Another reason to get a wii... headtracking

Kaebora · Post by **Kaebora** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 3:29 am

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Jd3-eiid-Uw

Above is a link to a video by a university student named Johnny Lee. He has been experimenting with the wii-mote and has come up with something truly awesome. I really hope Nintendo incorporates this concept into some games.

Wulfur · Post by **Wulfur** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 3:51 am

Thats pretty awesome.

Spongy · Post by **Spongy** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 3:53 am

That's seriously cool! I hope I see that in some games one day.

Morkulv · Post by **Morkulv** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 6:13 am

Sorry, I already have a good working remote control (AHAHHAHAHAHHAHA......).

Scott Gardener · Post by **Scott Gardener** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 9:57 pm

Alright. They've got to do this. I hope they hire this guy.

I'm already waiting for the game in which you're in the Millennium Falcon, shooting at TIE fighters as featured in the original Star Wars, John Williams' themes blasting.

RedEye · Post by **RedEye** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 1:29 am

I'll book two hours on the Holodeck now, computer....

I n c r e d i b l e! Add in the extra WII remotes as guns, swords, aircraft controls...

W00T! I''m getting a WII.

Now just imagine what version two will be like. An upgraded system could support stereo headphones, a microphone, and add a set of video glasses (the screens are IN the eyepieces)...

Hmmm: I wonder how Kaebora's Second Life would do with that setup?

ravaged_warrior · Post by **ravaged_warrior** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 1:38 am

This is the same guy who used tape (I think it was electric tape...) on his fingers to track them on the Wii, isn't he? That guy's pretty cool, I wouldn't have thought of these things.

Terastas · Post by **Terastas** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 11:37 pm

That is very cool and all, but. . . Crap, what happened to the days when you could sit back, relax and play video games?

Ansuru · Post by **Ansuru** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 4:14 am

Terastas wrote:That is very cool and all, but. . . Crap, what happened to the days when you could sit back, relax and play video games?

They died with Ms. Pacman's divorce filing. We now sit forward and live video games, and we like it very much ;) :p

Kaebora · Post by **Kaebora** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 8:18 pm

Ansuru wrote:
Terastas wrote:That is very cool and all, but. . . Crap, what happened to the days when you could sit back, relax and play video games?

They died with Ms. Pacman's divorce filing. We now sit forward and live video games, and we like it very much ;) :p

To each his own. I like games that put you in the seat of the character's pants and make you feel like you're there. Simulators and motion tracking are the closest thing. Some games are best made for the regular controller setup. This head tracking may only work for first person perspective games.