Johnny Chung Lee Presents: Head Tracking using Wii Remote

December 28, 2007

I saw this cool video using a Wii controller (Wiimote) to turn a 2 dimensional flat screen display into a three dimensional surface that moves with the user’s line of sight.

The video is presented by Johnny Chung Lee, a Human Computer Interaction Graduate PHD student at Carnegie Mellon University. His website has a number of projects that revolve around the Wii and the Wiimote.

The premise behind his head tracking device is placing the Wiimote in front of the TV and the sensor bar on your head (this is the opposite of the normal setup), and he even takes it a step further and uses protective glasses with built in LEDs and replaces the LEDs with infrared nodes which communicate with the Wiimote.

I recommend watching the video and check out his website and blog.

Posted by Sean Snyder on December 28, 2007 | Comments (2)

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February 14, 2008

In response to: Johnny Chung Lee Presents: Head Tracking using Wii Remote
wow commented:

this means we will be able to watch sports game slike we are there and ishhh

February 8, 2008

In response to: Johnny Chung Lee Presents: Head Tracking using Wii Remote
mr Albert commented:

Johnny Lee needs a genius award. That is very cool. Hope those game developers pay attention.

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