Head Tracking for Desktop VR Displays using the WiiRemote
June 24, 2009 by admin
Filed under Wii Videos
jcl5m asked:
Using the infrared camera in the Wii remote and a head mounted sensor bar (two IR LEDs), you can accurately track the location of your head and render view dependent images on the screen. This effectively transforms your display into a portal to a virtual environment. The display properly reacts to head and body movement as if it were a real window creating a realistic illusion of depth and space. By Johnny Chung Lee, Carnegie Mellon University. For more information and software visit http://johnnylee.net
June 25th, 2009 at 6:32 am
Try watching “The Ring” with it. It’ll freak you out!!!
June 25th, 2009 at 8:23 am
That is really cool. While the image itself isn’t 3D, the information tracking slight head movements produces quite a convincing 3D effect, something which I never realized could be done with head tracking.
It would be incredibly simple to release an add-on that alleviates the need for using an extra Wii-mote, though I’m sure just about every Wii owner has at least two Wii-motes. The LED safety glasses idea is SWEET!
June 26th, 2009 at 11:51 pm
deadly i want one!
June 27th, 2009 at 9:49 pm
wii rocks…in wiifitworld wii remote are available
June 28th, 2009 at 2:52 am
THATS AWSOME THANKS!
June 29th, 2009 at 11:11 am
omg! so fucking awesome. I’ll tell you though i wouldnt play Resident evil 5 or F.E.A.R with this though, geez there scary enough without 3D XD
June 29th, 2009 at 6:40 pm
Now…
Flight Simulator for Wii??
(Stupid Idea, I know..)
But with the Wii Motion Plus, and this, it would make it somewhat realistic…
July 1st, 2009 at 6:06 pm
This is an awesome idea. If Nintendo were to make a first person shooter with this idea, i would buy it. Imagine if COD 6 was made with this idea. o.O
July 3rd, 2009 at 11:38 pm
WOW!
That’s a very clever trick!
It certainly looks 3D, although I don’t suppose it will ‘feel’ 3D in the same way 3D goggles do because your brain isn’t working out depth perception as well as it would if you had a separate image for each eye, but in a way this is better than ‘proper’ 3D, because you get to look around stuff, and it does kinda look like things are coming out of the screen anyway - so I guess this is the best solution!
July 5th, 2009 at 4:24 am
THIS MAKES ME WANNA BUY A WII!!! OMFG
July 6th, 2009 at 2:19 am
C’mon Nintendo, where ARE the new games??
I can’t believe they haven’t taken advantage of this yet, it would be AMAZING!
July 6th, 2009 at 6:57 pm
I wanna see some games too
July 8th, 2009 at 7:28 pm
So..if your a nintendo game developer…
….
I WANNA SEE SOME GAMES
I lol’d
Awesome Job man, Why hasn’t Nintendo Recruited you yet XD
July 11th, 2009 at 11:31 pm
oh Wait!!!!… I said you are my personal hero!!!!…Actually You are like Hiro from Heroes… hahaha, just kidding.
July 13th, 2009 at 8:00 pm
infuckinsane !!!111 =))))
July 16th, 2009 at 9:34 pm
that is so great!!! this is what the wii should have been..
July 20th, 2009 at 6:06 am
it would be a lot better with stereo 3D
July 20th, 2009 at 6:26 pm
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July 21st, 2009 at 1:56 pm
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July 22nd, 2009 at 11:40 am
i might sound like a noob here but how do you connect your wii remote to your PC? can i use this setup for FSX? imagine looking around the cockpit like your in it.. great stuff!!!
July 23rd, 2009 at 11:10 am
thwii-D next gen gaming
July 28th, 2009 at 3:25 pm
that’s soooooo cool!!!!!! good job johnny!
July 29th, 2009 at 10:39 pm
You are my personal hero dude!!!!!!