The Wii: DIY motion tracking

[Luis Caffesse]

These videos are pretty crazy - and oddly enough they are form the same guy who brought us the ever popular $14 Steadycam....



Here you go - motion tracking with the Ninetendo Wii

 

[mikkowilson]

Meh.. done it. (The whiteboard thing.)


Yeah, it's actually really cool!

- Mikko

 

[Luis Caffesse]

The head tracking/VR stuff is what really got me.
:thumbsup:

 

[ugafan]

wow, the $14 steadycam guy is actually way more intelligent than me. my mind is blown.

 

[Luis Caffesse]

wow, the $14 steadycam guy is actually way more intelligent than me. my mind is blown.

That's exactly what I thought when I saw these videos....



... I thought, "wow - he's actually way more intelligent than ugafan"

 

[mikkowilson]

:grin: :grin: :grin:


- Mikko

 

[ugafan]

That's exactly what I thought when I saw these videos....



... I thought, "wow - he's actually way more intelligent than ugafan"

haha. great minds think alike? :beer:

 

[Anhar_Miah]

I've looked into this briefly, I wanted to build a cheap mocap device, but its just not accurate Its a very crude IRS. But I'm going to look that link more carefully.

 

[tmnt]

The VR head tracking looks sweet! Imagine playing Time Cop with that. I'll definately buy a wii if they start making some VR games.

 

[Jon Starr]

Wow, VR tracking looks awesome. Hopefully it'll be a next step into the future of gaming. Something so simple, something where we already have the technology, yet it creates something amazing and never seen by general public before.

 

[JasonFox]

Hmmmm, Uga in 3D. Interesting concept.