Some interesting things that came out of interview of Johnny Lee:
-He has about 8 ideas for implementing the Wii remote, of which we have only seen 3. So there is more to come, but because of the most recent video (VR Head Tracking) he has been busier and has been contacted a lot more so it will take a little longer to release his next implementation.
-Developers have contacted him. They have shared some ideas and some of the difficulties with programming for some of the accelerometers (the difference between a slow tennis swing and a fast tennis swing). He think that this can get much better.
-Had an internship with Microsoft research and tried to implement (and to convince to have) accelerometers in an XBOX controller during the XBOX life cycle.
-"Major" Developers want to implement the VR head tracking and are contemplating bundling a game with the necessary equipment and so the devs must go through Nintendo. Nintendo has yet to approve the bundled hardware. Lee says consequently if Ninty does allow this that Microsoft/Sony interested.
-If the software/hardware does get approved it, earliest to see games would be summer in 2009.
-Johnny is asked if he thinks (VR headset is the future) and his response is "We are not done until we have the Holodeck from Star Trek".
-Concerning gaming's future is "to increase immersion and interactivity. and not necessarily better graphics," and which ever console implements those ideas will be the most successful.
-His theme for working is "doing a lot with a little" or as someone said "under-engineering".
-Nintendo has not contacted him. And he thinks its better that they don't to level expectations from the gaming community.
I found it very interesting hearing it from him and I hope to hear more from him. If you haven't check out:
http://johnnylee.net/
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