http://www.metafilter.com/tags/wiimotehacks Posts tagged with 'wiimotehacks' at MetaFilter. Sat, 22 Dec 2007 16:36:52 -0800 Sat, 22 Dec 2007 16:36:52 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/67664/I%2Dfor%2Done%2Dwelcome%2Dour%2Dnew%2DWii%2Dremote%2Dhacking%2Doverlords Still aren't sure if the Wii is worth the wait in line? That's okay, the Wiimote is all you need for: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5s5EvhHy7eQ">Low-Cost Multi-point Interactive Whiteboards Using the Wiimote</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0awjPUkBXOU">Tracking Your Fingers with the Wiimote</a>, and the latest: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jd3-eiid-Uw">Head Tracking for Desktop VR Displays using the Wii Remote</a> (extremely cool and the easiest to implement). From the maker of the <a href="http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~johnny/steadycam/">$14 steady-cam</a> <small>[prev. <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/32329/STEADY-THIS-explosion">here</a></small>], <a href="http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~johnny/">Johnny Chung Lee</a> is taking Wiimote hacking to a whole new level, and giving away all necessary software and instructions <a href="http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~johnny/projects/wii/">for free</a>. Wii games are about to get a whole lot cooler. I successfully implemented both the white-board, and the VR display and I am just floored. You don't need the Wii for any of these projects. Just the Wiimote, bluetooth dongle, some free software, and an IR light source. I got the VR display working in about 30 minutes (20 of which were spent figuring out that I need the latest DirectX SDK and then installing it). Johnny Lee is quite clever, and will likely make even Nintendo realize that their interface has more potential than previously thought. tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.67664 Sat, 22 Dec 2007 16:36:52 -0800 hacks johnnychunglee multitouch VR wii wiimote wiimotehacks TimeTravelSpeed