Low-Cost Multi-touch Whiteboard using the Wiimote
May 24, 2009 by admin
Filed under Wii Videos
jcl5m asked:
Using infrared (IR) light pens and the Wii Remote, it is possible to create very low-cost multi-point interactive whiteboards and multi-point tablet displays. Johnny Chung Lee, Carnegie Mellon University. The software can be downloaded at http://johnnylee.net
May 25th, 2009 at 12:59 pm
just tryed this and it works extreemly well except if u have a halogen desk lamp near to the screen surface. i made my IR pen from an old remote controll (that i hacked apart ) a ball pen casing(similar to johnny lees) a AA size battery and a push swiths (all of which were surplus to requirements) i didnt have a battery holder so i hard soldered th leads to the battery(not so good for replacing batterys) but it works well all for the grand cost of £0.00
May 27th, 2009 at 10:01 am
Hello guys anyone whos tried this in the UK? i am actually looking for the LED IR light but very confused and unfortunatly cant get my hands on one.. any idea from anyone wher i can get it ?
May 30th, 2009 at 6:17 am
btw i found an interactive for 1,300
lol beat that!!!
June 1st, 2009 at 5:10 am
sure it is! wiimote + bluetoothdongle = 50$ max
Interactive Whiteboard = 2000$+
June 1st, 2009 at 7:16 am
Yeah, through bluetooth.
June 1st, 2009 at 6:55 pm
nevermind, i know now. but you said it was low cost, i don’t think a wii remote or bluetooth is low cost.
June 3rd, 2009 at 6:52 am
i still don’t understand completely how this works. wouldn’t the wii remote have to be connected to the computer?
June 6th, 2009 at 7:50 am
Once again, MIND=BLOWN.
Keep it coming!!!
June 8th, 2009 at 10:40 am
With a big enough desk, this is all you need to make drawing or doing anything easier.
This is why I want to learn about electronics so much.
June 11th, 2009 at 1:19 pm
I tried it on Windows XP its great! Thanks!
June 12th, 2009 at 3:18 am
goto __IHATEJEN(.)COM__
very short skirt videos
June 13th, 2009 at 4:40 pm
Is it compatable for Windows Vista? After connected, the program has an error saying ‘Exception: Wiimote not found in HID device list’
June 16th, 2009 at 9:05 am
my old leadership teacher had one of these systems but it had costs alot of money
June 19th, 2009 at 11:50 am
Wow. Very useful. Now I have my own drawing board. Thanks!
June 21st, 2009 at 7:35 am
I’m guessing that such a projector/LCD + Wiimote system isn’t pressure sensitive like actual graphics tablets or whiteboards (are they?), since from what I see, the Wiimote only tracks the approximate X,Y coordinates of the light pens. I still am dying to try this trick though :-).
5/5
June 24th, 2009 at 2:03 am
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Nice.
June 27th, 2009 at 6:27 am
can i use my own calibration software?
June 29th, 2009 at 6:18 am
we could do that
July 2nd, 2009 at 10:38 am
If you think Johnny Lee is awesome, Rate a positive on this comment!
July 5th, 2009 at 12:47 pm
“the shadow emitted by the human”.. he has a really black soul, he radiates darkness, that’s what he emits around him
July 6th, 2009 at 1:35 pm
Only problem with this is the shadow emitted by the human
July 10th, 2009 at 8:23 pm
yeah as in
no surface near by xD
he was waving the pen in the air
the wiimote picked it up and bluetoothed it to his macbook
then that was set up on a projector
which was being cast on the wall like 20 ft away
he was just standing and drawing by waving the pen around xD
July 10th, 2009 at 9:52 pm
when you say midair, do you mean MID AIR!?