Comments on: Engineer unlocks Wii's hidden potential

Chalk up another victory for the Wii: it's a good foundation for virtual-reality helmets, a vogue multitouch user interface, and a virtual whiteboard.

[adasha76]

Correction

"The Wiimote emits infrared light, and the Nintendo game device includes a bar-shaped detector that can track movements of up to four infrared sources with a 45-degree field of view."

Actually its the other way round - the bar has LEDs in it and the remote has a front mounted camera to detect them.

[Shankland]

Thanks--we corrected that

I was thrown off by that pesky "sensor bar" name!

[cary1]

the other way round

Wiimote has a built in camera to detect infrared light and the sensor bar has two LEDs that emit infrared.

[ipollesion]

Wow

Wow, good job and good find! Can't wait to see some games.

[iknownothing1997]

This guy is amazing

I saw the first of his videos a couple of months ago, and I was blown away. If Nintendo hasn't thought about integrating these functions in some way, they better start soon.

[glencain]

kewl but...nothing all that new

A lil company called NaturalPoint already has a device that we flight simmers use that does this. It is called TrackIR. You put the IR emitter/receive on your screen and wear a hat with relectors on it. Your head is tracked and will modify your in game cockpit view. It has 6 degrees of freedom and the games that support it will adjust your view accordingly and in a very 3d way.

[hughbristic]

What about the haptic interface?

What about the haptic interface?

[spilledenvironment]

Infinite Solutions

Lol... it looks real enough though. I believe him.

[olsonan]

This is fantastic stuff. Johnny, if you want money to develop projects along these lines, post back with an email address!

[G-hero47]

Someone else found out how to do ALL THAT? Man nintendo has been SLACKING!