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Researcher ports Doom to $8,000 Hasselblad X2D camera

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A researcher named Radium Wang has successfully ported the classic video game Doom to a high-end Hasselblad X2D camera. This expensive medium-format camera, typically used for professional photography, now has the capability to run the 1993 first-person shooter. The project, shared on GitHub, explores the potential of embedded systems and continues the trend of porting Doom to unconventional devices. AI

IMPACT Demonstrates the increasing power of embedded systems and the trend of porting complex software to unconventional devices.

RANK_REASON Porting a game to a consumer electronic device that is not designed for gaming.

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Researcher ports Doom to $8,000 Hasselblad X2D camera

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  1. Tom's Hardware TIER_1 English(EN) · Jowi Morales ·

    Researcher ports Doom to $8,000 Hasselblad X2D

    Radium Wang experiments with camera firmware and shares some of their findings on GitHub. You might want to be careful when trying this, though, as you probably don't want to brick your expensive camera.

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