Wednesday, Jan 9th 2008 by Chris Davies


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Back in the olden days, 3D head-tracking required a massive helmet that made you look like a classic Cylon warrior with a severe case of water-retention.  Now, Carnegie Mellon University’s Johnny Chung Lee can show you how to hack up your own system using a Nintendo Wii.

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 Wii hack for 3D head tracking

“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” Johnny Chung Lee

Wii hack for 3D head tracking

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  1.  The Ides   View all comments by The Ides  -2  Add karma Subtract karma 

    *Yawn* Did you guys seriously just find this? Its been on the web at least a few weeks.

  2.  Chris Davies   View all comments by Chris Davies  +1  Add karma Subtract karma 

    *Yawn* Did you guys seriously just find this? Its been on the web at least a few weeks.

    Actually, it’s the first time I’ve seen it, yes – though I have had my head buried in Android over at Google-Phone.com!


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