Sweet! Wiimote and Papervision3D

Filed under: Digital Adoption by Digado

A quick post on a ‘new’ application of the Papervision 3D technology. After we’ve seen Johnny Lee take the Wiimote to his interfaces for head tracking and touch screens, Seedylifestyle has found a way to put the Nintendo Wiimote to use in Flash (& browsers) through Papervision. The provided demo speaks for itself:

What excites me [...]

The Dictatorship of the Desktop

Filed under: Research, Trends by Digado

Every time I see digital technology move away from our traditional desk top set up (desk, chair, PC, 17′+ monitor) I get excited about the new opportunities of breaking this static environment of interaction with data. When the Wii introduced a mainstream audience to alternative ways to interact with applications I was shocked at how [...]

VR meets Augmented Reality

Filed under: News and developments by Digado

Augmented reality (AR) the technology which deals with the combination of real-world and computer-generated data. At present, most AR research is concerned with the use of live video imagery which is digitally processed and “augmented” by the addition of computer-generated graphics. Tobias Lang displays how to merge 2 techniques, Virtual reality and Augmented reality, to [...]

Virtual Reality the Wii-way

Filed under: News and developments by Digado

This is going to be a short post because if you haven’t heard about Johnny Lee you should really just look him up on youTube. His latest experiment he shows us perspective based 3d interaction, all for the price of a Wiimote and a pair of safety goggles. His other experiments include a multi-touch screen [...]