Press kit

Boilerplate

Short: Plaik is an AI motion camera that turns your body into the game controller. It captures full-body movement without wearables and maps it to standard mouse, keyboard and gamepad inputs — so players can control the PC games they already own with real movement. Plaik is launching on Kickstarter in 2026.

Long: Plaik is developing the modern successor to camera-based motion gaming. Where the Kinect required dedicated titles and where wearable trackers require strapped-on sensors, Plaik uses on-device AI pose estimation (33 body landmarks, real-time) and translates movement into standard HID inputs. The result: any PC game — shooters, racers, sports, fitness titles — becomes playable with the body alone. Plaik is launching on Kickstarter in 2026.

Key facts

• Product: Plaik — AI motion camera for controller-free PC gaming
• Tracking: vision-based, 33 skeletal landmarks, on-device AI, no cloud upload
• Input: virtual mouse / keyboard / gamepad — works with existing PC games
• Wearables: none
• Connection: single USB-C cable
• Launch: Kickstarter, 2026

Key differentiators

• No wearables — vs IMU trackers (SlimeVR, mocopi) that require 6–10 strapped sensors
• Existing-game compatibility — vs webcam mini-game platforms that only run their own library
• Modern, actively supported hardware — vs the discontinued Kinect
• Privacy: video processed locally, never uploaded

Brand assets

Logo (SVG): Download logo01.svg · Product imagery, demo footage and founder headshots available on request via press@plaik.com.

Story angles we can support

• "Kinect is back — as a controller for every PC game"
• "The end of the gamepad? Hands-on with body-controlled gaming"
• "Exergaming's second life: fitness games without the Switch"
• "Accessible gaming: playing with limited mobility, no controller required"