Jan 9 2008Johnny Lee Is My Hero: Headtracking With Wii
We saw Johnny Chung Lee make a huge multi-touch screen in his last installment, and now he's back at his Wii antics, this time making a sick virtual reality 3D headtracking system. It is freaking awesome.
Using the infrared camera in the Wii remote and a head mounted sensor bar (two IR LEDs), you can accurately track the location of your head and render view dependent images on the screen. This effectively transforms your display into a portal to a virtual environment. The display properly reacts to head and body movement as if it were a real window creating a realistic illusion of depth and space.
As a sidenote, Johnny Lee could pretty much explain anything to me and I think I would understand. Like with Mike Rowe from Dirty Jobs, I think I'm developing a man-crush.
Dear Johnny,
I think you are so cool. I was wondering if sometime you would like to hang out with me.
Yes No
(Please circle one and give back to me at my locker between classes)
Your (hopeful) friend,
The Geekologie Writer
Head Tracking for Desktop VR Displays using the WiiRemote [core77]
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Reader Comments
1. damn luddites - January 9, 2008 4:29 PM
FAKE
2. Jonesey - January 9, 2008 4:33 PM
I love the little orange crate with the huge panel display behind it.
It looks like he had to sell everything in his apartment to afford the TV . . . Ahh bachelorhood.
-jj
3. nominus - January 9, 2008 4:37 PM
Oh, now that is bullshit. I sent you this tip. Two or three days ago. Maybe I should have you hone my funny. Bone that is.
4. PB&J - January 9, 2008 4:49 PM
Eat shit KipKay...Johnny is the man!
5. the king of space - January 9, 2008 5:54 PM
bah puny earthlings! We spacemen have devised a method of allowing all users to experience head tracking!!
6. MELISSA - January 9, 2008 7:14 PM
FIRST OF ALL, PIECE OF CAKE. SECONDLY, WHAT'S UP WITH THIS NEW GEEKOLOGY WRITER? THIS VIRAL CAME OUT LIKE A MONTH AGO. AND THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME HE'S BEEN SUPER LAME-O. GET WITH IT, PUNK.
7. guate6 - January 9, 2008 7:24 PM
Looking at his website and seeing the different things this guy's done, man, I'm highly impressed. This guy is amazing.
8. Loli - January 9, 2008 7:53 PM
My husband has a man-crush on Mike Rowe. What's the deal?
9. Puzzleking - January 9, 2008 9:20 PM
Yes, I too have a man-crush on Johnny Lee....I didn't understand 90% of what he said...but it looks badass! And especially when we moved and could see parts of the football stadium, cause sometimes on tv they cut off the picture of a naked lady right above the breasts...and this would be awesome to pan down with!
10. Mr. Anderson - January 9, 2008 11:00 PM
Wow. Simply awesome. Now if they could just do that with movies they wouldn't even need the new 3-d tech that is out now... I'd just prefer the headtracking.
On the lateness of the article. Sometimes I notice some articles are about a month old. Other times they are totally new to me so it all depends on your interest in such things and if you have seen them before.
11. tylerdurden - January 10, 2008 7:09 AM
Holy shit, that is fucking sick. I'm so downloading the software and doing it.
12. Dan - January 10, 2008 8:30 AM
No way, this is the same guy with the $14 Steadicam? Dude is an internet hero.
13. woodhorse - January 10, 2008 9:33 AM
Johhny Lee should be president of the planet. He could single-handedly prevent the downfall of mankind. All children should be fathered by him.
14. Atrides - January 10, 2008 7:23 PM
That's it. Show's over. Give this man every Nobel Prize, for every category, for the next three years.
15. Farkfaces - January 11, 2008 12:34 AM
For 10$ I'd like him to say "Burt! Hey Burt!"