''[PlaySDK](/source/PlaySDK)'' <br /> ''PlaySDK/pro''  <br /> ''CORE''
| homepage = [http://www.playmotion.com www.PlayMotion.com]<br />[http://www.playsdk.com www.playSDK.com]
}}

'''PlayMotion!'''  is a company that produces a next generation videogame technology of the same name. Their product applies practical [Computer Vision](/source/Computer_Vision) algorithms to the problem of [gesture recognition](/source/gesture_recognition) in a wide array of environments, including [Education](/source/Education) and [exergaming](/source/exergaming).

PlayMotion, in essence, "allows players to use the wall of the room as a [videogame](/source/videogame) surface",<ref name="ABC">Tatiana Prophet. "[http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/2005/04/18/focus9.html PlayMotion takes fun to a new level]." ''[Atlanta Business Chronicle](/source/Atlanta_Business_Chronicle).'' April 15, 2005. Retrieved on November 28, 2006.</ref> while "a graphics engine and [video projector](/source/video_projector) turn your actions into digital shapes and patterns on a large screen."<ref name="REVUE">Bob Pepalis. "Future of gaming solid" ''REVUE & News'' January 5, 2005. Retrieved on November 28, 2006.</ref>

PlayMotion was founded by designer [Greg Roberts](/source/Greg_Roberts_(Designer)) and noted computer vision scientist Matt Flagg in 2003.

The company has a partnership with [Carnegie Mellon](/source/Carnegie_Mellon)'s [Entertainment Technology Center (ETC)](/source/Entertainment_Technology_Center_(ETC)) who uses the platform to create next generation [videogame](/source/videogame) and novel live performance concepts.

PlayMotion builds upon the pioneering work done by visionary [Myron Krueger](/source/Myron_Krueger) in the 1970s and 1980s. Their internal Funlab is an R&D incubator allowing for free thought and autonomous action which has produced many games and technologies throughout the years, including a landmark 5-screen, 250 player experience at [Disney's](/source/Disney) [Epcot](/source/Epcot) in [Orlando, Florida](/source/Orlando%2C_Florida).

In 2009, PlayMotion released version 1.0 of a comprehensive SDK based on the [Python programming language](/source/Python_(programming_language)), one of the first software development kits to focus specifically on [computer vision](/source/computer_vision) for [entertainment](/source/entertainment) application design.

==References==
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==Further reading==
* ''[WIRED](/source/WIRED) Magazine'', June 2005, "The Future of Play"

== External links ==
* {{Official website|http://www.playmotion.com|PlayMotion's official website}}

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