I've been thinking about Johnny Chung Lee and his presentation, "Head Tracking for Desktop Virtual Reality Displays Using the Wii Remote." I watched Johnny clearly explain the concepts and demonstrate head-tracking with the Wii remote a few days ago.
Watch the YouTube, and after the concise explanation, at about 2:45 into the video, you'll see what all of the excitement is about. Someday, if the Nintendo Wii game developers start seriously downing some kegs of Red Bull, weekend warriors will be able to sprint the last 200 meters of a Grand Tour flat stage at 45 mph with three dozen pro cyclists trying to box them out. Or you might chose to tear it up in a Six Day track bike race on a track banked to your liking. For those who have no desire to ride Paris Roubaix, it will become more challenging to blow up, burn, shoot, kill, and drive the nouns in your games.
Check out the quick links to Johnny's other projects like the Wii remote whiteboard on johnnylee.net. Click on procrastineering.com to read about more "productive distractions" from the guy with 3 patents, 4 patent applications, a Ph.D from Carnegie Mellon University, and the panache to wear a Krispie Kreme doughnut hat in the photo on his curriculum vitae.
