From virtual reality to real life... (en - Part 1/2)

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From virtual reality to real life...

The wiimote, as a 3D input device, gives more usability for evolving inside virtual (3D drawings, SecondLife) and real worlds (military purposes). This will be the purpose of 2 posts. First, this post focuses on virtual one's :

The following application and script refer to 3D drawing applications :

Name/Logo	Description	Comment Author
DAL Wiimote Server and Wiicam for Maya	This application allows the user to control a camera with a Wiimote to simulate the look of a handheld camera. Users can capture these movements for use in animation.	Link(Lang. : English) Sources / Binaries / Video Demo O.S. : WinXP Author : Paris Mavroidis (02/20/2008)
Wiimote Commands for Autodesk	A GlovePie script to control camera visualisation of Autodesk tool. [Wiimote+Autodesk]	Post 1 – Post 2 (Lang. English) GlovePIE Script O.S. : WinXP Author : Scott Sheppard (18/12/2007)

And now, to illustrate some videos :

Vidéo 1 :

[Wii Controller for Virtual Reality – YouTube video uploaded by Oliver Kreylos-09/27/2007]

Vidéo 2 :

[QuartzComposer, GoogleEarth, and Wiimote – YouTube Video uploaded by Hiroaki (pseudo hiroaki0923)-12/06/2006]

Finally, other docs to browse :

Type	Titre - Author	Site Web/ref
Presentation	Wii+Mac Book Pro + Dome Paul Bourke - Experimentation with a Wii Controler as a 3D interface for virtual words.	Lien (Lang. Anglais) Vidéo 03/2007
About Gesture recognition and the wiimote - Publication	3D inputs for a 3D word Sreeram Sreedharan, Edmund S. Zurita, Beryl Plimmer Departments of Electrical, Computer Engineering and Computer Science University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand - from Abstract : "...using Wii controllers to provide 3D gesture-based input to the 3D virtual world, Second Life. By evaluating its usability, we found that gesture-based interfaces are appealing and natural for hand gestures such as wave but difficult to map to facial expressions."	Link (Lang. : English) (11/27/2007)
Application	Science on a Sphere NOAA - Science On a Sphere (SOS)® is a room sized, global display system that uses computers and video projectors to display planetary data onto a six foot diameter sphere, analogous to a giant animated globe. Here, the wiimote is used by the speaker as an interface. (from)	Lien (Lang. English) Training Manual : PDF Installation : PPT
Article	PSC scientists adapt the Wii remote controller to steered molecular dynamics. Pittsburg Supercomputing Center, U.S.A - (unfolding proteins and bucky balls C60)	Lien (Lang. : Anglais) (12/4/2007)