Wii Mote + IR pens = smart whiteboard anywhere.

[Locut0s]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5s5EvhHy7eQ

Same guy who did the Wii Mote head tracking thing a while back. Not sure if it's a repost but a quick search didn't bring it up.

 

[dighn]

that's pretty cool. seems like it could actually be useful.

 

[ICRS]

You don't need a wii mote, all you need is any IR camera, which can be had for cheap.

 

[Locut0s]

Originally posted by: ICRS
You don't need a wii mote, all you need is any IR camera, which can be had for cheap.

True I'm sure the guys software either already supports using one or could be trivially rewritten to do so. The point is more that not many people have a good quality IR camera in their homes but many already have a Wii and this is a really innovative use for it.

 

[EarthwormJim]

I was really impressed by http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgrGjJUBF_I

The speed is incredibly impressive.

 

[dighn]

Originally posted by: EarthwormJim
I was really impressed by http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgrGjJUBF_I

The speed is incredibly impressive.

wow... now THAT is cool!

 

[EarthwormJim]

Originally posted by: dighn

Originally posted by: EarthwormJim
I was really impressed by http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgrGjJUBF_I

The speed is incredibly impressive.

wow... now THAT is cool!

Check this out too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liMcMmaewig

 

[2Xtreme21]

Originally posted by: EarthwormJim

Originally posted by: dighn

Originally posted by: EarthwormJim
I was really impressed by http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgrGjJUBF_I

The speed is incredibly impressive.

wow... now THAT is cool!

Check this out too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liMcMmaewig

That is one of the coolest things I've ever seen... and the technology is 4 years old!!

 

[NikolaeVarius]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwWaFtRLaug

I still think this is the coolest thing I've ever seen

 

[JTsyo]

Where can I invest some money with this guy?

 

[EarthwormJim]

Originally posted by: tenshodo13
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwWaFtRLaug

I still think this is the coolest thing I've ever seen

Oh man now that looks nice. I can't count how many times I've wanted to ctrl+f in real life.

 

[ConstipatedVigilante]

That's awesome. And my school pays $2000 per SmartBoard.

 

[effowe]

That guy is a genius.

 

[jaqie]

Very impressive!

 

[RESmonkey]

That is EPIC.

 

[fustercluck]

Originally posted by: effowe
That guy is a genius.

He really is. Probably a future billionaire also.

I've been wanting to do the white board thing cause it would be fun to draw like that, but I'm not willing to get all the supplies and not sure how to hook it up necessarily. I do have a wii already though.

 

[middlehead]

Must... not... buy... stuff...

 

[lokiju]

This guy is amazing.

 

[Eeezee]

That guy's awesome. It almost makes me want to buy a Wii just for this purpose (and then I can play with the Wii when I'm not using the IR camera on the remote)

 

[jaqie]

From what I saw, it seems you only need a wiimote, his software, a homemade IR penlight, and some sort of reciever for the wiimote for the PC.

 

[clamum]

That is frickin cool.

I still like this use of the Wiimote the most though.

 

[EarthwormJim]

Originally posted by: jaqie
From what I saw, it seems you only need a wiimote, his software, a homemade IR penlight, and some sort of reciever for the wiimote for the PC.

The Wiimote uses bluetooth I believe. So you just need a bluetooth receiver.

 

[jaqie]

Thanks. Those can be had for near nothing at geeks.com