Here’s Johnny Lee who has invented a new VR interface using the Wiimote and the infrared sensors. He also has a software which renders images that moves with the viewer, in 3D space. The result is quite impressive, and the system has lots of potential. I hope this guy gets his sponsorship, because I also want to see Wii games using this interface! Below is his video demo.
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Interesting. Thank for sharing the video
Thanks for sharing this. As a gamer, I gotta say… that may be one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen. So c’mon Wii folks — get it in the games already!!!
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In other news (though unverified), Nintendo will not let LucasGames develop the Wiimote Lightsaber.
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[...] this year, I blogged about Johnny Lee’s project on using the Wii-mote to track head movement in 3D. The project had a lot of potential. Sure enough, he’s now featured in TED, re-presenting the [...]