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It would be kool if Natal could do the tracking when it comes out. Then you just have an infared camera that track everyone that comes in the room...]]>Apr 15th 2010 5:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/15/winscape-virtual-window-features-wiimote-headtracking-absolutel/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/15/winscape-virtual-window-features-wiimote-headtracking-absolutel/
Looks awesome though! :) Now I can change the scene to a snow storm outside, so I don't feel so bad about studying on a beautiful day.

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/s]]>Apr 15th 2010 5:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/15/winscape-virtual-window-features-wiimote-headtracking-absolutel/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/15/winscape-virtual-window-features-wiimote-headtracking-absolutel/Apr 15th 2010 6:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/15/winscape-virtual-window-features-wiimote-headtracking-absolutel/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/15/winscape-virtual-window-features-wiimote-headtracking-absolutel/
If only the floor lamp didn't give it away. All that natural daylight "flooding" in and you have a floor lamp? Lol. Nice idea though. Very nice!]]>Apr 15th 2010 6:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/15/winscape-virtual-window-features-wiimote-headtracking-absolutel/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/15/winscape-virtual-window-features-wiimote-headtracking-absolutel/Apr 15th 2010 6:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/15/winscape-virtual-window-features-wiimote-headtracking-absolutel/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/15/winscape-virtual-window-features-wiimote-headtracking-absolutel/The baby is sooo cute!

As for saving some money....if you can find a women, Im sure you can make a baby for free; thus saving well over $2900.]]>Apr 15th 2010 7:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/15/winscape-virtual-window-features-wiimote-headtracking-absolutel/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/15/winscape-virtual-window-features-wiimote-headtracking-absolutel/Apr 16th 2010 6:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/15/winscape-virtual-window-features-wiimote-headtracking-absolutel/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/15/winscape-virtual-window-features-wiimote-headtracking-absolutel/Apr 16th 2010 9:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/15/winscape-virtual-window-features-wiimote-headtracking-absolutel/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/15/winscape-virtual-window-features-wiimote-headtracking-absolutel/Apr 15th 2010 3:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/15/winscape-virtual-window-features-wiimote-headtracking-absolutel/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/15/winscape-virtual-window-features-wiimote-headtracking-absolutel/Or if we work in the Hive :P]]>Apr 15th 2010 3:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/15/winscape-virtual-window-features-wiimote-headtracking-absolutel/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/15/winscape-virtual-window-features-wiimote-headtracking-absolutel/Damn, I knew Fallout was a true story.]]>Apr 15th 2010 4:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/15/winscape-virtual-window-features-wiimote-headtracking-absolutel/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/15/winscape-virtual-window-features-wiimote-headtracking-absolutel/
Women will have to be selected for their sexual characteristics which will have to be of a highly stimulating nature. ]]>Apr 15th 2010 4:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/15/winscape-virtual-window-features-wiimote-headtracking-absolutel/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/15/winscape-virtual-window-features-wiimote-headtracking-absolutel/Not our future of course but the future of 1989 - old man Biff stole the time machine in our future and went back to 1989 to make it rich:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxDbx2bOFRU

This caused a skew in the space-time continuum leading us to this blog. Oh yeah and somethin's got to be done about your kids.]]>Apr 16th 2010 7:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/15/winscape-virtual-window-features-wiimote-headtracking-absolutel/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/15/winscape-virtual-window-features-wiimote-headtracking-absolutel/I thought everything was in 3D nowadays. ;)]]>Apr 15th 2010 3:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/15/winscape-virtual-window-features-wiimote-headtracking-absolutel/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/15/winscape-virtual-window-features-wiimote-headtracking-absolutel/
Actually agreed 3d would make this full of win but it's still bad ass]]>Apr 15th 2010 3:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/15/winscape-virtual-window-features-wiimote-headtracking-absolutel/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/15/winscape-virtual-window-features-wiimote-headtracking-absolutel/Visual parallax--what so-called 3D video is all about--is not all that important a factor when viewing faraway scenes. True 3D is when what you see changes as your viewpoint does. This system here is much more realistic than any lame "Real-D" movie. ]]>Apr 15th 2010 4:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/15/winscape-virtual-window-features-wiimote-headtracking-absolutel/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/15/winscape-virtual-window-features-wiimote-headtracking-absolutel/
yea, sure, but doesn't this limit the experience to a single person?

couldn't 3D be used to share the experience across everyone in the room.]]>Apr 15th 2010 5:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/15/winscape-virtual-window-features-wiimote-headtracking-absolutel/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/15/winscape-virtual-window-features-wiimote-headtracking-absolutel/
A volumetric display would be impractical, since it would have to be as large as what you want to see.

A lightfield display requires pixels to emit many different RGB values in different directions. Practical ones don't exist yet.

A stereoscopic display only emits two different RGB values (one for each eye) for each pixel, in all directions.
]]>Apr 15th 2010 6:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/15/winscape-virtual-window-features-wiimote-headtracking-absolutel/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/15/winscape-virtual-window-features-wiimote-headtracking-absolutel/I think it would be much simpler (not to mention cheaper ;)) to make the effect with the use of an augmented reality technology. As u've said, screen that can project multiple RGP values in different directions doesn't yet exist, and once/if someone does figure how to make one, the price will be high as a mount Everest for quite some time :)

But with the use of augmented reality principle the same effect could be achieved with now day technology. The only limitation are video goggles - they still have poor resolutions, are too big, ugly and still fairly expensive - plus you'd need a smal portable machine that would project graphics and last more than 5 minutes ;))). But you wouldn't need to buy LD screen, u'd just put some markers on the wall (u wouldn’t even need a window frame), and AG would render everything u'd want on it.

Hell with the use of AG every single person in the room could view a different scene of their choice :).]]>Apr 16th 2010 2:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/15/winscape-virtual-window-features-wiimote-headtracking-absolutel/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/15/winscape-virtual-window-features-wiimote-headtracking-absolutel/
I still want one, though.]]>Apr 15th 2010 3:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/15/winscape-virtual-window-features-wiimote-headtracking-absolutel/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/15/winscape-virtual-window-features-wiimote-headtracking-absolutel/Agreed, this would be awesome if it werent for having to wear a brick around your neck whenever you wanted it to be functional.]]>Apr 15th 2010 3:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/15/winscape-virtual-window-features-wiimote-headtracking-absolutel/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/15/winscape-virtual-window-features-wiimote-headtracking-absolutel/
It would make more sense to have a pair of tiny LED's attached to glasses (or even a ball cap), like Johnny Chung Lee did in this video at 3:52: http://www.joystiq.com/2007/12/23/get-your-head-in-the-game-with-wii-remote-vr-display

Look a few seconds before that, and he turned the TV into a window just like these guys did above.

Now just imagine doing this with a 3D TV and attaching LEDs to the 3D glasses... THAT is what I want for Christmas.]]>Apr 15th 2010 3:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/15/winscape-virtual-window-features-wiimote-headtracking-absolutel/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/15/winscape-virtual-window-features-wiimote-headtracking-absolutel/Apr 15th 2010 4:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/15/winscape-virtual-window-features-wiimote-headtracking-absolutel/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/15/winscape-virtual-window-features-wiimote-headtracking-absolutel/Apr 15th 2010 5:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/15/winscape-virtual-window-features-wiimote-headtracking-absolutel/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/15/winscape-virtual-window-features-wiimote-headtracking-absolutel/natal or eyetoy should be able to make this IR necklace-free]]>Apr 15th 2010 6:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/15/winscape-virtual-window-features-wiimote-headtracking-absolutel/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/15/winscape-virtual-window-features-wiimote-headtracking-absolutel/Apr 15th 2010 3:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/15/winscape-virtual-window-features-wiimote-headtracking-absolutel/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/15/winscape-virtual-window-features-wiimote-headtracking-absolutel/Because you can.]]>Apr 15th 2010 3:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/15/winscape-virtual-window-features-wiimote-headtracking-absolutel/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/15/winscape-virtual-window-features-wiimote-headtracking-absolutel/
It's good to show other engineers out there that people still want this. We wanted this ever since Total Recall. Maybe he works for a plasma company to get discount TVs and uses solar panels for the power ... or maybe he's just rich.

The average person won't do this now, but when we have cheap enough LCD wallpaper or paint (or whatever they'll use) ... everyone will get it. People in small apartments won't feel as cramped as they do now.

You won't use it simply for nature scenes either. You can use it to simply change the color or pattern on the walls with a touch of a button ... like changing the wallpaper on your monitor today.]]>Apr 15th 2010 4:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/15/winscape-virtual-window-features-wiimote-headtracking-absolutel/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/15/winscape-virtual-window-features-wiimote-headtracking-absolutel/great use for a couple of those 4k x 2k screens they just plugged.]]>Apr 15th 2010 5:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/15/winscape-virtual-window-features-wiimote-headtracking-absolutel/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/15/winscape-virtual-window-features-wiimote-headtracking-absolutel/
Do you really think "because you can" is a good reason for the average income person to spend thousands of dollars on a false window installation?...Get out of my face.]]>Apr 16th 2010 1:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/15/winscape-virtual-window-features-wiimote-headtracking-absolutel/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/15/winscape-virtual-window-features-wiimote-headtracking-absolutel/Apr 15th 2010 3:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/15/winscape-virtual-window-features-wiimote-headtracking-absolutel/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/15/winscape-virtual-window-features-wiimote-headtracking-absolutel/Apr 15th 2010 3:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/15/winscape-virtual-window-features-wiimote-headtracking-absolutel/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/15/winscape-virtual-window-features-wiimote-headtracking-absolutel/Apr 15th 2010 3:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/15/winscape-virtual-window-features-wiimote-headtracking-absolutel/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/15/winscape-virtual-window-features-wiimote-headtracking-absolutel/No way.... Ice Crown]]>Apr 15th 2010 3:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/15/winscape-virtual-window-features-wiimote-headtracking-absolutel/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/15/winscape-virtual-window-features-wiimote-headtracking-absolutel/I want the moon
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0612/moonpan_apollo17_big.jpg ]]>Apr 15th 2010 4:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/15/winscape-virtual-window-features-wiimote-headtracking-absolutel/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/15/winscape-virtual-window-features-wiimote-headtracking-absolutel/
If you could have a live feed of the moon, I believe that would be epic.]]>Apr 15th 2010 5:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/15/winscape-virtual-window-features-wiimote-headtracking-absolutel/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/15/winscape-virtual-window-features-wiimote-headtracking-absolutel/Apr 15th 2010 3:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/15/winscape-virtual-window-features-wiimote-headtracking-absolutel/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/15/winscape-virtual-window-features-wiimote-headtracking-absolutel/Apr 15th 2010 3:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/15/winscape-virtual-window-features-wiimote-headtracking-absolutel/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/15/winscape-virtual-window-features-wiimote-headtracking-absolutel/Apr 15th 2010 4:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/15/winscape-virtual-window-features-wiimote-headtracking-absolutel/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/15/winscape-virtual-window-features-wiimote-headtracking-absolutel/Apr 15th 2010 3:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/15/winscape-virtual-window-features-wiimote-headtracking-absolutel/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/15/winscape-virtual-window-features-wiimote-headtracking-absolutel/Be better if it was transparent when turned off though. Then it could display other handy things while a normal window view is happening. Like weather forcasts, news, TV]]>Apr 15th 2010 3:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/15/winscape-virtual-window-features-wiimote-headtracking-absolutel/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/15/winscape-virtual-window-features-wiimote-headtracking-absolutel/Apr 15th 2010 3:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/15/winscape-virtual-window-features-wiimote-headtracking-absolutel/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/15/winscape-virtual-window-features-wiimote-headtracking-absolutel/
i actually LOLed at that]]>Apr 15th 2010 3:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/15/winscape-virtual-window-features-wiimote-headtracking-absolutel/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/15/winscape-virtual-window-features-wiimote-headtracking-absolutel/Apr 15th 2010 3:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/15/winscape-virtual-window-features-wiimote-headtracking-absolutel/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/15/winscape-virtual-window-features-wiimote-headtracking-absolutel/Apr 15th 2010 3:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/15/winscape-virtual-window-features-wiimote-headtracking-absolutel/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/15/winscape-virtual-window-features-wiimote-headtracking-absolutel/
This is one of those pointless-but-cool projects for smart people that have too much time and money.


Would have been cooler if they used a face-recognition webcam instead of needing to carry around a Wiimote all the time. Also when it comes down to it, it's really just a gag, and going through all that trouble and expense (a spare HDTV and Wii components) for a visual gag like that is kind of dumb.]]>Apr 15th 2010 3:32PM