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Forums - Nintendo - Guy uses Wii to make a true 3d gaming enviroment on his TV

Alot of you might of seen this, i just saw it now, and i was blasted away.

 

Click this link for vid and info!

http://blogs.zdnet.com/Ou/?p=976

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After seeing the above video sent to me by Justin James, I only have one thing to say: Give Jonny his PhD!  Johnny Lee is a PhD student at Carnegie Mellon University who took a standard Nintendo Wii remote and turned a monitor in to something special.  You can check out the video above and actually find a sample program here on his website.  You can find Wii Remotes for $40 at places like Amazon.com and you may also need a Bluetooth USB dongle for $10.

This is one of those things that you just have to see to believe, it is that amazing.  Forget those silly looking 3D glasses that mimic stereoscopic vision, this is way better and I want it on all my computers yesterday!

One thing that I’d like to see is a webcam version of this and I’m going to send a note to Mr. Lee.  My Logitech webcam already has software in it that can track bare eyeballs so it removes the need for funky eye glasses with infrared emitters and you can just sit in front of any monitor with a webcam and use it as a 3D portal.  I just salivate at the mere thought of playing any 3D game in front of this thing but I’d love to be able to do it without wearing anything on my face.

If you check out some of Mr. Lee’s other projects, he has some pretty cool stuff in there like turning any display in to a multi-touch display.  The man is now my new hero and he is a stud amongst geeks."



Current Consoles: Xbox 360 Elite, Playstation 2, Gaming Rig, Nintendo Wii, Playstation 3.

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This is old old old (by Internet standards).

Maybe some other folks haven't seen it yet, so it's good it was reposted.



My Mario Kart Wii friend code: 2707-1866-0957

Let me guess without reading the article, it uses head tracking right?



end of core gaming days prediction:

 

E3 2006-The beginning of the end. Wii introduced

 

E3 2008- Armageddon. Wii motion plus introduced. Wii Music. Reggie says Animal crossing was a core game. Massive disappointment. many Wii core gamers selling their Wii.

 

E3 2010- Tape runs out

http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/march2009/ICG_Tape_runs_out.jpg

Em...Jessman, you got all off the next-gen console, right? So, what are you gonna to next? Maybe you will next Johnny Lee, who knows?



Poor PS3 Sales Means Smaller Losses

"Actually, because the number of units sold was not as high as we hoped, the loss was better than our original expectation," Quotes from Sony’s CFO Nobuyuki Oneda.

I'm not too sure actually, i am contempt because i can play any major game this year



Current Consoles: Xbox 360 Elite, Playstation 2, Gaming Rig, Nintendo Wii, Playstation 3.

Xbox Live: Jessman_Aus - Playing: Ace Combat 6, Fifa 09

Playstation Network: Jessman_Aus - Playing: MGS4, Resistance 2

Wii Freind Code: 3513-9191-8534-3866 - Playing: SSBB

Brawl Code: 1590-6125-1250

Xfire: J3ssman - Playing: Fallout 3, Farcry 2

Jessman: Fears the Mangina

 

                                

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Well, the PS3 head tracking is coming along, and without the gimmicks ;)
http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2008/02/27/playstation-3-head-tracking-no-gimmicks-no-glasses-just-a-camera-watch-this/

 

And there is the gimmick way of doing it on the PS3 as well :P

http://kotaku.com/351539/vr-head-tracking-for-the-ps3



quite old in deed

u can do it on PS3 using eye toy



Time to Work !

It's a good idea but just realise that it only works if you actually move your head around. And of course it 's not using stereoscopic vision (you need shutter glasses and a real 3D-sterescopic TV for that) - BUT if someone bothered they would combine the head tracking and Real 3D TV to produce an effective Holagraphic display.
I can just see someome playing virtual boxing and demolishing their TV with a right jab - will need TV's with plate glass if this ever gets popular.
And yer the PS3 eye doing real face -detection and tracking is the way to go - the whole idea of the PS3 eye with 4 microphones was to do directional sound pickup of course.
The other advantage with real face tracking is you can do lip reading and detect facial expressions of the player which makes for some interesting posibilities in interactive games
Think of this your player in the virtual environment mimics your actual facial expressions and sais everything you say - so your player is not just some remote controlled robot but a real time virtual version of you - have a conversation with other players inside the game etc.



PS3 number 1 fan

I think surface could be bigger than this, and it's pursuable... I'd love to turn my room into a holodeck with surface.



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holy crap that looks like an awesome idea for the wii2!



end of '08 predictions: wii - 43 million,  360 - 25 million, ps3 - 20 million

 

Games I've beat recently: Super Mario Galaxy, Knights of the Old Republic, Shadow of the Collossus

 

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