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Using infrared (IR) light pens and the Wii Remote, it is possible to create very low-cost multi-point interactive whiteboards and multi-point tablet displays. Johnny Chung Lee, Carnegie Mellon University. Download the software. Great stuff, it is wonderful to see what people can create with technology.
Related: Very Cool Wearable Computing Gadget from MIT – Build Your Own Tabletop Interactive Multi-touch Computer – Whiteboard Mechanical Simulation System (from MIT) – How Do Wii Game Controllers Work?
November 4th, 2009 at 3:22 am
This is so cool, we have a Wii and i have to make this. Right now i’m using a 6′ by 3′ white board and we take pics with our cell phone of it…its not optimal. Johny Chung Lee makes it look easy.
November 27th, 2009 at 10:08 am
Just for your additional info, you might wanna check out Smootboard software as well since you interested with the wiimote whiteboard. Basically, it resembles what Johnny Lee’s idea. But what makes it different is that Smoothboard allows the usage of 2 wiimote controls simultaneously which allows better tracking and act as a redundancy. This comes to great use when one wiimote is blocked, the other can capture the other point. Besides the 2 wiimotes can use for the Whiteboard and Presenter function.
On top of that, with the latest version of Smoothboard it has now comes out with the in-built annotation features and as well as autoconnect mode.
You can give it a try using its free trial at the following link.
Hope you like it as much as I do!