Hacked Nintendo Wii Balance Board Surfing

[IgraTigra]

Эхх...Не догадался товарищ задницей сесть ! Стал бы Хотабычем на ковре-самолете.

[Manhunter098]

This really is everything I hoped it would be. Pure win.

[mrsspVids2010]

lol... man hört dass das deutsche sind... XD

[gamezonic]

boooooooooo

[TheRealCritique]

This is cool and all, but surfing implies going up and down not just forward...I want to play Vice City with this mobing me around and a lasergun shooting at dudes while I'm rolling. NOw that would be fun...

[bvp187]

NERD!!!!!!

[gudsatan]

omg killer deutschney english!

[kieranwalls]

haha killa i recon the best game ever would be grand theft auto croosed with google earth and everything was to scale and virtual reality:)

[goeiecool9999]

@kieranwalls i think they would have do that if there was a 9000gb DVD

[alieco]

Not everyone should have an oppinion. Everyone is entitled to a reasonable oppinion. Read the entire quote people.

[theknowbody]

Congrats, that's pretty excieting. Must feel like flying.

[nastyguard007]

The concept of the software is great, but you should use this for something else than Google Earth.

I would really like to download the software, and try to make it with some games, that you can use just the mouse with.

[jasawatzki1979]

Hey somebody post the program used to control a wii fit on pc :)!

[Wiiwhite]

The English is not the best.

Das weiss ich, den ich bin selbst deutscher!

[spartin5600]

i want one

[lavideomania]

Sorry to sound critical guys, but what have you shown except that you can use a Wii balance board to do things normally possible with other controls? Considering the techno music and the big screen projection, I can't quite tell if you are trying to do reality immersion, start an exercise dance club, or what. Is leaning on a board really the best interface for most people? How is what you're doing changing the way people can interact? Or is it just proof of concept?

[adapper]

shut up its cool

[lavideomania]

wow, what a zinger of a comeback.

come on guy, i was asking a serious question. if that's all you have, you're just proving my point.

i'm not saying it's not a little interesting but it's not especially novel work. why is it people can't take criticism these days, it's not like i said they can't do good work, this just isn't my idea of an exciting innovation. other people may have a different opinion, to each his own. but i will not shut up, i am entitled to express my opinion.

[crowdaddy13]

i totally agree, if i want to use google earth, why not just use my mouse.......this is totally impractical, why not use a wii to do cool shit, like fly an airplane in a simulator or something

[dakkenly]

Because it's cool looking.

[adapper]

express it then, like anyone cares. no standing on a wii board probably isnt the best way to use google earth, and yes its obviously just a proof of concept but whatever it is is still pretty cool, quit hatin'

[lavideomania]

Thank you, I will express my opinion.

It might lead the developers to do other interesting things, and it's perhaps good practice for future endeavors, but this is not breakthrough work.

I have no hatred in my heart, this is simply my opinion. Feel free to keep hatin' on my if you want. I can take it.

[liam3555]

Well done.

[cjracer1000]

why does he stand like that on the board, he knows that he's on ehte floor and he dosn't have 2 stand like ethat

[mnmnjnf4]

I find the results kind of underwhelming but the promise of more creative applications exciting.

Perhaps if the altitude was reduced the immersion would be increased or a simulator was used instead of few programs presented.

[Tallman6ft7]

germans are smart, I think i'm 1/3 german : ).

[Andreas958]

biggest game map ever?

[negroi2]

Esto es muy simple. This is very simple, script kiddies.

[supertrinko]

awesome work dudes

[ScopelloTurismo]

Good Job Guys, very good job

[Tarantino2000]

labert doch deutch es gibt genug hier die englisch labern auserdem ganz toll das mit google earth super toll!

[Clydene]

Super COOL!

Thanks Guys

[JorshItUp]

Vii Balance Board

[010Matthew010]

Lernt Englisch, BITTE!

[bousouffa11]

MY HOUSE!!! no just kidding :p

[kjexz]

What does this have to do with AI?

[evozenn]

Very well done guys!

[danbri]

I didn't see much turning in the video. How does that work?

[neeb001]

I think its mainly yawing not turning, although the sofware looks capible to change the "yaw" constraints to "turn" constraints, I think it may be easier to yaw and maybe its just personal prefrence.

The wobble balance board works on 4 sensors, if the front two have roughly the same weight then it will not turn it will just move forward, if the back two sensors have most of the weight evenly distributed then it will go backwards in a strait line.

[sutchsteve]

you don't know what yaw means

[TrashLock]

I think this is pretty lame. It's not anything new or interesting at all and it seems buggy.

[reap00004]

They should really make a game based off of this concept

[loseravery]

he has balls, kick em!

[navyman9184]

ay want some games go to my profile for tha link i already hav 3 points

[OpticalHaze]

These tschörmens du have a weryy guud english! I think they are language talents

[ubervidder]

Well then nintendo should get a look at this no/?

[polarbear60]

Intelligence and Germany doesn't computer :)

[BadlyBentPub]

Doesn't "computer"?

Looks like "intelligence" and "polarbear60" doesn't COMPUTE, either....

[RADI0ACTIVE]

hahaha its fun making fun of people who have STS. x]

[eenjordi]

if you can play a surf game with it im in! .. but google earth ? im sorry but :-( that's sad..

[Denkfix]

Boring stupid video

[Evanmileus]

thats awesome

[MehSooSilly]

They should try rotating the controls, like, their current "Right" control should be their "Forward", therefore, while on the computer, you can control movements of games by placing it underneath you while doing other various tasks.

Multi-Tasking :]

[mushroomz64]

wow mega cool dudes

[SBR88]

I could understand everything they said.

Wasnt hard.

[youngdave007]

mega cool. germans are the best.

[Mastakilla91]

great ideas but bad english XD

Wo habt ihr English gelernt man XD

[foo1732]

Der eine ist doch eindeutig ein Franzose, was erwartest Du?

[itsmeafreak]

i sink se lörnt it et ser skuuuls - or what? haha xD...

[DaOptika]

Grüße von Saarlouis nach Saabrücken! Euer Englisch ist allerdings - ehm - grenzwertig ^^

[RoadToDawn51]

That's fucking awesome guys. But can you surf..... WATER? lol jk. 5/5

[Manda245]

that is wicked cool. My dad saw this and now he wants to get a wii. LOL Thanks for making this vid!

[Hospitaldeincurables]

wow

[waltzone]

How Cool!!!!!

[P0rn0ralle84]

Saarbrücken rules!

[Fugga21]

magic carpet ride

[Fuier]

it would be kool if they used the balance board to control player movement in FPS games for the Wii.

[akibalabo]

awsome!

[Zingo33]

Perhaps you should have waited with your "invention" until the graphic processors get a little faster. Your graphic card was obviously not able to cope with the graphic it was fed.

[playboy968]

cool. Germans? I'm Swiss and half Australien. You guys talk better englisch than me. I just have the better accent.

liebe grüsse

[bnnndr]

SHOW US WHAT YOU CAN DO WIZ IT!!!

[nancy1488]

A magic carpet ride.  Very cool guys. Can't show my boys though because they'll want a wii and wii board to add to the Xbox and PS2. Your English is fine ... much better than my German will ever be. Sehr gut gemacht.

[Nannia]

so great!!

[YesSirItsEsser]

lol, does anyone else get the silver surfer mojo from this?

[FastFoodSex]

Well done guys! And to all the others: Yes, that's real hacking. Take a dictionary and look the correct meaning up, if you think hacking means steeling data and breaking others computers. PS: Work on your english pronounciation ; )

[white1whidow]

tbh this was very unimpressive and was a waist of my time

[Zazimuth]

'waist' of time?

[white1whidow]

i find it amusing to see people 4 people have voted negative to what i said. It is a waist of time and nothing revolutionary i was playing games like this in the arcades way back in the mid 90s , can u honestly say ur impressed to see him moving threw google earth 3d ? its look unimpressive , at least use a snowboard game or something !

[nederninja]

dude they are just students doing this for a project, not an R&D team at a company...it's cool for what it is, so chill. i would have liked to see them turn, though...all they seem to do is go forwards and backwards.

[Zazimuth]

moving "threw" google earth?

[oalejis]

The accent makes me flash back to ww2 movies instantly.

[jlove421]

that is fucking sweet

[stoli10]

cool

[vickiesala]

i dont know what they said

[Wotkis]

umh i thin that isn`t hackin thats just sumthin u can do

[tollpatsch1986]

kustige sache, hut ab ^^

[ohiopctech]

awesome! hook me up to tony hawk on psx!

[kalasdanne]

Only one ting to say, ich habe: Its zuper kool! ;)

[MiloParsons]

Try and connect it to the in built flight simulator on google earth.

[stevey226]

Hey, how do i access the flight simulator? I can't seem to find it.

[talatsmum]

cool.. google earth never looked that good for me...

[deathnote36O]

next time someone with better english skills should do the video. ;-)

[izzarshah]

can i ask.what program did you guys use to connect the Wii controller with the computer?

[mculatie]

its bluetooth, just like the wiimotes

[izzarshah]

sorry. i mean to program the wiimote

[nitch84]

meh

[redmirrorproductions]

and.... the point of this is.....

[mymy667]

next time someone with better english skills should do the video. ;-)

[jogofilo]

next time will be in encrypted russian only for you

[mikeygberman]

Maybe then they could have made the video in German and we'd see if you understood it.

They're damn good with their English, and it's easy to understand them.

[mymy667]

maybe i'd understand them even if they were talking german as i am german myself.

and no, their english pronunciation is not "damn good". you must be joking.

[bitethisbullet]

Actually their English is quite good. I had no trouble understanding them at all.

[fabriciofla]

I don't see what's interesting in this... the camera is always moving foward.

[PaulGale]

That Surfing Google Earth with the Wii Balance Board video looked pretty cool. It never ceases to amaze me how many uses people come up with for various gaming peripherals.

[BlackFuryFx]

cool