Y2HH Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 This is an actual patent application from Microsoft -- which is just hilarious. From /. "A newly disclosed Microsoft patent application — Avatar Individualized by Physical Characteristic — takes aim at fat people, proposing to generate fat avatars in gaming environments for individuals whose health records indicate they're overweight, limiting their game play, and even banning them. From the patent application: 'An undesirable body weight could be reflected in an overweight or underweight appearance for the avatar. Only requisite health levels are allowed to compete in a certain competition level. A dedicated gamer could exercise for a period of time until his health indicator gadget shows a sufficiently high health/health credit in order to allow reentering the avatar environment." http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser...=DN/20090309891 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 Too big to be able to play video games effectively? Wow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_genius Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 (edited) QUOTE (Y2HH @ Dec 18, 2009 -> 02:18 PM) This is an actual patent application from Microsoft -- which is just hilarious. From /. "A newly disclosed Microsoft patent application — Avatar Individualized by Physical Characteristic — takes aim at fat people, proposing to generate fat avatars in gaming environments for individuals whose health records indicate they're overweight, limiting their game play, and even banning them. From the patent application: 'An undesirable body weight could be reflected in an overweight or underweight appearance for the avatar. Only requisite health levels are allowed to compete in a certain competition level. A dedicated gamer could exercise for a period of time until his health indicator gadget shows a sufficiently high health/health credit in order to allow reentering the avatar environment." http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser...=DN/20090309891 lol they'll give a patent to anything. there was a recent supreme court case about this kind of thing. people are patenting stuff like "conduct a business meeting to raise profits". Edited December 19, 2009 by mr_genius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthSideSox72 Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 Won't work. Wii already does this, so Microsoft is a little late to the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reddy Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 i love the idea though. haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knightni Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 Hilarious. Are the going to restrict smokers and heavy drinkers next? Are white guys going to not be allowed to play wii sports basketball because they can't jump enough? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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