Wiimote as Multi-Touch Display Controller 107
Tmack writes "While hard-hacks with the Wiimote are somewhat old news, this particular implementation is quite interesting. Using the infrared camera on the Wiimote, pens with LEDs instead of ink, and an LCD projector, Johnny Chung Lee of Carnegie Mellon University has created software to use them as a (relatively) cheap multi-touch display. Any surface onto which you can project becomes an interactive multi-touch display, as demonstrated in the video at the link. He has the software available for download, along with some other neat projects.
Lee has also documented another impressive Wiimote hack.
Motion capture? (Score:1, Insightful)
Re:sure you can... Re:I can get one now? (Score:3, Insightful)
either
(A) the Wiis are used less for multiplayer than Nintendo expected
or
(B) the Wiimotes have a higher survival rate than Nintendo expected
or
(C) A+B
Better than the last one (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Nothing new... (Score:4, Insightful)
And considering the application he offers is free this can only encourage more experimentation that can lead to even more innovative applications of a relatively cheap and abundant product which is (Nintendo sanctioned or not) becoming more and more of a multi-purpose tool.
But you can make IR patterns (Score:3, Insightful)
Using the motion sensors to answer calls [engadget.com] might be a bit awkward (some minutes into the clip).