More multitouch – Wii-based whiteboard!

Posted by joelgibby on Sunday, March 9, 2008 · View Comments 

Update: Johnny’s website has moved. The new site is here:http://johnnylee.net/projects/wii/

Came across Johnny Lee’s work on using the Wiimote as a low-cost IR camera for interacting with displays. He’s got a couple of really neat applications demo’d on his site: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~johnny/projects/wii/

The one that really caught my eye was one that could turn any surface into a multitouch display interface using only a Wiimote and a projecter or LCD panel. Check it out:

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  • Timothy Scheel

    Amazing! I’m going to do that with my Wii!

  • http://joelgibby.net joel

    It looks like all you really need is a computer with bluetooth adapter and a display device, along with the software you can download at his site.

    Let me know if you manage to get it working – I don’t have bluetooth yet.

  • http://www.nwchristianmusic.com Justen Martian

    I am going to try it also, I need to get a Wii controller first.

  • http://www.mireyb.com Mireya

    What would you do guys do with it?

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