Wii Motes And Your PC

[THE JEW (RaVeN)]

I could have posted this in the Wii thread, but it's just to cool:

http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~johnny/projects/wii/

Things you can do with a Wii mote and your PC now:

1. make any surface or LCD a white board with 4 tracking devices
2. head tracking VR (the games you could make!)
3. using your hand to control your computer like in the movie Minority Report. I'm dead serious here. You could simply wave your hand and pr0n would play.


I now, officially, want a Wii mote just so I can do the white board thing.

EDIT:

Here's a project that's similar, but not as cool:

http://lowres.ch/ftir/

EDIT2:

A community website has sprung up to discuss this:

http://www.wiimoteproject.com/

[Tempus]

the minority report thing is really simple when you think about it. Its equivilent to having your hands become infrared mirors...

good job whoever came up with that one.. its interesting

[Paragon]

Just wait until someone installs Linux on a Wii. Then we'll be in trouble!

[THE JEW (RaVeN)]

Control your telescope with your Wii:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnmkygmGNiM

[THE JEW (RaVeN)]

People are starting to experiment:

http://gizmodo.com/347479/wiimote-hack- ... ft-surface

[THE JEW (RaVeN)]

Interview with Johnny:

http://www.actiontrip.com/features/john ... view.phtml

[THE JEW (RaVeN)]

Guys using the software Johnny provided make it so that you can make a touch tablet out of cardboard, a box, paper, glass, and a webcam:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQpr3W-YmcQ

[THE JEW (RaVeN)]

Sensor bars can be had for about $4 now if you'd like to try this:

http://www.monoprice.com/products/produ ... ng_Q2_2012