Johnny Chung Lee joins Project Natal team, puts Wii hacking experience to good use
By Joseph L. Flatley 
posted June 12th 2009 11:04AM
posted June 12th 2009 11:04AM
In this time of economic hardship, it warms the heart just to hear that someone's found any job. But when our main man Johnny Chung Lee lands a position on Microsoft's Project Natal team, it's high fives and handshakes all around. And really, it's a perfect fit -- among the many hacks of his illustrious career, he's put together a VR head tracker (and utilized it in a first-person shooter) for the Wii game console. Apparently, Lee's part of the group that is taking the tech we saw at E3 and getting it ready for prime time. As you'd expect, the man is pretty stoked to have landed his dream job. "The 3D sensor itself is a pretty incredible piece of equipment, he says, "similar to very expensive laser range finding systems but at a tiny fraction of the cost." Congratulations, Johnny! If you should feel the need to leak any product pics, you have our email address.
[Via Joystiq]
[Via Joystiq]
Sorry, but no. It would be bad for evolution.
That's awesome. His work is great and seems like a really great guy - the demos he does are really great. All around thumbs up.
Nice to see a big company giving the deserved recognition to indie developers. Congrats Chung!
Nice!
Doesn't seem to be any better than Sony's EyeToy. I need to see more demos.
@ Tom and Jkswiss
You mean like this? (@ 0:38, 6:42, 7:10)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wXx3vMy_AQ
Chung Lee? The strongest woman in the world?
This guy looks like a fat Hiro from Heroes lol
it's not cool to judge people by their looks even if they fit into big and tall... this guy has got quite an accomplishment with human computer interactive interfaces.
Dude looks like he's staring at a cheesecake. NOM NOM!
Way to go, man!
$10 here says Engadget CAN'T get an interview with him! The challenge has been issued!
Congrats! That's awesome :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wXx3vMy_AQ + http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHX5nqVecMw = Virtual reality for u$s200 ?????????
Nintendo is officially screwed.
So, why didn't Nintendo want him?
Sorry just checking
Someone with his talent should not be wasted.
You guys realize he's been working at MS and on Natal for over a year now, don't you? This isn't new news.