{"id":13660,"date":"2015-11-07T09:18:54","date_gmt":"2015-11-07T08:18:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=13660"},"modified":"2015-11-07T09:18:54","modified_gmt":"2015-11-07T08:18:54","slug":"gravity-pong-a-raspberry-pi-controlled-game-with-over-1700-leds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=13660","title":{"rendered":"Gravity Pong &#8211; a Raspberry Pi controlled game with over 1700 LEDs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.norwegiancreations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/DSCF77611.jpg?resize=560%2C315&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The guys at Norwegian Creations have created a game called Gravity Pong. It is a 4.5 metre high ball-bouncing game which uses 1792 individually controllable RGB LEDs and it is controlled by a Raspberry Pi 2. For more details, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.norwegiancreations.com\/2015\/11\/gravity-pong\/\" target=\"_blank\">read their blog<\/a>\u00a0or watch the video below.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/144344425?color=3a4d65&amp;title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/144344425\">Gravity Pong &#8211; How it Was Made<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/norwegiancreations\">Norwegian Creations<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The guys at Norwegian Creations have created a game called Gravity Pong. It is a 4.5 metre high ball-bouncing game which uses 1792 individually controllable RGB LEDs and it is controlled by a Raspberry Pi 2. 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