Head Tracking for Desktop VR Displays using the WiiRemote

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by Alex

The only problem I can see is that Wii is often a social gaming type thing. In that environment I think it would be very hard on the other people. What they need to do in combination is put the screen in the glasses so everybody can wear their own pair and get their own head-tracking of the same thing.

That and the fact that you couldn't play and look around at the same time.

But still very cool.

It seems to me that you could still watch someone else play and it wouldn't be that bad an experience. It looks like a normal screen, unlike the double-vision look of current 3D tech. Since this is for one-person gaming only anyway, it wouldn't be used for games that other people would want to watch, so I guess it's a moot point.

As for not looking around, since when does a player look at anything but the game? If the environment really were this immersive (I move to one side to see further down a hallway, etc) then I would be totally involved in the game and not be looking anywhere else anyway.

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

As for not looking around, since when does a player look at anything but the game? If the environment really were this immersive (I move to one side to see further down a hallway, etc) then I would be totally involved in the game and not be looking anywhere else anyway.

In what little gaming I do (very little), I know I will sometimes move my head to the right or left while still looking at the screen (and I know I am not alone - it is a somewhat natural action). I am not sure how this would affect the view.

Also, as explained in the video, the technology shown was specific to the one player. He even acknowledged that it wouldn't look right to someone watching from the sides.