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. PlayMotion, in essence, "allows players to use the wall of the room as a

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surface",Tatiana Prophet.
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's Entertainment Technology Center (ETC) who uses the platform to create next generation

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. In 2009, PlayMotion released version 1.0 of a comprehensive SDK based on the

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, one of the first software development kits to focus specifically on

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application design.

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* {{Official website, http://www.playmotion.com, PlayMotion's official website Companies established in 2003 Privately held companies based in Georgia (U.S. state) Video game companies of the United States Companies based in Atlanta

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