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Head Tracking for Desktop VR Displays using the WiiRemote

by admin on November 23, 2009

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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 johnnylee …

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rehma6b0 November 23, 2009 at 2:32 pm

what do you mean no?

blasterdozer November 23, 2009 at 2:32 pm

awesome

gamefreak14100 November 23, 2009 at 2:32 pm

This is so cool!!!!

cobrafriends November 23, 2009 at 2:32 pm

hes famous now!!

mikesdav November 23, 2009 at 2:32 pm

no…

juggerpat November 23, 2009 at 2:32 pm

@serebiilover12345 – I would love to build a dual camera 3-D system
- I just don’t have the faintest idea how to… LOL – We’ll leave
that to jcl5m…

escobabarata November 23, 2009 at 2:32 pm

A-W-S-O-M-E

rehma6b0 November 23, 2009 at 2:32 pm

No, optical gliph tracking means having a piece of hardware (like
glasses) constantly track your fovea (on your retina) to see where
your looking. Natal is motion based control two total different
concepts.

redsoxfreakinown November 23, 2009 at 2:32 pm

aka project natal

electropentatonic November 23, 2009 at 2:32 pm

The tutorial for connecting wii through bluetooth drivers is 404′d.
anyone got a name on the driver used

iBrodie159 November 23, 2009 at 2:32 pm

Some link from /v/ lead me here. This is some pretty crazy shizz.

VidalAvila November 23, 2009 at 2:32 pm

nice video

waazabie November 23, 2009 at 2:32 pm

I’m just some Microsoft fan boy? PS3 can do this for sure if
XBOX360 can but they don’t. Microsoft is taking the lead on this
type of gaming.

serebiilover12345 November 23, 2009 at 2:32 pm

@juggerpat that sounds cool you should do that, 3d and high def,
all at once, you could create the first vitual reality room.

juggerpat November 23, 2009 at 2:32 pm

with a simple tweak to a video game 1 could add 2 camera’s viewing
the scene at the same time (ie targets) from slightly different
angles (Like two eyeballs). With 2 small LCD’s mounted to the
headpiece displaying each camera’s image separately (I believe you
also have to flicker the frame-rate for the brain to accept it as a
fluid image) – you could create a simple 3-d environment to match
head movements to create the home virtual reality environment with
the same graphics as most games…

rehma6b0 November 23, 2009 at 2:32 pm

Microsoft has sort of hinted at using this technology, or parts of
it in their next xbox. They are calling it Optical Gliph Tracking

Acibeb November 23, 2009 at 2:32 pm

“it’s a little bit goofy” hahaah!

Nishaisthebest November 23, 2009 at 2:32 pm

this kinda nice!

IamLinksys November 23, 2009 at 2:32 pm

EPIC

icecreamdaddy November 23, 2009 at 2:32 pm

fu%%%ing awesome!!

DreBoneT1 November 23, 2009 at 2:32 pm

Where’s my Halo in vr? Now I’m mad at the big 3 for not doing this
yet!

jganer November 23, 2009 at 2:32 pm

I just saw this on attack of the show!!!

0niProductions November 23, 2009 at 2:32 pm

IT’S AWESOME!

karadan100 November 23, 2009 at 2:32 pm

Awesome sauce.

xsunny23 November 23, 2009 at 2:32 pm

seriously man!!! awesome… i just saw you on g4 too

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