Almost 45 years since Pong dominated arcades around the globe, the iconic table tennis game has been given a new lease of life.
In 2016, YouTuber Daniel Perdomo and a group of his friends shared a video of their own real-life Pong table, which recreates the classic game in intricate detail.
Now the table's creators have given it a revamp and are trying to commercialise the product. Backers of a Kickstarter campaign will be able to get their hands on the table if it successfully reaches a $250,000 (£201,000) goal. At the time of writing, the campaign is just $42,000 away from this, with 205 backers.
Although it looks like a simple air hockey table, the set-up uses trackers underneath the table to sense the movement of a physical ball and paddle. Hard drives are used as controls to move the paddles, and LED lights track the score of the game. The company demoed the table at last year's WIRED2016.
The original Pong was a 2D-sports game designed to simulate table tennis. It was released by Atari in 1972 and players controlled a paddle on the screen by moving it vertically across the left-hand side.
The aim was for players to reach eleven points before their opponent.
The team behind the real-life table is looking for "a hardware incubator to make it a reality" so other people can replicate - and maybe even buy - the design.
This article was originally published by WIRED UK
