How awesome. This reminds me of what had me so in love with personal computers in the first place, way back in the ’80s.
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How awesome. This reminds me of what had me so in love with personal computers in the first place, way back in the ’80s.
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I had (still have) a device called Track IR that could track head movements in a similar manner. Used it a few years ago when I used to play IL-2 Sturmovik, a WW2 flight sim. You put an infrared dot on your forehead or the tip of your headset mic, and a little tracker on the top of the monitor could detect its movements.
Having the view on the monitor change to track how you turned your head was a major immersion factor, and made the game about ^10 times more fun – I felt like a real fighter pilot!
This must be a relatively old presentation, I saw both of those videos over a year ago. In fact I considered buying a Wii just for the Wii hacks.
A friend of mine recently shared with me this wonderful television show that he’d discovered. And I enjoyed it, but then I said, “wait, this says it came out in 2005, why are you bothering me with it?”
Johnny Lee’s stuff is amazing. I love new technologies such as this because the innovations that come from the users invariably add to their longevity and usefulness. The Wii’s wireless technology is truly the best of it’s kind for the price. I have a feeling that there will be more versatile hacks coming soon. Like a wireless remote media controller or just about anything that could benefit from wireless controls with motion sensing.
Very cool.
I think I mentioned before that I have built a digital gaming table which is essentially a computer display enlarged and mounted on a table. The purpose is primarily to have the most flexible and detailed maps possible, and to have them be updatable real-time. But it also allows the presentation of video clips, clip art and even text when necessary. When I was building it I saw the digital white board presentation from Johnny Lee (I think I found the link on the technology blog “Engadget”) and I seriously considered building in a Wii remote to allow real time digital manipulation of the map from the table top.
But I’m lazy so I didn’t.
But I still could…
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