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- Philluminati, on 02/11/2008, -2/+54That is the best 3D I've ever seen. It actually looks like he passes one of the targets (when it really just leaves the screen). It's mind boggling. Anyway I'd love that to be in Compiz.
- Andytom, on 02/11/2008, -1/+48Some examples of the head/hand tracking.
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~johnny/projects/wii/ - PecanHead, on 02/11/2008, -0/+28It's a UNIX system! I know this!
- inactive, on 02/11/2008, -0/+24its not overly practical, but its way cool. Hopefully one day it will become practical.. Honestly, just for the 'wow' factor its worth using, just like compiz is now.
I travel frequently, and I love to get my laptop out on the plane and hear people behind me say 'did you see that?' as I spin the cube, drag windows and the like. Compiz really enhances the computing experience. - depro9, on 02/11/2008, -2/+23That was amazing! This better make the front page.
- Digisphere, on 02/11/2008, -1/+22I would so want to skip 10 years in the future right now
- Philluminati, on 02/11/2008, -3/+20oi, stupid!
The point of a plugin is that it is code users can enable and disable at their choosing. They can choose not to have it loaded in memory or to expand the product later without upgrading the whole thing. Since you hate plugins and performance tweaks I'd advise you not to use anything with the Linux Kernel because it probably contains modules (plugins) for hardware you don't use. A massive massive waste, honestly ;-) - inactive, on 02/11/2008, -1/+18This is what the wii was designed to do !!!
- MixMastaKooz, on 02/11/2008, -0/+16Having actually tried this Wii Headtracking using Johnny Lee's software and using the wiimoteproject.com website for guidance, I have to warn you that the effect is less pronounced in real-life. Since the camera uses a single lens, as opposed to your stereoscopic vision, the lack of depth perception helps the illusion. If you do this and you have both eyes open, you'll go, "Meh." So if you want the same illusion as in the video, make sure you have one eye closed. What needs to happen is someone needs to develop/hack together polarized glasses to work with this: that would be the key to really pulling the illusion off.
- Renfer, on 02/11/2008, -1/+16that would be so much fun if i was high
- Philluminati, on 02/11/2008, -1/+16Also, my friend, for his degree wrote a linux driver that allowed you to control the mouse with your eyes (just using a web cam). Essentially this means you could have a 3D cube without wearing any silly glasses.
- DeviateSeptum, on 02/11/2008, -1/+15That was great!
- Heretushi, on 02/11/2008, -1/+14It made it to front page already. A couple of times.
- mecenday, on 02/11/2008, -0/+13i dunno... seems practical to me... you could add all sorts of real estate to the desktop doing this. Imagine the taskbar always being just below the edge of your monitor, tilt your eyes to see what's running without losing realestate in the workspace. Ditto for widgets/contextbar/sidebar off the right side of your monitor.
- GWAN, on 02/11/2008, -1/+14That did actually make my jaw drop!
- inactive, on 02/11/2008, -1/+13yes, because noone ever rips off linux/unix, its always the other way around. Xwindows didnt exist before any other gui.. transparencies didnt exist either. I am fairly confident that network commands that are so similar on windows MUST have been stolen by *ux folks, thats the only explanation.
Like it or not, most of the things that make your computer experience so cohesive got their start in Unix, not any other OS. I remember when windows2000 came out, there were big billboards that said 'built for the internet' with a big graphic of a box of windows 2000.
So I had a bunch of shirts made that on the front had a windows logo that said 'some OS's were built for the internet' and on the back it had a penguin that said '.. while others actually built the internet'
Wish I still had one of those shirts. - frazw, on 02/11/2008, -0/+11I can only say what I kept repeating as I watched that.
"That is f*cking cool"
Apologies for the swearing. - logic, on 02/11/2008, -0/+11Where can I find this driver?
- zplot, on 02/11/2008, -3/+12The Wii's remote certainly has potential beyond one entertainment system. Glad to see people experimenting on the remote for other uses.
- awesomeface, on 02/11/2008, -0/+9He said it only makes sense for one user...and pointed out that the head tracking doesn't work for two people. So...rfta? (or I guess technically, watch the youtube video).
- Shakermaker, on 02/11/2008, -6/+15The guy sounds like Kermit the Frog.
- iericg, on 02/11/2008, -0/+7So if I close one eye will it look better?
- MixMastaKooz, on 02/11/2008, -0/+6Don't digg down Powerjq...Powerjq is TOTALLY CORRECT! I've installed Johnny Lee's software, put IR LED's in a pair of Craftsman Safety glasses, and paired up the wiimote via bluetooth. When you do this, you'll be underwhelmed by the illusion because you're using both of your eyes. Don't get me wrong, it's cool, but the targets don't "jump out" like they do on the video. Once you close one eye, your depth perception (or lack of) will convince your brain that it is 3D space.
Caltrop: the camera lens and camera are "the eyes" in this case because the wiimote is tracking the camera and not you as you sit in your office/dorm room while watching youtube (that would be quite the technological feat!)
In order to use your stereoscopic vision and get the cool 3D one eye effect, you'll need special 3D polarizing glasses that are synced with your monitor's refresh rate: one lense will go opaque while the other lets light in (IIRC, so with 60 hz, each lens would flash 30 times per second. This will probably cause headaches. A 120hz monitor would be best because you could get 60hz out of each eye). - DarkDx, on 02/11/2008, -2/+8Smart coment on digg -must-resist-to-bury-arrr
j/k - awesomeface, on 02/11/2008, -2/+8This is more of a proof of concept ya moron. It wouldn't end up actually being the wiimote.
- KyleGoetz, on 02/11/2008, -0/+6What swearing? I didn't see any swear*ng.
- popophobia, on 02/11/2008, -0/+5Now I wonder if they make IR reflective contact lens... Much easier tracking your eyes than your head. This guy is amazing. I don't know what maggot is saying
- jt123, on 02/11/2008, -1/+6agreed on the practicality issue... this basically means you'd have to be moving your head around, which may be cool for games, but as a desktop interface (especially if you use it while sitting down) it will create otherwise unnecessary movements for the user.
- funkywood, on 02/11/2008, -1/+6I like the finger tracking. E.T. actually had glowing fingers for a reason after all. His planet obviously figured this out.
- Tippis, on 02/11/2008, -1/+6"There is a reason that Apple, the king is interface design, creates keyboard shortcuts for EVERYTHING"
Except, of course, that they don't. There are *TONS* of UI elements that cannot be quickly accessed or navigated using the keyboard. - xdevit, on 02/11/2008, -1/+6Wouldn't it work work better to just make a glove with smt ir leds ? Then maybe contacts for like pinching... The possibilities are endless.
Well I'm off to go by myself a Wii remote.
Edit: :) .. http://labs.cynergysystems.com/Flash.html - aywwts4, on 02/11/2008, -0/+5Yeah, ***** you coding monkeys, why don't you code the stuff _I_ Think is the most useful for free. stupid monkey geeks.
(as a side note I thought when you install compiz almost everything is disabled, you manualy enable it, that and the additional plugins are a separate package, and finally, compiz is almost entirely eyecandy, 90% of it could by any objective assessment be deemed "useless".) - inactive, on 02/11/2008, -1/+5You're a moron.
- motters, on 02/11/2008, -0/+4This kind of feature would be a "killer app" for GNU/Linux. As far as I know Microsoft have no plans for anything like this on Windows, but it seems likely that this sort of visualization will appear on the next generation of games consoles.
- ThatsNotPudding, on 02/11/2008, -0/+4What a great presentation! So many of these demos are ruined by a guy so nervous and stammering out "uh" every third word, it's like nails on a chalkboard. This presenter was so comfortable on camera, I suspect he may have even kissed a girl before.
- bitterbug, on 02/11/2008, -0/+4Last week the same technique was demonstrated on the PS3 as well:
http://www.ps3fanboy.com/2008/02/01/developer-make ...
Tactical FPS games are going to go to a whole new dimension with this. Hell, now it might be possible for someone to create a kick ass first person sword fighting (or light saber) game that would blow away anything you could do with just the wiimote by itself.. - xaeon, on 02/11/2008, -3/+7Anyone else really excited about the prospect of 3D porn?
Just me then? - chubbstar, on 02/11/2008, -0/+4with contact lenses!
(seriously though, how else would they pull this off. holograms?) - inactive, on 02/11/2008, -0/+4You don't need a Wii, just the controller.
- aoru, on 02/11/2008, -0/+3pc head tracking for simulators/fps: www.youtube.com/results?search_query=trackir
- Spikeli27, on 02/11/2008, -1/+4awesome
- Samurailink3, on 02/11/2008, -0/+3Oh my god... sign me up right now.
- MixMastaKooz, on 02/11/2008, -0/+3I've done this with Johnny's software, powerjq is very correct.
- pigglesnout, on 02/11/2008, -0/+3CANNOT WAIT!!!!!
- Ki77erB, on 02/11/2008, -0/+3isn't everything?
- d03boy, on 02/11/2008, -0/+3Hey Bert.
- MixMastaKooz, on 02/11/2008, -0/+3Heck, when playing COD4 on the 360, I'm standing up and moving with the game (yea, it's silly, but it's fun). Head tracking would definitely add to my game experience!
- MixMastaKooz, on 02/11/2008, -0/+3Yes and no. The problem is that the Wiimote tracks the IR when the IR LED is on. That means that in some situations, you do not want the IR LED on. Therefore, you would need to switch the LED off or on. That might not be comfortable/usable in a glove form factor. That's why using a reflective surface is easy: you just hide your reflective finger tip. Or, use a pen with momentary switches.
Actually...here's a thought I just had...... If you can limit the LED somehow (I'm thinking narrow dog collar-cone-esque thing around the LED) to a narrow path, then you could leave the IR LED's on, and only move your finger away from the Wiimote's camera...hmmmmmm...I've gotten these things to work, but the reflective IR has been some trouble...thanks for inspiring this idea! Now I'm off to try it out... - gandhii, on 02/11/2008, -0/+3which would make it a great idea.. It doesn't have cure aids and defeat the laws of gravity to be considered a good idea.
- MixMastaKooz, on 02/11/2008, -0/+3Yes!
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