Using a Wii remote and the sensor bar, the student managed to replicate a virtual environment that lets the TV monitor display objects as if you are looking into a real room, with realistic illusion of depth and space in real time. It might sound confusing at first, but once you see the video, it's pretty simple to understand.

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1) asian kid (preferably a nerd)
2) throw his ass to the USA
3) ?????
4) PROFIT!!!!11Nintendo consoles prints even more money.

This post has been edited by Naota-kun: Dec 26 2007, 04:25 PM

Holy shit... This is some really amazing stuff!

Holy crap.

If Nintendo going to include this feature in the next fen wii, I'm surely getting a Wii for real.

Nice.

I think, Microsoft and Sony will pay attention to this technology...

dumb kid should've sold his project to the big 3 kahunas of console gaming and earn big bucks...not posting it on youtube.

While the technology is indeed impressive, the implementation would not be practical. Just think about that arcade machine that has you move your body to dodge bullets. After a while, the game gets real tiring. You don't see people inserting more coins once they've used up all their credit.

Just like virtual reality in the 80's, once the novelty wears off, you stop having fun.

The said dumb kid can create the program. While other smart kids have never even thought of doing it in the first place. WOW!

It's a simple project which I don't doubt Nintendo's own R&D team have already explored. IR tracking is neither new nor original. The WiiMote uses this technology to direct cursor movements and whatnot in the first place. He couldn't patent it even if he wanted to.

Playing Zelda on the Wii also gets tiring after a while. But that is why this is the Wii. People don't mind getting tired. And there is no insert coins here. You buy a game, you can play it for life if you choose to.

The same argument can be said once the novelty of Wii wears off, people stop having fun. But that hasn't happened. And this probably brings the Wii to another level of fun.

Sometimes R&D teams can overlook even the simplest of things. Even if they did, so what? It is still amazing that he did it. Provided he has no incentive other than to generate a small amount of publicity for himself.

No need wait for next gen, the equipment are already availavable . What we need is some developers to be innovative with this kind of technology and not just include forced waggle .

From what I can see, with all the information he's provided, I don't find it unsound to assume that he'd doing all this because he has some interest in working in the industry, and as such is creating public awareness of his abilities and so on. A simple project like this would look great on his portfolio, especially since it's receiving plenty of hype.

But again I must insist that what he has done is neither revolutionary nor original. Judging by his CV, it would be very surprising if he was incapable of doing this.

Yupe, equipment is available. Nintendo might redesign the accessories and repack it and sell it pricy~~ Oh ya... they might bundle wif games along the package

With that, Wii Sport's Boxing is then meaningful.

holy shit... it is amazing...

and i believe our 7th gen consoles is a shorlived version

AWESOME!!!!

yeah, it's hot

is totally ROCKS !!!

and the game like the Arcade Shibuyo Police that shooting game at times square (need to dodge bullet 1) will be exist in Home but not only gaming center

But then again...in the world of research, it also goes down to cost and the effectiveness of doing things. Just because the tech is already there doesn't mean it is easily available to all.

He also demonstrated the cheap hardware of wii can be exploited further to do interactive whiteboard and also minority report like interface (on his website) which is cheaper than most high end VR equipment put together on the market today.

That itself...is already a great step towards making such application more readily available to the general public and not just some rich guy with bundles of money. With the homebrew app on the wii just on the horizon...the possibilities are endless.