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.
@Hazdaz I can build one using face recognition. I made a face recognition package for flash, and I did a similar proof of concept a couple of years ago. Never polished it up and did anything with it, but I got a 3d view controlled by the user's position without any marker.
I plan on making one of these for myself using a small htpc, webcam, and flash. Or maybe a java port of opencv.
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Meh.
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.
@Hazdaz Yes but its really just the beginning. Perhaps one day they will make it useful.
@Casuist
And when they do that it will still be just a TV screen.
:shrug:
@Hazdaz Much better if they were transparent
@Hazdaz
I can build one using face recognition. I made a face recognition package for flash, and I did a similar proof of concept a couple of years ago. Never polished it up and did anything with it, but I got a 3d view controlled by the user's position without any marker.
I plan on making one of these for myself using a small htpc, webcam, and flash. Or maybe a java port of opencv.