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This is amazing, but.... I just wanted to point out, the latest "dance pads" are basically a giant touch screens so they are far more flexible than just 3x3 buttons.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kksXU42lEBY

love the "no camera" sign right in the middle :P

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I feel the gameplay becomes very different with these type of dance pads. The fixed button ones are more like Guitar Hero with focus on speed than actual dancing.

If you want a game that treats the pad as a 3x3 grid that's entire possible with a trackpad.

Wow, that's awesome! I never considered the possibility of such a large input surface... And the way the LEDs light up around the movements is really nicely done.

> love the "no camera" sign right in the middle :P

I'm not sure why this is here, you would think it would be good PR if it went viral (like this video possibly did). Even I now want to try my hand at replicating it.

It's even funnier considering the machine actually has a camera built in (eg. https://youtu.be/ya_zzEMHCoc). I believe it also has YouTube upload built it but I could be wrong on that.

Someone in the YouTube comments suggested it was asking people not to record strangers without their permission.

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