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- MammaryMan, on 01/03/2008, -11/+52Wii will conquer the world.
- seastobble, on 01/03/2008, -2/+38Yeah, but you look BAD ASS!
- actorboy, on 01/03/2008, -16/+48Can somebody please explain to a silly 40-something like myself what good this technology is? They've essentially invented a need for longer mouse-like movement while simultaneously putting more physical fatigue on the user. Isn't this the exact opposite of what a good interface should be?
- sint4x, on 01/03/2008, -4/+26Brilliant! Now I can hold my arms up for hours while I show off my photos.
- PvtJenkins, on 01/03/2008, -2/+24Well the way I see it, all these crazy and wacky UI vids we've seen lately are just baby steps towards the next big thing, which could be something more physical than a mouse. You use your hands to pick up stuff in the real world, why not be able to do that in virtual space? This stuff could be used for 3d design and other fields one day. It's hard to see where this is all taking us now cause it's still really awkward and buggy (you can see him "miss" picking things up plenty of times during this vid) but once this becomes fully fleshed out, it could be HUGE.
- Brian48216, on 01/03/2008, -2/+17for 8 days work that's pretty damn impressive.
- thenativeraver, on 01/03/2008, -3/+17That's pretty sweet!
- thedigster, on 01/03/2008, -1/+12Actually he says it's WPF not Silverlight.
- N256, on 01/03/2008, -3/+11You can't look cool using a mouse 8)
- danielsanII, on 01/03/2008, -1/+9I need to correct myself. It is indeed inspired by Johnny's work, but the authors properly credit him. Sorry for the false accusations.
- petemcfraser, on 01/03/2008, -3/+10...AND you're a moron.
- danielsanII, on 01/03/2008, -7/+14Seems to be ripped off or inspired by Johnny Chung Lee's work: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~johnny/projects/wii/
Here are the videos:
* Tracking Your Fingers with the Wiimote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0awjPUkBXOU
* Low-Cost Multi-point Interactive Whiteboards Using the Wiimote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5s5EvhHy7eQ
* Head Tracking for Desktop VR Displays using the Wii Remote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jd3-eiid-Uw
Johnny Chung's website also contains the full C# source code, so you can do all of this yourself. - chrisbosh123, on 01/03/2008, -1/+7you get more exercise on your hand instead of just 2 fingers
- Henry, on 01/03/2008, -1/+7Sweet. The rock climbing wall video game I made won't suck so much now.
- assbeard, on 01/03/2008, -5/+11that looks like your arms would get tired FAST.
- Chuckanut, on 01/03/2008, -5/+10The screaming baby off camera helps to add a human element to the technology.
- EmailAddress, on 01/03/2008, -1/+6Your face. Your ass. What's the difference?
- inactive, on 01/03/2008, -0/+4Yes I can.
- Unreal595, on 01/03/2008, -1/+5man imagine that with porn
- AlphaPrime, on 01/03/2008, -2/+6Johnny Chung Lee's setup is still better.
http://procrastineering.blogspot.com/2007/12/head- ... - steelclash84, on 01/03/2008, -0/+3Your an idiot. The Wii Remote is hardly a "laser pointing device". It's a rather sophisticated IR camera. Hence, why the guy was wearing IR lights attached to the gloves on his hands and having the remote facing him recording his movements. Name another IR camera that works as well as a Wii's remote (that also tracks 4 simultaneous IR motions @ 100 hz) for $40...oh that's right you still think it's a laser pointer...
Ignorant. - Erik1, on 01/03/2008, -1/+4But waving and picking at imaginary objects looks cooler?
- skyteria, on 01/03/2008, -2/+5Fine, everybody but citizen782 can't look cool using a mouse.
- skyteria, on 01/03/2008, -0/+3Only as long as it includes the bolt gun from Cliffhanger.
- Gonz037, on 01/03/2008, -0/+3*****, I'm sure SOME people are, but not a good number. I mean the day EVERYONE's computer IS their TV and you sit on your couch and push buttons and ***** by waving your arms around... then a little marble ball will shoot out of your ***** that predicts the future.
- SiNN4R, on 01/03/2008, -1/+4I've been waiting for Nintendo to rerelease the power glove for the wii.
- siggyfawn, on 01/03/2008, -1/+4As most people are pointing out, it's a start. I'm sure there were people who thought the Wright brothers were ideas flying that POS that would never amount to anything. The internet was never indented to be the internet. It just grew out of the initial project.
A person doing cool things in different ways is pretty much how everything starts. No you won't be buying it at Wal-Mart next month, deal with it. - skyfire1, on 01/04/2008, -0/+3Whats the points of having a GUI when you can just search folders using commands?
- skullfckr, on 01/03/2008, -0/+3He did give props to Johnny
- volacide, on 01/03/2008, -0/+2It's all about a more natural movement. Mice are easy to move, yes, but since you're not actually moving the cursor directly on the screen like it's more natural on a tablet PC for instance, it's easier for non-computer friendly people to just start using a tablet pc. Same idea here.
- bodiggler, on 01/03/2008, -1/+3I don't know why parent is being dugg down. You can interface a Wii remote with Quartz Composer: http://www.daisyrust.com/2007/02/12/quartz-compose ... It would be easy to build an Apple app with this interface.
- prisoner24601, on 01/04/2008, -0/+2You are driving in your car. You want to change the radio/heater/whatever. You no longer have to reach for an actual knob in a specific location (which both requires you to look away from the road, and also can be challenging to give the correct "fine tuning" to on a bumpy road, or at high speed.)
Now you reach you hand (without looking) into a 3-d space over the gear shift perhaps. You make a closed-fist, then open hand gesture perhaps to signal the IR camera that a command will follow, and an audible "chirp" tells you it's ready. You now close your hand and point one finger up to signal volume up, etc. Don't think of this as a mouse alternative for situations where you could use a mouse, think of situations where there is no decent control solution. - proseandpromise, on 01/03/2008, -0/+2you could just have one screen. you could pull up a virtual keyboard anywhere that you needed one, and put it away when you don't. We don't see use for this now because our software is made for single touch interface, but if people start engineering around this technology, who knows what we'll end up with.
- N256, on 01/03/2008, -0/+2Watch the video, he is credited.
- parbjohal, on 01/03/2008, -0/+2the best 'buy our company and own our tech' video i've seen.... so far....
- Cryoniq, on 01/03/2008, -0/+2Geesh... I wonder why......
- praveenmarkandu, on 01/03/2008, -0/+2after probably millions of dollars spent in R&D, before its even released to the public/consumer market... surface is already obsolete.
- i208khonsu, on 01/03/2008, -0/+2The ideal system is one that wouldn't require a glove and the system would just recognize hand gestures. Something that Sony is actually working on with the EyeToy2.
This is just something cool for developers to play with and begin to imagine and experiment with whatever technology is going to be practical before it's ever invented. Imagine being able to watch a movie, then bring up and control a playback menu with just a few hand gestures; not requiring the assistance of a remote, gloves, etc...
It's defiantly not going to replace the mouse for general computing; however technologies like this are defiantly on the horizon - bizkit00, on 01/03/2008, -0/+2multi-touch, controlling 2 or more things at once. not so great for web browsing, but for controlling video game units its great!
- bizkit00, on 01/03/2008, -0/+2he is credited and given props in the video.
- Jargonaut06, on 01/03/2008, -0/+2you'd have to control the picture with one hand though.
- stormgren, on 01/03/2008, -0/+1They're made by two different companies. The accelerometer is made by Analog Devices, and the IR sensor is made by PixArt....
- Darthyoshiboy, on 01/03/2008, -0/+1Actually, you can buy it at Wal-Mart today. That is, if you can find a spare Wii-mote.
- piratearggghhh, on 01/03/2008, -2/+3I'm glad to see this type of innovative technology being explored instead of just the linear path we've been taking of faster processors, more memory, prettier interface for the pretty much the same exact stuff we've been doing for the last 20 years with PCs - sitting at a keyboard staring at a monitor.
- jads, on 01/03/2008, -3/+4That is ***** insane... as much as I thought the Minority Report interface was awesome, I can't see myself using it day in day out...
- killdashnine, on 01/03/2008, -2/+3Actually I welcome it because it allows us the option to "get off our fat asses" and be more interactive. Wii is way better than traditional games because you more around a lot more ... if my desktop environment would be more this way it's be great.
- sheldonwilson, on 01/04/2008, -0/+1http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ya0F83Bmbl4
- noahhoward, on 01/03/2008, -0/+1In simulation, if you are going to have someone interact with something on the screen to familiarise them with the way to do something let them use their hands rather than a mouse.
- Gantos, on 01/03/2008, -1/+2I spotted that too. After that moment (1:28), I figured we were watching a pre-recorded video over which his rehearsed actions were meant to appear as though he was controlling the actions on the screen.
- dead777, on 01/03/2008, -2/+3whoa, that's like all 2001 and *****.
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