{"id":262,"date":"2006-10-12T16:35:09","date_gmt":"2006-10-12T16:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cb.nowan.net\/wblog\/?p=262"},"modified":"2008-01-08T00:41:09","modified_gmt":"2008-01-07T23:41:09","slug":"wii-controller-a-first-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cb.nowan.net\/blog\/2006\/10\/12\/wii-controller-a-first-test\/","title":{"rendered":"Wiimote, a first test"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/wii.nintendo.com\/images\/fea_nunchuka.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Wow I just had the chance to test the Wii controller. Remember, it&#8217;s a true 6DOF (= positon + orientation) tracker. [Update: it&#8217;s not really a real 6DOF tracker. It&#8217;s a bit more complicated \ud83d\ude09 ] It has a gyroscope and an infrared camera to recalibrate the drifting. And it&#8217;s working really fine!! Almost no lag, it&#8217;s very fast and stable! Even at 7-8 meters it&#8217;s still working as well. We couldn&#8217;t go further, there were walls behind =) I don&#8217;t have infos yet on the sampling rate or actual precision but the first impression is really good! I can&#8217;t wait to test a game with that =)<\/p>\n<p>I hope someone will have it work for PC, or have something similar! I have been testing the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.isense.com\/products.aspx?id=45\">Intersense IS900<\/a>, which is also gyroscopic\/intertial with ultrasound to correct the drift (expensive but you can have a lot of tracking surface), and it&#8217;s also really fast. It seems to be faster than vision based solutions such as TrackIR or ARTracking, but I&#8217;d have to compare this more scientifically than just &#8220;I think ..&#8221; =)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img src=\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"http:\/\/mrl.nyu.edu\/~perlin\/experiments\/quikwriting\/ql.gif\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" alt=\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" \/>     <img src=\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"http:\/\/www.4gamer.net\/review\/trackir_4_pro\/img\/02s.jpg\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" alt=\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"http:\/\/mrl.nyu.edu\/~perlin\/experiments\/quikwriting\/Quikwrite2.html\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\">QuickWrite<\/a> is an input method created by <a href=\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"http:\/\/mrl.nyu.edu\/~perlin\/\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\">Ken Perlin<\/a> so that \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\&#8221;you shouldn\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\&#8217;t ever need to pick up the pen (ie: no clicking, only gliding).\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\&#8221;<br \/>\nI really like this input method and think it might be useful for symbolic input in VWs.<\/p>\n<p>So today I played in Virtools with the idea of using <a href=\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"http:\/\/www.naturalpoint.com\/trackir\/\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\">Natural Point\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\&#8217;s TrackIR<\/a> as an input device. Of course any 3DOF (it needs only 2DOF) tracker would fit (the Wii-mote for example). <\/p>\n<p>Here\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\&#8217;s a <a href=\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FSiKkZhkhlU\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\">video<\/a> (<a href=\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"http:\/\/cb.nowan.net\/images\/VRquickWrite.avi\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\">slightly higher quality<\/a> (6.4mb) ) of my experiment. I\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\&#8217;m quite a beginner at this input method but it\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\&#8217;s really easy to learn and write fast. <\/p>\n<p>The 3rd dimension could be used to switch the output characters (uppercase, numerical, punctuation etc). <\/p>\n<p>Read on for more infos about QuickWrite.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,13,16],"tags":[467,72,465,213,212],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cb.nowan.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cb.nowan.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cb.nowan.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cb.nowan.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cb.nowan.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cb.nowan.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cb.nowan.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cb.nowan.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cb.nowan.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}