Wii-moting

Tuesday, 13 May, 2008

I came across Johnny Chung Lee’s Wii remote projects this week. And, well… they blew me away!! Have a look at the 3 YouTube videos and you will see how understanding what hardware is in the Wii remote, with a little lateral thinking, can develop some astounding results. The fact that no games designers had actually thought of head tracking is amazing because the demo is cool beyond belief. If we don’t see any games on the shelves that use these ideas in the next 6 months then I’ll east my hat! And, from the teaching perspective, having a portable, low-cost, interactive whiteboard is brilliant. I’m building my LED pen as we speak!!