Tracking fingers with the Wii Remote

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Using an IR led array and some reflective tape, you can track fingers in thin air using the Wii Remote by Johnny Chung Lee, Carnegie Mellon University. The grid software is a custom program written using a C# wiimote library and DirectX. More information about the grid software can be found at www.cs.cmu.edu

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cman123875 March 3, 2011 at 4:34 pm

thumbs up if you tried this

annyDonlon March 3, 2011 at 5:10 pm

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BradX8 March 3, 2011 at 6:00 pm

Wow that look awesome idea.

MichalBehern March 3, 2011 at 6:06 pm

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Justbngoode March 3, 2011 at 6:39 pm

@clevermacia too bad they didn’t listen to him XD

clevermacia March 3, 2011 at 7:28 pm

@TheSignalComes uh I wasn’t implying that he invented the kinect but thanks for clearing that up

rockylegend1234 March 3, 2011 at 7:38 pm

johnny lee FTW

minapuhuhuonosuomi March 3, 2011 at 8:14 pm

this is 2007. He must have done something pretty cool by now

RavenHouseProduction March 3, 2011 at 8:23 pm

@clevermacia really?

Ianpalmer23 March 3, 2011 at 8:42 pm

The k

rassnic March 3, 2011 at 9:23 pm

and how do you tap? If you can’t this is completely useless

TheSignalComes March 3, 2011 at 9:28 pm

@clevermacia Uh, no. He was on the team, but it was developed long time before him.

shanti09ful March 3, 2011 at 10:18 pm

meeh i am really bored anyone wanna play and have fun

williamthomasmi10 March 3, 2011 at 10:36 pm

0:58
Doo doo.
lol.

sandermans15 March 3, 2011 at 11:02 pm

i was thinking about the same thing (not exactly but the same principal) :D , without watching this movie :p

instead of using rings you can also paste the reflective paper on a glove ;) or you can use reflective paint :p

kerliani March 4, 2011 at 12:01 am

hola, un gusto… y saludos desde VENEZUELA , me gustaria ver si podemos ponernos en contacto ,estoy elaborando mi tesis. studio informatica y estoy interesada en hacer un programa con este sistema,,, no domino mucho el ingles… si es de tu agrado podemos intercambiar correos y conversar… :) espero tu respuesta

WhySoSerious663 March 4, 2011 at 12:36 am

THIS IS THE NEW BILL GATES!!!!!

cranil March 4, 2011 at 1:30 am

@clevermacia And now he’s hired by Google!

k33nzisk33nz March 4, 2011 at 1:31 am

this dude is a sell out, switching to Google from Microsoft…

goldbullet50 March 4, 2011 at 2:01 am

@kinglrd so ur a yank

maurox55 March 4, 2011 at 2:07 am

@clevermacia jajajajajajajajajajaja lol thats cool XD

houstondodgeball March 4, 2011 at 2:14 am

@clevermacia nice.

oOAeroOo March 4, 2011 at 3:05 am

use a white glove – it’s quite cooler

macintosh311 March 4, 2011 at 3:20 am

This is a good person.

GamiTsunami March 4, 2011 at 4:15 am

If you moved the stuff to underneath your fingers and had that paper on all of your fingers you could have a virtual keyboard

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