In the ten months since we last saw Martin Lihs's WiiSpray application, the Bauhaus University student has turned his combination of Flash programming and custom Wiimote enclosure from a simple tagging simulator to a networked platform for interactive art. We're hoping the next step is "thing that you can buy."
After plugging the Wiimote into the virtual spray can, you can "spray" onto a projected surface, change colors, choose and manipulate stencils, and even save work to a server for further editing at the time and place of the user's choice. Let's see you try that with a wall. Check after the break for a video demonstration!
Me thinks you've never really played Sunshine to even say something like that. The game wanted you to clean up the place not make more mess of it. How would this 'enhance' the cleaning??
Yeah, I can see how I got whited out for that one. I was being sarcastic however omitted that the spray can peripheral could act as Mario's water sprayer in cleaning things up. Yeah, didn't think that previous post through. My bad.
This is some sort of crazy badass awesome I think. The blend of art and games is one that I fully support. And watching the video, I really wish I could get my hands on some WiiSpray now, with a setup like it was shown with.
Woah! i have a program exactly like that behind my house. its called a Wall and some spray paint.
this would actually be pretty awesome.. it would have alot of really cool applications for marketing ideas... just think... walking down the street... you see a mario or metroid costumed character running to a wall and bombing it with some sick sick color or logo for a new game...
