Wii Remote Replaced With… Cucumber?
Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 2:15 pm
Great news for the PC, finally a Wii controller for it that costs nil & you get to dust off the old PC webcam. From Gizmodo.co.uk, you got to see this video:
"Everyone loves a quick game or two on a Nintendo Wii, the innovation of the movement-oriented wireless control has brought a new dimension to modern gaming.
Shelling out £30-odd for an additional controller is a must if you want to enjoy games with your friends, but what if there was a simpler solution? Why not use a chocolate bar or a cucumber for example?
No we haven’t totally lost our marbles, we’re just in two minds about a new innovation called Cam Trax that’s designed to recognise pretty much any day to day object and turn it into a gaming controller.
The system uses a webcam to ‘zero-in’ on objects you show to it and map the size and shape onto a visible control device of similar dimensions on-screen. It can track any object in real time and is an improvement over the Playstation’s EyeToy since it can track multiple objects in three dimensions.
It sounds nuts admittedly, but if your brow is as furrowed as ours after reading about the technology, take a look at the video and let us know if you’re not even slightly impressed: - Paul Lester"
Article:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/gizmodo/ ... cum_1.html
All I can say is, "order page please"
"Everyone loves a quick game or two on a Nintendo Wii, the innovation of the movement-oriented wireless control has brought a new dimension to modern gaming.
Shelling out £30-odd for an additional controller is a must if you want to enjoy games with your friends, but what if there was a simpler solution? Why not use a chocolate bar or a cucumber for example?
No we haven’t totally lost our marbles, we’re just in two minds about a new innovation called Cam Trax that’s designed to recognise pretty much any day to day object and turn it into a gaming controller.
The system uses a webcam to ‘zero-in’ on objects you show to it and map the size and shape onto a visible control device of similar dimensions on-screen. It can track any object in real time and is an improvement over the Playstation’s EyeToy since it can track multiple objects in three dimensions.
It sounds nuts admittedly, but if your brow is as furrowed as ours after reading about the technology, take a look at the video and let us know if you’re not even slightly impressed: - Paul Lester"
Article:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/gizmodo/ ... cum_1.html
All I can say is, "order page please"