Desktop VR Head Tracking using the Wii Remote and Compiz Fus

[LeTicSnow]

how do you get the grid thing with the targets because i have the tracking thing but i dont know how to use the virtual window part

[wenerdj]

AROUND TEH WORLD

[roidroid]

The sensor bar requires a cable (unless you modify it), but the Wiimote does not require a cable.

So why didn't you put the much more portable wiimote on your head, instead of the sensor bar?

[CastleNtheSky]

@roidroid because how heavy is two infrared LEDs and a battery??? ....and how heavy and cumbersome is a wiimote???

that's why

[roidroid]

@CastleNtheSky ah, i hadn't considered that people would think the wiimote was too heavy.

Bit weird, i mean it's designed to be light enough to swish around in your hand. I don't personally think it's heavy.

[geniusiknowit]

Like pretty much all other FX, this is a gimmick that will do nothing to enhance productivity, except possibly in some highly specialized applications. Simulated 3D and other animations only slows down interaction with the computer, and consume processing power. Instead of instantly switching from one window to the next, you have to wait for the melt/jiggle/fade/etc to finish, wasting time, cpu cycles, and battery power (if on a portable device).

Fun toy, but generally not useful.

[Virginityrocks]

It is extremely useful in Flight Simulator to look around the cockpit or look out the windows for VFR navigation.

[geniusiknowit]

I'm not talking about games. I'm talking about the desktop and productivity applications. This sort of thing would be a nightmare for working on graphics, or a spreadsheet, or a word document. I could see it possibly being used to navigate multiple windows of large directories.... but it would seem to me to be less productive than simply scrolling.

There is a serious limit to the usefulness of "3D" effects on a 2-dimensional medium.

[KYIMGMG]

Any one known how to do with Windows XP Please ?

[Uncompetative]

Ok. When you look around to the left of the stack of windows you should see them going off to a vanishing point of perspective that is off to the right of the screen, and vice versa. You have to muck around negating your inputs until you can really replicate the Johnny Lee demo. This really needs a bigger screen though, so I would recommend using it as part of a showy Linux media centre from a sofa. Infra-red LEDs will be sufficient.

[temaskell08]

the wii doesent need the sensor bar just and infra red light

[TDProof]

this makes everything look 3D omgosh i need to try this out man!

[stiansoftcore]

IT'S FOR LINUX, WHAT A SHOCKER

[aalan2703]

Watching this video I Filled myself with enthusiasm about Compiz Fusion capabilities. Definitely I' m going to try it.

Best regards.

[Kingoftherings1337]

Looks neat, but kinda pointless with one small screen.  If you could have a much bigger screen, or even multiple screens, I can see this being more useful.

[elfgrin]

multiple screens would be sick! ill try that out when my pseye comes in

[smSpillaz]

Woah guys, slow down a little here. All I was doing was demonstrating JCL's Head Tracking algorithm with the Compiz Fusion Wiitrack plugin.

[johnguydude]

i think if you turn the wiimote upside down it will work properly

[johnguydude]

meaning roll it 180 degrees to reverse the depth tracking

[GegoXaren]

o and that true a normal webcam..

[smSpillaz]

It's actually a video camera

[mulfu]

@smSpillaz its an infrared camera

[mrkringle]

@smSpillaz, FYI, your execution for manipulating the environment is flipped, at least for the horizontal coordinates. just invert your y axis.

[GegoXaren]

i want to have head tracking as a joy device thue eny method, like proc or somthing..

[carloto485]

i want see someone do this with windows now theres a challenge

[QauNuckShin]

Johnny Lee didn't invent head tracking. He was simply the first one to do it with the Wii remote. All great ideas are built upon other great ideas. That's called progress.

[RecipeCollector]

Besides, who gives a fuck about Johnny fucking Lee? I mean, congrats to Lee for figuring it out, but why is it so bad to demonstrate another application of use?

Asshole...

[nestorvc87]

He credits him... Wacth at the beginnig...

[smarterchild623]

what links

[blackbeltpilot]

Total rip off of Johnny Lee but interesting anyway.

[mj1903ikjshdj]

umm this is kinda off topic, but u say ur "o"s

funny

[roidroid]

@mj1903ikjshdj it's a mix of Australian and American accent

[mj1903ikjshdj]

instead of using a 2d image could you use a 3d image

[scubamage]

This is awesome man. Is there a way to cut down the sensitivity some? I tend to use 2 machines at once and my head is constantly turning... it would really screw with my peripheral vision if everything flew out of view if i looked over to my laptop, haha.

[pejeno]

This weird stuff is one step in the right direction to discover new kinds of computing interfaces. I don't see a practical use for it yet, but im sure there is one, and people will discover it eventually.

Kudos to the guy who made it and kudos to Johnny Lee.

[stuffman64]

Very nice, though I'd like to see this work with just a standard webcam and IR LEDs.

[boy44412]

this looks a lot better if you only use one eye. thats why the camera ones looks so much better. also you should have connected the 'sensor bar' to the camera to give us the full effect.

[alienskull3000]

i believe that the windows are moving incorrectly..

shouldnt they windows in the front move more than the ones in the back

just try it with your finger and the horizon.. your finger appears to move much more with side to side motion of your head

[leoedin]

You're right. If something is close by in a room, then it moves more than something far away.

The johnny lee demo looked much better.

[ViViDboarder]

I think you're right. It seems like the depth here is reversed for some reason. I was thinking something was off that whole time but couldn't put my finger on it.

[CastleNtheSky]

@alienskull3000 if the code was written to reflect the reality of your statement it would have to move things off of the monitor because they are tracking past the display. It wasn't programmed the way it was by mistake, rather for technical reasons.

[DarknessssenkraD]

NICE (Y)

[FleetAdmiralBacon]

I can definitely see what we need to improve upon. I also have everything figured out for how to get our orbital tracking working, it's a simple thing. I'll write up a function in C to do it for you.