Get your head in the game with Wii remote VR display

wow. color me impressed. that certainly could be the future of gaming and the fact that it could be done RIGHT NOW on consoles gets me all kinds of excited. how hard would it be for a game developer to make a Wii game and include a plastic shell to sit your Wiimote on the TV in place of the sensor bar and include some glasses or a headband with IR sensors. Nintendo would be crazy not to at least send this guy a letter telling him to keep up the good work or better yet give him a job.

this could seriously be the rebirth of console FPS's as we know it. you wanna look around a corner, then look. or a football game with helmet vision or something. this has really got me all kinds of excited. JUMP ON THIS NINTENDO!

I just sent an email to nintendo to hire him.

you never know..

That... was totally ub3r!

Gee, it seems a lot of people havent seen VR displays before...

Never read the story posted here on joystiq about a developer saying the next big thing in motion sensing and interactivity would be done with a camera?

It was mean presicely for this. This guy is usin the wii IR Camera, but you can sure as hell develope something with a different type of camera.

And Im pretty sure Nintendo must have known about this at some point prior to releasing the wii, but they chose not to implement it. Perhaps because not many genres are very well suited for this, but first person experience ones.

They should implement this tech for FPS, instead of stupid things like the wii zapper. Im not sure how this tech would fare in an actual 3D enviroment constantly changing like in a FPS, and you would need to always play in a set position to ensure max effectiveness. Im sure fast paced games like Unreal would tire the hell out of someone in minutes XD

That is one smart SOB. And damn that is cool.

Imagine playing Portal with this? It would blow your fucking mind.

I tried running the program, but I keep getting an error message. I was looking froward to it too.

That is absolutely awesome. Man, I would love to play new games like this. Even so-so games would at least be cool to look at. Aaaah, I can see it now: The Super Suntan Lotion Rubbing Simulation Game with motion sensitive technology and VR Head Tracking on Wii. Fantastic video.

Hi Ho! Kermit The Frog here!

really cool demo

I believe we've found the missing link for true 3D immersion, besides wiimote flailing.

Horror games like Resident Evil would be scarier.

Also, imagine Sadako climbing out the TV >_<

You know, I was gonna watch this video here, but then this really large annoying flash pop-up ad appeared and covered half the screen. It would not go away when I tried to close it. Hence it looks like I'm gonna have to go somewhere else to watch this video. Sorry Joystiq.

P.S. - The lesson we learned today is this: Ads that expand to cover the screen force traffic away from you.

So, if I have one Wiimote as a gun, wii glasses to track my head, and the wii balance board to control my movement... then I essentially have the coolest FPS controls ever? right?

Normally I don't waste my time posting on these because it's a pain, but this is ridiculous. Heres how this needs to go down. Nintendo needs to see this if they don't already have it as an ace in the hole. Then they need to release a kit and have certain games developed just for this technology. The best part about this is how simple it is (which fit's in with Nintendo's current game plan). The LED glasses converted to IR, pure genius. If Nintendo doesn't capitalize on this they don't deserve to make games. Though judging by they're online gaming record they're pretty slow to the punch and very lackluster once the punch connects. The only dumb thing I see about this kid is that he is showing this off to the public. Should be developing his own version for PC or somthin.

protip;
1. enter any 3d modelling software

2. hold down mousebutton in preview mode

3. move the mouse while you move your head in the opposite direction.

4. OH WOW!!! IT'S 3D!!

nothing new here, but it's cool because he uses the wiimote. go nintendo!

This dude will never have to write a resume.

EVER!

BRILLIANT!

NINTENDO snap this guy up! MS, copy this idea!

Sony already have this idea and have/are implementing into it's next-gen console:

Playstation - The 4th Dimension (PS4D)

- Now you didn't hear anything from me aight? ^_~

This guy is a one-man rocket factory! No more duct tape!