Touring!

Just a few days away from the next part of the Andre Rieu World Stadium tour. The next couple of weeks we will be visiting Amsterdam, then do a TV-special in my hometown Maastricht, and then pay a visit to Leipzig.

Pictures follow when I’m back! Then I also will continue with my MultiTouch setup and the WiiMote hacks!

Virtual head tracking with the WiiMote

Finally I’ve got a WiiMote borrowed from a friend! Now I can start the by Johnny Lee (www.johnnylee.net) inspired hacks for my computer. I showed his video to my teacher and asked if we could make a graduation project around this. Fortunately, he also got very enthusiast when seeing the video and ensured me that we would come up with a proper project!

First target: Get the examples up and running! A encountered a couple of problem getting the wii hooked upped to my pc. First of all, the BlueSoleil bluetooth stack is not free to use, and I thought it should also be possible to pair the WiiMote with the program which came along with my MSI BToes 1.0 usb dongle. With the help of google I found a easy way to do this, so problem solved.

Being full of excitement, I started the program johnny Lee has written:

- Crash - 

Hmm, what could this be.. Again with the help of google I found out I had to update my DirectX version to the latest. Now running the software just works great! Now I just have to make a fancy goggle with a IR LED on the right and left side, so the WiiMote can track my head. I didn’t had any IR LEDs, so I took 2 remotes and pushed the buttons, which makes the IR LEDs blink. I works! Although it’s a bit glitchy due to the blinking LEDs, I was surprised of the smoothes already achieved! When I’m back home in a couple of weeks I’ll buy some IR LED’s and continue with the next tests.