Desktop VR Displays using the WiiRemote

CyberNerd · 14-01-2008, 09:58 PM

There could be some awesome educational applications built upon this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jd3-eiid-Uw

edit: I just found this guys site, he'd already made aLow-Cost Multi-point Interactive Whiteboards Using the Wiimote
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~johnny/projects/wii/

dhicks · 15-01-2008, 12:01 PM

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Originally Posted by CyberNerd

Low-Cost Multi-point Interactive Whiteboards Using the Wiimote

Saw this the other week, defiantly way cool. However, it strikes me that all you actually need is a infrared camera, that's all the Wiimote is. I've just found instructions on how to convert a standard USB webcam to infrared, might give that a go.

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Pete10141748 · 18-03-2008, 11:10 PM

I grabbed my Wiimote and retro-fitted an LED Torch (maplins, £3.50 lol) with an IR LED.

Works pretty damn well actually, turned my TV into an IWB for less than £10, including the bus home from town too!

OK the accuracy is nowhere near an IWB, but then thats to be expected.
for the home user, getting a decent IR-torch-pen thing and getting the Wiimote set up in a decent place would be more than sufficient.

I shall be investing in a better torch very soon!

strawberry · 18-03-2008, 11:34 PM

the helpdesk is set to auto reply, my phone is off the hook, i'm not leaving the office tomorow untill i have that set up!

Zoom7000 · 17-04-2008, 11:14 AM

Wow, I have got to give this a roll at home! Is it hard to set up?

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CyberNerd Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 3,451 Thanks: 49 Thanked 151 Times in 124 Posts Rep Power: 39	Desktop VR Displays using the WiiRemote There could be some awesome educational applications built upon this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jd3-eiid-Uw edit: I just found this guys site, he'd already made aLow-Cost Multi-point Interactive Whiteboards Using the Wiimote http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~johnny/projects/wii/ Last edited by CyberNerd; 14-01-2008 at 10:07 PM..

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Desktop VR Displays using the WiiRemote

18-03-2008, 11:10 PM	#3
Pete10141748 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Bedfordshire, UK Posts: 421 Thanks: 22 Thanked 7 Times in 7 Posts Rep Power: 4	I grabbed my Wiimote and retro-fitted an LED Torch (maplins, £3.50 lol) with an IR LED. Works pretty damn well actually, turned my TV into an IWB for less than £10, including the bus home from town too! OK the accuracy is nowhere near an IWB, but then thats to be expected. for the home user, getting a decent IR-torch-pen thing and getting the Wiimote set up in a decent place would be more than sufficient. I shall be investing in a better torch very soon!

18-03-2008, 11:34 PM	#4
strawberry Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 751 Thanks: 22 Thanked 32 Times in 32 Posts Rep Power: 10	the helpdesk is set to auto reply, my phone is off the hook, i'm not leaving the office tomorow untill i have that set up!

17-04-2008, 11:14 AM	#5
Zoom7000 Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: London Posts: 377 Thanks: 30 Thanked 16 Times in 10 Posts Rep Power: 8	Wow, I have got to give this a roll at home! Is it hard to set up?

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