Wii Nerd Stuff

[markseven]

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

[Jand3rson]

We just put a Wii in at our showroom.

On the 10' x 14' screen for the golf simulator. :D

[kommissar]

Johnny Chung Lee does some cool stuff with his Wii, I like it.

Check out this one: http://youtube.com/watch?v=5s5EvhHy7eQ "Low-Cost Multi-touch Whiteboard using the Wiimote."

[Raxe]

He really is a genius, the stuff he makes is very neat. My favorite is still the guy who made test equipment out of the wiimote calculating acceleration, g-force, speed, etc.

[Coco Savage]

interesting

[AndrewBird]

I saw that on the instructables website. He explains how to do it.

[LivingLegend06]

wow, that guy can really do some cool stuff, I cant wait until real games and programs start to utilize what he can do with existing technology.

[markseven]

wow, that guy can really do some cool stuff, I cant wait until real games and programs start to utilize what he can do with existing technology.

Road race games/sims :borg: with this types of 3D!

[s0urce]

Great Video, this prompted me to write some code to support the Wiimote with GTR2. Simply put, the wiimote goes on top of your head attached to a hat. With an existing bluetooth connection the following code gives you the ability to look around in the cockpit.

You can lean, pitch, roll, and aim your head in the cockpit while driving. :) It was mostly a proof of concept script for me, but I've found it's quite enjoyable playing GTR2 when you have the freedom to look around using your head.

Let me know if anyone is interested, it's pretty simple to get this running:

//GTR2 GlovePie Cockpit Script
//Version:1.0b
//Author: Chris Doyle
//Date: 1.5.2008

// Configure Cockpit Lean Sensitivity Here
//var.DriverLeanSens = 4
//var.DriverPitchSens = 8
var.DriverAccelSens = 4
// End Cockpit Sensitivity, Do not Edit Below This Line


PIE.FrameRate = 60Hz
var.Accel = Wiimote.gx*var.DriverAccelSens/3
var.Pitch = Smooth(Wiimote.SmoothPitch,30)/8
var.Roll = Smooth(Wiimote.SmoothRoll,30)/4+var.Accel

FakeTrackIR.pitch = var.pitch
FakeTrackIR.roll = var.roll

// status display
debug = 'Game='+IntToHex(FakeTrackIR.ProfileId)+'H'+', '+Wiimote.Pitch
Wiimote.Led1 = FakeTrackIR.ProfileID<>0
Wiimote.Led4 = FakeTrackIR.active

I'll likely make some updates to this in the future, but in the meantime it serves its purpose well.