| Hawk said: Can someone describe what he did? I can't see it from work 8) |
He sort of uses the Wiimote "in reverse". Instead of having a fixed infrared light emitting device (the sensor bar), the Wiimote stands on top of the TV, together with a small array of IR LEDS. He fits two of his fingers with a small slice of reflective tape which reflects infrared light, which then makes it possible for the Wiimote to track his fingers in thin air. It seems that it might be possible to track more than two fingers in the same way, but he doesn't demo that so I'm not sure.
He uses this technology to perform a small demo of controlling an object on the screen in various ways (zooming by stretching out an imaginary line, moving it by moving a single finger, rotating), similar in behavior to Microsoft Surface.
My Mario Kart Wii friend code: 2707-1866-0957
