Here’s a cool video showing how inventor Johnny Chung Lee transforms the Nintendo Wii Remote – a $40 game accessory into a digital whiteboard, a multi-touch screen and a head mounted virtual reality gear. Johnny is a PhD Graduate student at the Human Computer Interaction Institute at the Carnegie Mellon University and his project was recently featured on TED.
I needn’t say more… the video speaks for itself. There’s just one word for it – breathtaking.
The software required to make this hack work can be freely downloaded from Johnny’s Projects homepage. And while I was digging up more information on Johnny Lee, I came across one more of his innovations… a foldable interactive display. Here you go…
Entreview.com said:
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tsgee said:
COOL!! nice idea on a nifty games console.
keithmaxx said:
I’ve seen this video over Youtube in the past months and I’d have to say this is one of the innovative extensions to the existing technology of the Wiimote.
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