Head Tracking w/ the Wiimote

mrneutron2003 writes "This guy just doesn't know when to stop. Johnny Chung Lee graces us with yet another one of his inventive Wiimote projects. This time it involves using the Wiimote and a pair of inexpensive LED safety goggles (with the standard LED's replaced with InfraRed ones) to allow positional head tracking , achieving an effect similar to what is experienced with three dimensional displays and CAVE systems. The video dramatically illustrates the effect. Game developers take note. This simple little variation on infrared tracking could allow for some seriously immersive gameplay in the future." This guy deserves a medal.

Comments

Re:Muppets?

[pimpimpim]

No he doesn't. As a non-american I've heard much worse accents than that. His presentation is very professional and comfortable to watch. So that makes me wonder, how the .... do you think you sound? If you sound like you write, it'll probably be dick-headed. This may sound harsh, but I think that's appropriate in this case.

As for the projects he's doing, you're right, it's awesome. Even watching the youtube video of the headtracking gives you the feeling that you were watching a 3D effect, I wonder how it looks in real life.

Re:Fantastic

[Tom]

Yes, but as I said, it won't be useable.

They'll smash a "Start" menu into the lower-left corner, bloat it up with features nobody uses 99% of the time but who get always in the way, and it'll be jerky and ugly unless you own a PC from three years in the future.

Also, it will be remotely-exploitable to make copies of your fingerprints with a three-line Bluetooth hack.