Taking the Wii Controller to the Next Level 157
funfail writes "It's a Wii without the $250 console. It's virtual Pong and so much more. Any object is now an input device, even your fingers. Camspace is a pure software solution that allows nearly any ordinary PC webcam (95% are supported) to track up to four objects — even as small as 5mm — in real-time and with very high accuracy and reliability (Windows only). Techcrunch has an in-depth article and a video." Very neat idea, but it appears that it is in a limited beta only, and source doesn't appear likely.
Its Multitouch for the masses! (Score:4, Interesting)
Re:Nice tech, but latency? (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:WIndows Only (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:Its Multitouch for the masses! (Score:5, Interesting)
The question is: okay, so we know it will be free as in beer, and that they will have Windows first, then Mac and Linux later. But what about free as in speech? This is all in software -- so will they be releasing this under an open source license? And if not, why?
Re:Its Multitouch for the masses! (Score:5, Interesting)
does it run on linux? (Score:2, Interesting)
Re:It's.. (Score:2, Interesting)
Users can then program the emulation based on the game they want to control and the object(s) they want to control the game with.
Oh stop whining (Score:5, Interesting)
And why shouldn't he be disappointed? it'd be fun to play with.
My first thought was "neat... can I play with this code?" and I'm sure my reaction wasn't unique.
Re:Nice tech, but latency? (Score:4, Interesting)
They show some latency, but overall the motion is incredibly smooth. Based on my experience that's impossible, but I'd love to be proven wrong. Gotta try that out.
Re:Patent infringement ? (Score:1, Interesting)
Pitch, acceleration, etc (Score:3, Interesting)
OpenCV, anyone? (Score:3, Interesting)