One for the computer-gamers. Real 3D with a WII mote.

[ken]

I thought some of the gamers might be interested in this head tracking research going on at Carnegie Mellon, which has the potential of enabling games that do 3D "properly" using existing WII technology:

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

[shobet]

Cool, let's hope for some more immersive games soon then!

Having worked in the 3D visualization it's nice to see it almost getting to the consumer. Not quite there yet though.

[Davey]

holy shitballs, finally!!! one step closer to real VR

[Infernal Death]

Very cool. Of course they shouldn't forget to distance themselves from any charge of broken bones and broken stuff when people try to evade bullets from games in their homes by crashing into their furniture

Flo

[Axewielder]

Kickass, bring on the 3D ninja fighting games!!

[AlexL]

I deal with technology every day at work, and my company makes some cutting edge video processing and network streaming products. As a result, I get pretty numbed to new technology.

But THAT was some seriously cool sh*t.


- E.

[quiksilver]

Awesome. One step closer to my holodeck.

[thetroy]

Rock on - I'm surprised Nintendo hasn't done anything like that yet

[OnlineStageGear]

Wow, that's kick ass.

[scotty]

That is pretty cool.

[Davey]

the question is.. how much CPU and graphic power would a game actually need, to pull that shit off.
we're talking full on 3d rendering 100% of the time. and with a game like Crysis, where even the regular game sucks the living force out of the computer to run with some quality, i dont think it'd even work. but then again, it might just be a small variable, that sets a different focus point for the viewer and it wouldnt be any more demanding at all :P

but what the hell do i know

[Axewielder]

the question is.. how much CPU and graphic power would a game actually need, to pull that shit off.
we're talking full on 3d rendering 100% of the time. and with a game like Crysis, where even the regular game sucks the living force out of the computer to run with some quality, i dont think it'd even work. but then again, it might just be a small variable, that sets a different focus point for the viewer and it wouldnt be any more demanding at all :P

but what the hell do i know

Yeah I was thinking the same thing. Circles on strings are one thing, but an actual game you would want to play is quite another. The show stopper with this kind of shit is lag. When you have lag, you don't get a lifelike 3D effect. What you get is a headache and nausea watching it.

[charvelguy]

procrastineering.com, thats pretty good humor to me. A digital LSD trip saves brain cells and to think it only took about 70 years to get it this far.

[thunderhead]

Ohhh sweet!!! Bring on the 3D HD porn!!!!

[Davey]

Ohhh sweet!!! Bring on the 3D HD porn!!!!

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