Head Tracking for Desktop VR Displays using the WiiRemote

Using the infrared camera in the Wii remote and a head mounted sensor bar (two IR LEDs), you can accurately track the location of your head and render view dependent images on the screen. This effectively transforms your display into a portal to a virtual environment. The display properly reacts to head and body movement as if it were a real window creating a realistic illusion of depth and space. By Johnny Chung Lee, Carnegie Mellon University. For more information and software visit http://johnnylee.net

Channel: Howto & Style
Uploaded: December 21, 2007 at 2:58 pm
Author: jcl5m

Length: 04:45
Rating: 4.92
Views: 5830070

Tags: 3D computer display games head immersive interactive nintendo reality remote tracking virtual VR wii wiimote window

Video Comments

lokutube (July 24, 2008 at 6:47 am)

hey man, the Wii developer will hv a new controller sensor added to the old one in July~

Nicbedard (July 24, 2008 at 4:31 am)

Dude... ur only...AWESOME

andrywws (July 23, 2008 at 10:44 pm)

uow magic, man u are the best great job.congratulations. a have a wii and now iam try do this .

eddd118118 (July 23, 2008 at 6:33 pm)

how to you get that software

ooiuag (July 23, 2008 at 4:52 pm)

FUCK MAN I know. But hey, do u want to watch TV on ur PCYou'll get all the SKY CHANNELS there isAND from any country IN THE WORLD, on your pc screen!!!!Go to this website...frexis.*com/PCTV27.html(DELETE the *)check it out................its cool, i've got it myself.

eikons (July 23, 2008 at 12:33 pm)

A lot of people seem to misunderstand something about this technique. Most importaintly; theres a difference between the one eye of a camera and the two of a human being. You will still see a flat screen except it now changes accordingly to your head's position. Combine this with a good stereographic technique and then it will truly be like a window to another world.Besides, nintendo won't use this since although it's a sweet gadget, americans will sue them for stiff necks.

TristanHoornenborg (July 23, 2008 at 10:25 am)

"i wanna see some games" xD!

stiansoftcore (July 23, 2008 at 10:04 am)

This is insane. Seriously, I don't see why Nintendo don't appreciate homebrew, this is the one feature that will knock Sony, MS, you name it, totally over. Imagine this in a FPS, that would be a killer. Seriously, contact Nintendo, because this is insane.

GnosticDjinn (July 23, 2008 at 8:45 am)

Best line, and you sound totally different when you say it, "So if you're watching this and you're a Nintendo Wii game developer... I wanna see some games!"

fikle (July 23, 2008 at 4:06 am)

imagine playing doom and other horror first person or 3rd person, i would piss myself out of fear and aw