Interesting! I wonder if they are planning on converting any other video game to tabletop.. pacman would be a challange!
Perhaps you can move magnets below the table?
This has been around for years. It's called Air Hockey.
In Air Hockey, you can move your paddle in two dimensions, you can apply a variable amount of force to the puck, the goals don't encompass the entire width of a player's side, and there are those little holes shooting air that carries the puck. They may look like small differences, but even minute changes to a game's mechanics can result in hugely different gameplay dynamics.