What do I do in the video?
- Calibrate the Wii Whiteboard application
- Use the IR Pen with MS Paint. In the second image I drew with Paint I wrote “Hello Mel” but the bad auto white balance function of my bad Nokia 6610 Navigator cam (which cam sucks extraordinarily!!!) prevented readability.
- Use IR Pen with MS Explorer (NOT Internet Explorer)
I compiled Johnny Chung Lee’s Wii Whiteboard Application and used it with an infrared (IR) light pen that I built on my own (see figure 1).
I projected a videobeamer’s image onto white cardboard (the ones which are used for passepartouts) that stood on an easel. Before that I put grey cardboard onto the easel but the grey cardboard produced bad reflection of infrared light which caused bad tracking results by the Wiimote.
Figure 1: My IR pen (with old switch) and Wiimote with its “customised” stand
Anyway, this is just the kick-off for further actions with the Wiimote and IR pens but the setup for this was really hard to establish.
Finally: Guess to which music I was listening to!
Melanie
Johannes
March 6, 2008 at 5:43 pm |
it’s the suicide commando: radiohead
March 6, 2008 at 5:44 pm |
and, of course: well done!
March 6, 2008 at 6:50 pm |
[...] TheILATechie wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptI compiled Johnny Chung Lee’s Wii Whiteboard Application and used it with an infrared light pen that I built on my own. I project a videobeamer’s image onto white cardboard (the ones which are used for passepartouts) that stands on an … [...]
March 7, 2008 at 1:59 pm |
Wow, very cool! I really like how you put the WII-Remote-Control into scene! I can only imagine that it was not as easy to set up as it comes across in the Johnny Lee movies. Are you feeling now like in a position to move on and carry out new experiments?
Mel.
November 2, 2009 at 5:38 pm |
The best part is the wiimote stand. that is the simplest quick and dirty solution I have seen…