Post by: UncleBob on December 21, 2007, 01:49:40 PM
Do want!
Post by: Mario on December 21, 2007, 02:06:35 PM
Post by: UncleBob on December 21, 2007, 02:16:23 PM
Post by: NWR_insanolord on December 21, 2007, 02:26:39 PM
Post by: Mario on December 21, 2007, 02:38:27 PM
There's instructions here down the bottom about how to set it up yourself - http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~johnny/projects/wii/
I want to give it a go, but i'm already confused, how exactly does the Wii remote connect to the PC via bluetooth? Do you just buy a generic Bluetooth dongle thingy and then follow the steps? It actually seems fairly simple for the most part.
Post by: UncleBob on December 21, 2007, 02:47:24 PM
Post by: Mario on December 21, 2007, 02:59:44 PM
Post by: Caliban on December 21, 2007, 03:14:58 PM
Post by: Michael_82 on December 21, 2007, 03:18:58 PM
carnegie mellon too! pittsburgh representin.
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on December 21, 2007, 04:21:50 PM
Have you seen his touchscreen powerpoint presentation wiimote project?
that was was pretty cool too, but not as cool as this one.
Virtua Cop/Time Crisis/House of the Dead/Umbrella Chronicles Wii Online does come to mind though when thinking of existing games that might benefit from this project.
Post by: UncleBob on December 21, 2007, 04:46:52 PM
Post by: optimisticlimbo on December 21, 2007, 05:18:32 PM
As soon as I get back to work, I'm so doing this as well. (Only my work laptop has bluetooth
)I really hope Nintendo hires him, or at least puts out glasses and a Wii Remote holder with credit given to him. (or at least some kind of acknowledgment if they've already developed it)
Post by: Dirk Temporo on December 21, 2007, 06:52:41 PM
Post by: Mario on December 21, 2007, 07:00:35 PM
Could work really well for a stealth game too. Or imagine using two Wii Remotes as hands to brush away trees while searching for some rare Pokemon in a dense jungle.
Unclebob: Try updating your USB Hardware drivers.
Post by: KDR_11k on December 21, 2007, 07:23:28 PM
As for the camera function, I guess the eyetoy is actually better suited for this.
Post by: that Baby guy on December 21, 2007, 07:43:14 PM
Now I'm upset that Nintendo didn't announce plans for this. I hope they had the plans, though, just because it shows that they are innovative if they do.
Post by: Guitar Smasher on December 22, 2007, 05:08:59 AM
Post by: NWR_pap64 on December 22, 2007, 05:49:19 AM
Like one of the comments said the guy better buy a patent for this or something. ANYONE, Nintendo included, could see this and come up with their version of it.
Post by: Pale on December 22, 2007, 06:09:53 AM
Think of how much cooler Link's Crossbow training would have been with this. The only thing I think that would hold Nintendo back is that it complicates the Wii a bit, and we all know how they feel about that.
Post by: UncleBob on December 22, 2007, 06:31:10 AM
Post by: NWR_pap64 on December 22, 2007, 06:33:49 AM
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Originally posted by: Pale
Nintendo could easily do this TOMORROW. All they need to sell is head mounted infrared leds (that could probably be manufactured for under 10 bucks).
Think of how much cooler Link's Crossbow training would have been with this. The only thing I think that would hold Nintendo back is that it complicates the Wii a bit, and we all know how they feel about that.
Hell yes. Crossbow training is great by itself but combined with this technology is should be amazing!
Post by: ThePerm on December 22, 2007, 05:51:10 PM
Post by: Kairon on December 22, 2007, 08:17:29 PM
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Originally posted by: Guitar Smasher
This reminds me of some Nintendo patent depicting different perspectives within a box or something like that. It was being discussed back when the Revolution was still a mystery, and some silly posters were claiming that it was going to use holograms. I myself didn't understand the concept depicted, but this video simply reminds me of it.
Is it this one? Or was it another one? I too remember all sorts of crazy rumors and speculations based on patents...
Post by: matt oz on December 23, 2007, 07:10:15 AM
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Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on December 23, 2007, 07:21:16 AM
Post by: optimisticlimbo on December 23, 2007, 11:37:01 AM
Post by: UncleBob on December 23, 2007, 12:00:10 PM
Post by: Crimm on December 23, 2007, 12:03:35 PM
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Originally posted by: UncleBob
It wouldn't let me make it any longer. I guess I could have did all capital W's.
What did we learn?
Post by: NeoThunder on December 23, 2007, 07:02:25 PM
Post by: Shecky on December 24, 2007, 01:49:17 AM
Of course that system costs a heck of a lot more than a Wii plus a little extra hardware.
