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Another Brilliant Johnny Lee Wii Vid

nonnac — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 16:52:26 MST

this would definitely be awesome for 3rd person games, because we see those like we're watching a movie, and now it would be in 3d. it might not work well for 1st person games though...

playing an fps, it's like you're in a room, wearing a helmet with a small square opening to look out of (which is the edges of your screen). the opening stays right up against your virtual face, so you have decent visibility as you move around and turn. in johnny's setup, the opening you're looking through is still the edges of the screen, but to get the 3d effect he backs up the point of view by a few feet. so now that frame of visibility isn't against your face, it's 4 feet in front of you. you see 3d, but the area you can see is much narrower. basically he's made your screen into a virtual frame within the game, and the only use for that in a first person game would be something like shooting out of in-game windows. i'm trying to think of how to get around this problem, but it seems like the technique really wants a 3rd person p.o.v.

nonnac

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Video — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 01:13:22 MST

Nintendo better hire this guy.... he is a genious

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Tonx — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 13:06:03 MST

What's really cool?
The Wii Balance board, with some creative programming, could accomplish much of the same thing. Because it can sense weight distribution and where your head is (ie the soccer ball demo) it could easily sense 3-D space in this way. With an existing peripheral?

Oh God I can't wait to see what this guy does with the balance board.

Tonx

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Kwyjibo77 — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 07:47:31 MST

Google TrackIR, it's been around for years, and I have been using one on my PC for years (mostly for driving and flightsims). This is nothing new or earth shattering, it just shows the underlying technology the Wiimote uses.

Kwyjibo77

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Mrmoo2002 — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 22:10:11 MST

That's gotta be one of the most incredible things ive ever seen. I had no idea it was as simple as that to get that effect. Makes you wonder why nintendo hasn't looked into this side of the Wii yet. Can you imagine if they did?

Mrmoo2002

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krunkjuice — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 15:59:50 MST

Can someone please explain to me how the Wii is innovative? I keep hearing this and I don't get how something that is just an upscale version of twenty year old power glove technology is innovative...thanks.

krunkjuice

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L_K_M — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 04:52:22 MST

MKava wrote: "No practical use right now"
Actually, I'm thinking of incorporating the IR pen thing into demos of our own application. Imagine demoing an app, and then just going to the projection and manipulating stuff right there while explaining what you're doing, instead of moving between laptop and projection.

L_K_M

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waitinthecar — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 23:47:38 MST

While there may not be many scenarios where you can imagine wanting to move your head around drastically while playing a video game, that shouldn't diminish this application's possibilities.

I think the most fantastic aspect of it is the fact that even while playing a standard first person (or even third person) game it would always create a virtually 3D environment. Even the slightest, unintentional head movements while playing (tilting one's head, changing position on the couch, etc.) would cause a slight shift in perspective that would further reinforce the 3D sensation. I wouldn't be surprised if it even caused some motion sickness in certain scenarios.

Absolutely nothing short of brilliance here. I'd expect to see some actual games using this concept by the end of next year.

waitinthecar

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Buzzy Beetle — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 21:56:22 MST

Someone, please, for the love of God, show these videos to Iwata or Miamoto or Reggie or SOMEONE with a voice in Nintendo to get this guy on board and get the technology integrated with gameplay.

It's remarkable. Downright remarkable, revolutionary, incredible, etc...

Buzzy Beetle

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Witzbold — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 20:21:24 MST

I showed my father this and the first thing he said when Mr. Lee showed it in action was "holy shit!" I kid you not folks.

Seriously I do hope we see him making some products for nintendo in the near future. Since that man has a vision and a gift that he needs to share with the rest of the world.

Incredible once again, simply incredible.

Witzbold

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TJH518 — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 18:37:01 MST

Someone that develops games for the Wii... please... hire this man, for all of us.

TJH518

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Mega-Driven — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 17:15:45 MST

The "money shot" is actually at 3:53. Seriously.

Johnny Lee is new to me, and I think he is great!

Mega-Driven

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goldwings — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 17:02:15 MST

Whoa thta's sick. Too bad the gaming industry aren't taking too many risks when it comes to creating these kind of games.

goldwings

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krz — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 12:08:39 MST

its nice to see this done with the wiimote...but for pc users there is a device called trackIR available since years and it is actually heavily used by the flightsimulation scene (fs, il2, lockon,...). you can controll your plane with your HOTAS and move your view with small headmovement. you move your head closder to the screen to zoom in on the instruments for example.

to get a nice idea how this looks you can check-out the start-up video of the soon to be released DCS ( [www.digitalcombatsimulator.com] ) or this il2 video ( [www.youtube.com] ) but il2 was not specially designed for 6dof still it plays awsome with trackIR

krz

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onomeister — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 12:08:02 MST

Seriously, I hope Johnny has submitted a patent for this idea... (otherwise, he's not such a genius). There are probably many developers ready right now to steal his idea.

Nintendo's Super Mario Galaxy team needs to incorporate this idea for their next version: "Super Mario Virtual Reality". Just imagine all the awesome innovative ideas that dev team can come up with using this idea!!! *drools*

onomeister

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Maddogdw — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 12:03:34 MST

Could you imagine an adventure game where you could actually walk around the rooms themselves? Think about Dreamfall: TLJ and how awesome walking around in those environments would be...

Maddogdw

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incredibilistic — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 07:57:24 MST

Forget Nintendo, if Sony had half a brain they'd hire the guy to work on some software/hardware for the PSEye!

Actually, ANY software or hardware developer would benefit from his obvious smarter-than-the-average-bear brilliance. The military should hire him to make displays for airplanes or at least the simulators. Could you imagine soldiers using VR glasses as they walk on a treadmill and a GunCon?!?!?!

Simply amazing. This guy is a millionaire waiting to happen!

incredibilistic

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mikomichan — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 07:14:31 MST

It appeared as if the targets where actually being displayed in front of the display in mid-air until he moved up close and one got cut off in the display. Up until that point, the optical illusion was amazing. My mind says it's all on a flat screen, my eyes says it's in mid-air.

I would love to see a dodgeball simulation with his set up. Haha.

This would be a great way to bring back the point and click adventure genre (see Myst, Indiana Jones, Day of the Tentacle, etc..) by adding a more interactive feel where you have to move around to get a better view of your surroundings.

mikomichan

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Onizuka-GTO — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 06:23:35 MST

oh haruhi, fatal frame? With this?

i'll be mentally scarred ! think of the traumas you'll unleash on the kids? Have you no SOUL?!!

Onizuka-GTO

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underground_slacker — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 05:58:04 MST

why is this man not batting reggie off from humping his leg right now?

this would be fantastic in old school arcade games like house of the dead, or a cool mod to resident evil 4, it would definatley make the new fatal frame game coming out even more "shit yer pants" scary.

underground_slacker

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dragon — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 04:03:22 MST

Head-tracking is when you manage to aim perfectly on an opponent's head, while he's moving, in RTCW with your mouse. :p

dragon

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TC — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 03:11:30 MST

I'm impressed. This makes me want to keep the Wii I got my sister for christmas.

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Sloopydrew — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 01:17:49 MST

Could this be the interface "secret" that Nintendo claimed they were keeping until the last big E3 (that they never did end up revealing)?

Nintendo implements this into their games and the Wii will continue flying off the shelves.

Sloopydrew

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Satsuz — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 23:41:24 MST

@cybereality: Part of the reason this is so great, is that it's cheap, and can use standard hardware (if you don't mind strapping the sensor bar to your head :/).

Anyways, Johnny Chung Lee is my hero. Next time any Kotaku editor sees someone from Nintendo, this needs to be discussed. This concept being used on the Wii has such epic potential that any problems with rights or red tape or whatever are worth smoothing out.

Satsuz

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mudkipz — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 22:43:48 MST

that guy pretty much melted my mind with the stuff he's been posting. if any of his ideas ever come to life in the video game form i may just have to buy a wii again.

mudkipz

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RigorMortis — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 22:25:18 MST

If Nintendo hired this guy and ran with his ideas, they could crush Sony and MS.

I hope gaming companies start dumping truckloads of money on this guy's doorstop, and soon.

RigorMortis

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grumbel — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 21:58:33 MST

@MADMINSTREL: The special sensorbar is very cheap, most people already have a second Wiimote and even multiplayer shouldn't be a problem, the Wiimote can track four IR dots, figuring out which of those belong together shouldn't be to hard.

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Ruglia — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 21:30:53 MST

This is what the Wii should've been like! Dude is giving Nintendo a lesson on their own hardware.

Ruglia

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Nessman — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 21:04:26 MST

that was really sweet.

Well if he can't get a job in game development, at least he'll always have a fall-back as voice-acting for kermit the frog

Nessman

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SwordandSorcery — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 19:37:10 MST

I would like to see a paper mario using this tech

SwordandSorcery

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Malavin — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 18:34:44 MST

...Nintendo still hasn't hired this guy? Seriously?! He's like, perfect for the R&D Department... Some video game company somewhere should get a hold of him soon, he's got some great ideas.

Malavin

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d00000000d — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 17:24:22 MST

Hi, not only has there been TrackIR ([www.youtube.com] and [www.naturalpoint.com]), there is also Freetrack ([www.free-track.net]). Videos are available for both on Youtube.

d00000000d

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d00000000d — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 17:10:57 MST

That's great, but... [www.naturalpoint.com]

d00000000d

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d00000000d — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 17:09:22 MST

I like how he's using the Wii, but this not really that new. Things like TrackIR has been around for a while now. [www.naturalpoint.com]

d00000000d

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quen — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 16:09:48 MST

@reddevil: I don't think games even really need to 'take advantage' of it specifically. It might cause some problems, but I would have thought the basic technology could be built into any game that uses 3D rendering (roughly speaking, all it's doing is changing the angle of the view that is being shown). That would be a pretty cool added option for many games. Games that would actually use it (like that Konami arcade game where you have to duck down behind cover) might be rarer. It's the kind of thing they could maybe sell the peripheral with a game designed for it, but then also release other games that support the feature.

I'm not sure how practical it would be - likely if they did ever release it, it wouldn't literally use a Wii Remote, but would just be a tiny camera that clips onto the top of your existing sensor bar, plus maybe some kind of headband or something with the LEDs? Which could clip into the Wiimote for power (to save having a separate battery), although not if the game used nunchuk.

Basically I think it's unlikely to happen but is pretty damn cool :) Maybe Nintendo are getting some ideas, if not for now, then for Wii 2...

(I'd love to see accurate position-sensing on the Wiimote 2; and if they get accurate position-sensing cheap enough to use in that, they could make other peripherals that also do the same, such as a head-mounted one, without the need for infra-red lights everywhere. Of course, infra-red lights everywhere are how they've managed to make it cheap enough this time around!)

quen

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Cojo21 — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 15:36:47 MST

Someone with a little more access than us lowly kotakuites (that's you editors) should ask Reggie or Iwata if there aware of this work. Maybe they just don't know. Stuck in a bubble and no time to gaze at the intertubes.

Cojo21

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Anaxymander — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 15:31:09 MST

I love learning!

Anaxymander

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cybereality — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 15:11:44 MST

@BOOJI-BOY:
Well, they do have this technology for the PC. Like the Vuzix VR920, which can be bought for around $350. Its a head-mounted-display with a 3DOF headtracker. It displays a true stereo 3d image (like Beowolf IMAX3D). The 3D works with pretty much any directx/opengl game. The headtracking only works on supported titles, but there are some big games on the list like HL2, WoW, UT2K4, MSFS, etc.

[www.vuzix.com]

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Vintage — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 15:05:01 MST

im never gonna stop saying this... Time Crisis + this + wii = love!

Vintage

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cybereality — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 14:59:15 MST

Most impressive.

Also, this technique was used in an arcade game called Police 911 (@FrostCircus: I guess not to many people go to the arcades these days). Its a gun game like virtua cop but it uses facial recognition to achieve the same effect (back in 2000). Think of it like time crisis, but it automatically knows when you duck or peek around a corner. Very fun, they should do a Wii port. Konami, if you read this: you're sitting on an easy cash-in. Bring Police911 to the Wii.

cybereality

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Draig — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 14:40:06 MST

@TaMs: Agreed, he could make shed loads. Instead he seems to have done the opposite by posting a how-to guide on the internet. Unless he actually has patented it and I'm just too lazy to find out.
Imagine if this guy appeared on something like Dragon's Den with this idea, he'd literally have the dragons fighting over him to get an investment.

Draig

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That Girl Hates You — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 14:35:21 MST

Thats freaking cool and it's not very "difficult" to do either. Ok here is the new innovation for main stream games/ FPS. I really want an FPS with this

That Girl Hates You

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crazyorloco — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 14:16:13 MST

This guy is awesome. Nintendo take notice. Hire him.

crazyorloco

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Batmundo — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 14:14:05 MST

@MasterSauce: Yes, but when will Nintendo get on the ball with this? Has anyone at HQ even seen the videos yet?

What they must do:
1) Hire Johnny Lee.
2) Develop the extra hardware and some games for this, making sure it would work with existing Wiis as well.
3) Release a "Wii SP" or "Wii VR" update or something.
4) Release separate upgrade packs for everyone that already has a Wii, so no one is left out.
5) Print more money for themselves.
6) Give me some of that money...just for kicks.

Batmundo

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shinryuu — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 12:58:04 MST

Mannnnn this guy is so cool.

shinryuu

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Foxdie — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 12:17:12 MST

Nintendo needs to hire this guy already.

Foxdie

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DruDown007 — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 12:07:16 MST

Wow, it would be a shame if NIntendo slept on this guy and he ends up making the completely original and bad ass "PS3-mote" in the near future.

DruDown007

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Aaronosuke — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 12:01:47 MST

@frostcircus: YES!! That game was awesome! Definitely similar technology. Im sure some developer is/has working on something with that technology, if not there extremely stupid.@Indietendo64: Lol he does sound like him but there both legends. Well done Johnny, hopefully some smart dev will hire you then you can make your own games.

Aaronosuke

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manicfoot — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 11:52:08 MST

This has got me as excited as I was the first time I saw the Wiimote. Wow, absolutely amazing. The amount of experiences this could enhance is just staggering. I mean, imagine a new Rogue game where you have a first person view inside the X-wing and Tie-fighters are flying past you and everything? Wow... Please, Nintendo. YOU HAVE TO USE THIS

manicfoot

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Kounji — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 11:36:39 MST

Someone give this man a job. He just stumbled upon one of the next big advances for game development.

Kounji

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jayntampa — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 10:57:21 MST

holy crap ... those safety goggles and IR LEDs, we're talking like less than $10 to make and add to a game -- why isn't Nintendo or a 3rd party developer doing this?!?!

jayntampa

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IronsUK — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 10:48:33 MST

That guy is awesome, bit it begs the question: Why aresn't we seeing any real innovation from Wii game developers? Somebody should be taking this guys ideas on board and basing games around them.

IronsUK

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dead_red_eyes — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 10:32:31 MST

There honestly needs to be more developers and engineers out there that look past their product to see other valuable uses for it ... clearly, Johnny is pushing the Wii past the limits where nobody ever thought it could go. That is true innovation right there, and it's great to see some random guy doing what a company should have been doing in the first place ... pushing the limits.

dead_red_eyes

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闇太郎 — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 10:30:56 MST

That was amazing! As if the Wii hadn't been rocking the sales charts already, here's a way to make it exponentially more awesome. Begging the question, why didn't Nintendo think of this already; also, why don't they try to do whatever they can to entice Johnny Lee to join the ranks?

...Well, we may never know the answers...Okay, if we were to ask we could find out, but for the sense of the dramatic effect I'm ruining by putting this thought in here, let's assume that there's a plausible probability that we may never know (which there is...just it's very small)...

Ahem. In any event, it's a remarkably clever idea, and was extremely well executed. The infrared glasses...mmmm, sexy.

闇太郎

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Browzilla — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 10:30:16 MST

@Browzilla: Actually, here's a quote from his blog.

"Split screen for 2 people - if you split the screen and use two head mounted sensor bars, you can do this for two people... and possibly with one tracking wiimote. One wiimote does 4 dots, so it could (with some smarts) handle two heads. The field of view of a wiimote is only 45 degrees, so it might be cramped with 2 people. But, you could use one wiimote per head and still do split screen."

Browzilla

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Browzilla — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 10:23:31 MST

@MadMinstrel:
I think it could, actually, although you'd need another Wiimote on a stand at an angle that didn't also perceive the first pair of glasses. Each remote just looks for IR points, they don't all have to be the same points.

Browzilla

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Shteve — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 10:20:37 MST

I think that what makes those clips cool is the way he presents them, of course he's brilliant but he's also an extremely good spoker, he makes everything look simple and there's confidence in his voice. Today, everybody can post a video of himself on the internet but I've rarely seen people speaking the same quality has he does.

Shteve

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setuzoku — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 10:17:34 MST

Reggie!!! hire this man NOW!!

setuzoku

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Soriya — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 10:04:15 MST

That is freaking awesome. Thanks Johnny!

Soriya

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Booji-Boy — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 09:52:21 MST

@paulmcg: Why wait for Wii 2 or whatever when we can use this tech RIGHT NOW?

Booji-Boy

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Hauler — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 09:48:48 MST

Wow, that was far more impressive than I thought it would be and I loved his little "I want to see some games" comment near the end.

Hauler

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KevSlider — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 09:47:37 MST

Dear Nintendo,

HIRE HIM!! Jesus this guy is innovative.

KevSlider

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Karosso — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 09:44:15 MST

Come on Sony!! Just hire this guys and crush the competition...

Karosso

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Facelift — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 09:41:25 MST

This guy is amazing!!!

Facelift

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jp182 — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 09:12:00 MST

I'm sure Nintendo probably already knows what is possible but they are just going to use it down the road to increase the longevity of the console. However, this man does need to be rewarded with a job in NOA OR if Microsoft or Sony were smart, they'd snatch him up to develop peripherals for their console ;-)

jp182

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Heyyou27 — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 09:10:44 MST

This is what the Wii should be like!

Heyyou27

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Winterbringer — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 09:01:21 MST

Why isn't this guy working for Nintendo again?!

Winterbringer

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Mario's Pants — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 08:22:51 MST

He is, in a word, brilliant. Don't worry folks, he will go far.

Anyway, I noticed that Jim's packed on a little weight over the years (his breaking beer bottle photos illustrate that he used water and thus probably drank the beer), so those of you who feel inferior can, at least, volunteer as his personal trainer.

Mario's Pants

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landonweber — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 08:19:11 MST

his look to the camera at 3:50 is priceless! lol

very cool, i want to try this out (as soon as I can find a wii . . .)

landonweber

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captronj — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 08:18:58 MST

why has nintendo not picked him up with a fat salary to make my life even better?

captronj

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bubuli — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 08:16:36 MST

please somebody from Nintendo give this guy a JOB!

bubuli

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bentusian — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 08:10:38 MST

This guy is friggin' cool!

bentusian

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jettokisora — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 08:02:47 MST

Hire this man, *now*.

jettokisora

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gaiking — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 07:56:12 MST

Nintendo SHOULD hire him ...but they wil instaed say...

"People don't want to play games that way. Consumers are not interested in virtual worlds or being online.".........ugghh.

It is soooo sad but true. Nintendo will come up with a great idea like Wii but will not let it get to it's true potential.

This man knows his stuff....WOW!!!!

gaiking

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jacksinn — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 07:54:19 MST

This feels important.

jacksinn

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McFarland — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 07:50:28 MST

This is a great display of how the Wii hardware can be utilized, but it's really nothing new. Head tracking is kind of the basics of VR and has been around for a while. I'm not knocking Lee's work, it's fantastic to see people creatively use the Wii for something better than collecting effing stars.

What would really be great is to use this with a head mounted display or even some Sega 3D Glasses.

McFarland

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Yurishoo — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 07:42:02 MST

I'm pretty sure Johnny isn't the pioneer of VR head-tracking, the technology/concept already exists and is most likely owned by some other company which makes the likelihood of Nintendo implementing Johnny's idea a little more complicated. Don't get me wrong, this guy is off-da-hook and I think he's a VR stud but I'm just too pessimistic about Nintendo being able to implement this anytime soon.

Yurishoo

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nya-chama — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 07:38:49 MST

@gramblor:
omg, you are so right, this would be great for a pokemon snap game!

nya-chama

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Onizuka-GTO — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 07:30:08 MST

this is what i call next-gen!

Onizuka-GTO

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LordMaim — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 07:26:12 MST

@cmoody17: Screw that. Nintendo should work for Johnny Lee

LordMaim

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Clushje — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 07:22:23 MST

Needs to be hired asap.

Clushje

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Shteve — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 07:20:24 MST

The ending is amazing !

"hey Nintendo, look at that ! Now hire me so we can have great innotive games from the Wii"

Shteve

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qsceszwsxasd — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 07:17:18 MST

@Clarke:

Actually, Korean-American, but w/e.
I'm not tech savvy, so, how difficult would it be to allow games to capture head tracking and make all the environments appear 3D? I mean, the demo only works with a couple of targets, but a full game?

qsceszwsxasd

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Mlata — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 07:12:16 MST

I'm still waiting for wii-games to use that kind of creativity. I mean, hell, the Wii is sooo INNOVATIVE, though no developer has been able to use it's possibilities to full extend yet!

Mlata

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revenGz — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 07:11:47 MST

genius!
pure pure genius

revenGz

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sweetie55 — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 07:00:39 MST

Heh pretty much everything I wanted to say is said. This guy is going to have quite the successful life. And yeah, Nintendo would be dumb not to hire this guy, or at least make our VR dreams come true.

sweetie55

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TwinkyC — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 06:53:21 MST

This is the future folks.

TwinkyC

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Chilly Hollow — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 06:32:32 MST

Johnny Lee's right. Time for Nintendo to start taking advantage of these features to give us more immersive games.

Chilly Hollow

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gramblor — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 06:28:40 MST

John C(hung) 'Wii'-Lee in "Program Hard: The True Next Gen Story"

Seriously, to all of those people who said Wii was a fad and is not next gen and that a controller/input device alone can not define next gen... well, to you I give you this video. I don't think that any other system can do this, and frankly, aside from needing a game and an extra remote/setup, the Wii could potentially do this out of the box!

Yum. Om om om... Needs me virtual world games...

Starting with Pokemon Snap Virtual Worlds!... Kidding!... Or am I? :O?

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Dragon_Warrior — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 05:58:31 MST

Isn't this guy behind the times, what with Sony inventing 4D and all? (I keed)

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will — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 05:55:08 MST

That. was. awesome!

It's like wearing those silly red and blue glasses, but without the silly red and blue glasses!

will

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frankstallone — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 05:54:17 MST

@Kirbytheslayer: Click the + to the right of my posts for ca...:

Yeah and teh Virtual boy was sweet!

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xpnet — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 05:38:28 MST

This guy better inspire Wii Developers.. This is AWESOME!!

xpnet

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King Louse — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 05:25:28 MST

@Islandkiwi: Yup I agree, I've had some incredibly intelligent lecturers at Uni but they couldn't articulate their knowledge...horrible educators and communicators. This would would make a great teacher.

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Islandkiwi — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 05:05:38 MST

Not just a genius, he's able to explain this crap so that Joe Nobody (us) can understand what he's talking about. That takes talent.

Islandkiwi

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eskilla — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 04:59:48 MST

Oh, man. Your sir, are a GOD.

eskilla

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Cojo21 — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 04:39:00 MST

Why doesn't some company (NINTENDO) hire this guy!

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pinoy78 — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 03:32:50 MST

Impressive. Most impressive.

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Xander — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 03:32:26 MST

Absolutely incredible. I have never seen an effect like that in my life. And with the Wii too! I am amazed. I think we may know where video games are headed in the future if we can't get volumetric displays working properly.

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Indietendo64 — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 03:23:12 MST

This guy is awesome. He sounds like kermit the frog too :D

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MadMinstrel — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 03:20:12 MST

My first reaction was 'wow'. But there are downsides. First - you've got to have too Wiimotes. So if you just bought a standard Wii package, you can't play a game that uses this. Second, you need to manufacture a special wireless head-mounted sensor bar with your game. Also, unlike most Wii games, your game wouldn't feature any kind of multiplayer. I thought about split-screen for a second, but that wouldn't work - the wiimote can't track two seperate sensor bars and know which is which. So the appeal would be limited.

That being said, the idea is awesome.

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argh — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 03:10:55 MST

Wow, this is the only Wii-related video that's actually impressed me.

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reddevil — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 03:09:40 MST

As awesome as this is, I don't think there are *too* many games you could come up with using this. Boxing is an obvious one, where you move around the area and actually dodge punches in first-person. But even in that case your movement is limited to the Wiimote's 45 degree cone which it can see.

Anybody else have any other ideas? I guess that's what developers are for.

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M. Kava — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 03:08:51 MST

Johnny Lee is pure awesome. I'm already working on getting his Wiimote whiteboard concept into practice (being able to write down notes and pseudocode while programming is great... doing it with an IR pen on the screen or elsewhere, hard to get better than that) and this one seems like something I'd be willing to try as well. No practical use right now but certainly a lot of potential wrapped up in this concept.

Johnny Lee, please don't stop. Just please, don't stop. Thank you!

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Dedendre — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 03:04:38 MST

LOVE!

Resident Evil 6 anyone?

Dedendre

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Archaotic — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 03:01:06 MST

This guy has easily earned my respect with his inventions. All the stuff he does seems so simple and almost pointless in a way, but at the same time, if you think of the ramifications it could have for the industry if it were introduced formally, the guy's obviously barking up the right tree.

Can't wait to see what he comes up with next, and here's hoping his ideas end up getting some good use.

Archaotic

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ahmeng — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 02:59:00 MST

Love to play games like that...hope its cheap.

ahmeng

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LittleBigPlaneteer — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 02:55:42 MST

@El-Suave:

Yeah, he is really good in front of the camera. You don't always find that.

LittleBigPlaneteer

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mordennight — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 02:54:35 MST

this blows my mind. developers would be retarded not to take this into consideration for future wii games being developed.

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maiky-nisute — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 02:52:37 MST

this guy deserves to work at Nintendo... NINTENDO GET THIS GUY AT YOUR OFFICE NOW!!

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cmoody17 — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 02:43:40 MST

It took me about 2 hours to install all the components. It took about 10 minutes to get over it. The point is that the potential is there though. This is a genius application.

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El-Suave — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 02:28:26 MST

On top of being brilliant, he's also really good at explaining things, which is a real gift.

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SpishackCola — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 02:22:46 MST

Someone please hire this man so you and him can make millions, please. I want my mocap boxing without the dirty arcade glove things.

SpishackCola

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ThisCharmingMan — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 02:18:53 MST

Why hasn't a game developer hired him yet? This is totally where gaming needs to go.

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egyptiansushi — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 02:13:53 MST

He is so innovative.

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TaMs — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 01:53:04 MST

He should patent his ideas or some crazy ass miyamoto will rob them :(
partially joking.

TaMs

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reddevil — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 01:42:41 MST

This guy has an extremely impressive resume. He is doing his PhD in human-computer interaction...check out his other non-Wii projects...and they will blow your mind too.

The guy has done research at Microsoft and lots of other companies. I have to say I am extremely jealous (I just took a human-computer interaction course recently...and all of his work blows away whatever we did in class...coincidentally we also discussed his "finger-tracking" video in class).

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Zero_ — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 01:37:28 MST

... o_O

Zero_

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PeterPanDude — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 01:34:30 MST

Again, absolutely amazing.
Is there anything this guy can't do?

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Deus Ex Machina — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 01:30:14 MST

Wow, if a developer actually went out and decided to this concept and made a quality game I would buy a Wii immediately.

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LittleBigPlaneteer — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 01:29:55 MST

Man this was so cool.

Honestly if Nintendo made a line of Wii VR games and released a VR helmet set-up like this, I'd buy the Wii for it. This takes things like Boxing, flying games, and FPS's to a whole new level.

This is next-gen for realll

LittleBigPlaneteer

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Trowble (XBL/PSN) — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 01:24:34 MST

Is it just me or does he sound like Kermit?

Oh and developers I want to see some games (too)! With that concept this generation, not the next. kthxbye.

Trowble (XBL/PSN)

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brello — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 01:16:21 MST

That was really cool!

brello

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lordhewlett — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 01:13:11 MST

i wont lie...

that was amazing

lordhewlett

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MasterSauce — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 01:11:55 MST

"What do you mean it *wouldn't* be useful..."

That doesn't make sense otherwise.

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pyropetey — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 01:11:05 MST

WoW O_O OMFG ....

You know I thought I had the wiimote down... through ideas of utilising it beyond what it was meant for... but man. I wasn't thinking outside the box enough >< eish this guy is a genius.

Ahhhh ... damnit this blows my mind -_-;;

And secondly for all thsoe saying that Nintendo should listen to this guy. yes they should. But for those bashing the games that Nintendo and the third parties have been coming out with. -_-;; take a chill pill. its not everyday that you meet a genius. Take some time off bashing devs for not being smart enough, honestly, how many people actually envisioned this usage? Its something that only some people can see and that everyone will take advantage of when its known. So give the dev's some credit, they did their end to the best of their ability, they just aren't super geniuses.

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MasterSauce — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 01:09:42 MST

So much going on here! There's so much potential here...Not just for shooters. but, heck yes for for shooters.

First) Johnny Lee is amazing. Not only in his work with the Wii, but the slew of other ideas he has at his website. He's a creative mind thats for sure. Since no one else has actually linked his site yet:

[www.cs.cmu.edu]

Second) This ladies and gentlemen is how the Wii will retain its appeal and value and not wash out as a "gimmick" or "toy". There are lots of haters out there who see it as the "Young kids" console. This video shows how the Wii, with a little creative thinking can expand to so many areas, not just gaming. Imagine a Wii app that allows potential buyers to "look around" a new house or car. Imagine how in depth that would feel. These type of ideas blow the door open to the Wii's potential. Boy it gets me excited.

Third)
@Brill
What do you mean it would be useful in an RPG? Aren't Role Playing Games suppose to immerse you? What would be better than to look around someones house for clues or lean in for details when reading over someone's Shoulder?

Fourth) Holy Crap that was cool.

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DigitalHero — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 01:08:02 MST

@sararr:
He makes the average joe look like he has down syndrome.

DigitalHero

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sararr — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 01:04:48 MST

I love this person, but his brain makes me feel inferior. and to whomever made reference to starfox 64 up there, i agree 100 percent. that would be fantastic.

sararr

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moonsammy — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 01:00:32 MST

@Brill: side-scroller use could be to move your head left or right a bit to see farther in different directions (lean left a bit to look ahead a little, using the inventor's idea of the tv as a window). You could do that with a standard controller, but this just seems more intuitive and natural. RPG... depends on the format really. Puzzles could get more interesting if you needed to literally *look around* a room to find solutions. I personally think just being about to see the scene from your actual perspective in actual 3d would be powerfully immersive.

I want: a good FPS, a boxing game, and a lightsaber game (some other guy has a vid showing wiimote use as a very effective saber). A Myst-like game could be amazing.

And Rez? Oh my yes. I would buy it again at twice the price to be able to play it with tech like this involved.

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DigitalHero — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 00:57:46 MST

The guy is a genius.

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Tubatic — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 00:52:52 MST

Amazing

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Brill — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 00:49:34 MST

Fuck Nintendo. Dude needs to branch out on his own! Hahaha.
It's all pretty cool. It's a shame I can't imagine this being implemented on all games though. Moving my head around in, like, a side scroller or RPG seems like it would be pointless. Big props though.

Brill

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Chaoticevl — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 00:41:00 MST

@klew: I agree whole heartedly with you. I makes me think am i really that stupid that I couldn't have thought this up myself, and the usual answer seems to be yes.

Chaoticevl

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mechawatts — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 00:40:36 MST

"If you're a Wii developer, and you're watching this: I wanna see some games!"

Fraking awesome. I completely agree with Paulmcg.

mechawatts

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Mr_Fuzzypaws — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 00:39:40 MST

Space Harrier!

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paulmcg — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 00:35:48 MST

Wow.

I think we've just seen the Wii 2.

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boopadoo — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 00:31:41 MST

I'm guessing this Wii stuff is just a hobby, which blows my mind. Kind of reminds me of John Carmack and Rocket Science -- the games are only there to keep him busy.

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MR. FAP☆FAP! — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 00:30:10 MST

Dude, that is so cool.

Nintendo had better hire this guy ASAP.

MR. FAP☆FAP!

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Goemon — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 00:23:53 MST

Hey nintendo get johnny on your team now :)

Goemon

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cmoody17 — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 00:22:13 MST

I love you Johnny Lee.
You should work for Nintendo.

cmoody17

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gtc — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 00:21:52 MST

@burningranger01: (REZ would be a good start for this)

QUOTED FOR MOTHAFUCKIN' TRUTH

This dude is amazing. Honestly, I wonder if even Nintendo realized the possibilities of their own console.

gtc

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HateFate — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 00:21:14 MST

This guy is a friggin genius. Nintendo would be fools not to hire him on. Just think of what this guy can accomplish with some serious money backing him...

After that happens someone can make a "Johnny Lee prints money" gif with cash pouring out of his mouth.

HateFate

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FatCatLim — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 00:11:15 MST

I just showed this to my boss and two colleagues in the office and they all agree: this man is a frickin' genius. I'd so love to see this implemented in some Wii games.

FatCatLim

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dead_red_eyes — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 00:09:32 MST

@BOMxAgonyxScenex:

I'd like to know the same thing as well.

@Witzbold:

Damn straight! Johnnys a genius!!!

dead_red_eyes

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Futuresex — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 00:08:06 MST

It's probably been said already, but:

Nintendo, please hire this guy. Give him a job or something. Before someone else steals him, haha

Futuresex

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cYcO_pLuXxEl — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 00:04:32 MST

This are the kinds of things that Nintendo should do in order to justify their lack of graphical power. If those simple tagets looked AMAZING in the demo, a Metroid Style game with GC graphs (to keep the framerate) would make the Wii the everything killer.

I don't know you guys, but for me this has a lot more potential and real usability than Augmented Reality. Go ahead Nintendo, just do it. And I'll forget the 2007. Really.

cYcO_pLuXxEl

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inCorinth — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 00:03:47 MST

He's still in school!?! Genius. I bet he already has dozens of job offers for when he graduates. Hopefully NIntendo is one.

inCorinth

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daknight — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 00:02:30 MST

One surprise after another from him. The other ones where cool, but not THAT practical for game application.

This on the other hand has A LOT of potential and doesn't require THAT much additonal hardware to be pack with a game that uses it. Though it does need one to have at least two controls...Nintendo should just get this guy to work for them, implement this idea into a game and release two style bundles, one with just the 'headset' and one with the 'headset and extra control'.

If Wii play manage to sell like crazy...I can only imagine a game using his!

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Seiryuu — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 23:56:32 MST

Somebody give this guy a job a staff and a shitload of money like right now.

Wow, just wow.

Seiryuu

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slikz21 — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 23:50:34 MST

Nintendo should just hire this guy straight away, and start cashing in cause this stuff is sweeeeet.

slikz21

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Bluecell — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 23:47:21 MST

My dad would put his head through the TV watching a football game like that.

Bluecell

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alb1221 — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 23:47:16 MST

Johnny Chung Lee is now officially my hero

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jive238 — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 23:44:43 MST

This was sooooooooooo cool!

and yet I dislike the idea of virtual reality =(

jive238

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Digitalguardian — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 23:41:47 MST

You should be ashamed Nintendo. You have all this potential just waiting to be harnessed. You should copy this guy, create some peripherals based on his ideas, and pitch them to developers. Stop settling for third party ports and shitty games like ninja bread man. Get those developers to start respecting the platform and start making creative games.

Digitalguardian

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darioc — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 23:37:33 MST

I can see Microsoft putting this in their next console with the sensors on the xbox live headset.

darioc

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Hand_O_Death — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 23:36:29 MST

OK, I am calling it. The first console developer to hire this man, WINS!

Hand_O_Death

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Grahamunculus — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 23:34:04 MST

@burningranger01: If this was done with rez my brain would explode with sheer unadulterated visual and audio joy.

Grahamunculus

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EnigmaNemesis — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 23:33:48 MST

Wow, he just made the Wii better than Nintendo did!

Good stuff!

EnigmaNemesis

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HigglyPiggly — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 23:33:05 MST

its a window into another world like in the golden compass!!!

HigglyPiggly

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Witzbold — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 23:33:02 MST

This man is a serious technical genius.

Somebody pick him up asap for a job and pay him massive muniez.

Witzbold

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P-Flute — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 23:32:45 MST

Dear god, all a developer has to do is include an IR type ear mounted/head mounted device and make sure they have an extra Wiimote for setting on the TV. (Probably a plastic stand for the reciever Wiimote as well, to ensure consistent measurements.) UMBRELLA CHRONICLES 3D AWARDED BEST GAME EV444RrrRRrr. R.

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Grahamunculus — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 23:32:42 MST

This is outstanding. This man is an innovative tech god.

Grahamunculus

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Soralinkyuna — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 23:32:01 MST

This guy is brilliant. All of his work I have seen so far really show what the Wii remote is really capable of and he even shows off his secrets! Can't wait to see what else he comes up with in the future.

Soralinkyuna

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aphexacid — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 23:31:29 MST

whaaaaaaaat the helllllllll. Can someone hire this guy please!!!!!

aphexacid

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Kiriphii — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 23:31:21 MST

@Clarke:
You knew what I meant though :P

It just strikes me as odd that they'd listen to the same old ideas rather tha have truly innovative software for a innovative console like the Wii. I just love the ideas that I have on how it could be used for a fantastic Star Fox game, or maybe F-Zero.. there are so many options.

But instead we're stuck with; 'Bash the bad guy three times to get a Star', which was my only real gripe after completing Super Mario Galaxy.

Kiriphii

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wackteenager — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 23:28:40 MST

This guy is brilliant. First he makes his own version of microsoft surface using the wiimote and now he managed to out do himself with this. It is crazy why he is still just there making vids for youtube.

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Saint Anima — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 23:26:52 MST

Awesome. Wii Boxing just seems so boring now that I've seen this. It would be 10 times better with this sort of technology involved.

Saint Anima

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ProfWho — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 23:26:29 MST

Yes, yes yes. That was fantastic.

ProfWho

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Full-Recovery — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 23:24:42 MST

Just imagine playing StarFox 64 in that view!.. That would be simply amazing.

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Clarke — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 23:21:40 MST

@Kiriphii: Chinese-American.

And yeah the Japan Nintendo team is homogeneous.

Clarke

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burningranger01 — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 23:19:40 MST

@Grocerspride: REZ would be a good start to eh?

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hauser — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 23:19:00 MST

NINTENDO, hire this guy now. if you put this into your games it will be insane. give this guy a job designing your equipment and you will not regret it

hauser

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Grocerspride — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 23:18:00 MST

This guy is amazing.

That would be awesome if that was implemented into some first person games.

Grocerspride

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Green-clad Gamer Dude — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 23:16:38 MST

o.O

O.o

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burningranger01 — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 23:15:07 MST

Takes me back to Space harrier on Mastersystem lol

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burningranger01 — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 23:14:24 MST

Now that is really innovative!
I can really see this being the future of games.
I see advertisers using this similar technique in the near future.

burningranger01

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BOMxAgonyxScenex — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 23:14:21 MST

why the hell aren't developers smart enough to do shit liek this

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Kiriphii — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 23:12:12 MST

Why has this man not been bought up by Nintendo already? My only thoughts must be that they are already working on something like this (unlikely), or they're just too Japan-centric to let an Amercian tell them about their own hardware (very likely).

I just hope in future, something like this is utilised.

Kiriphii

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WordMan — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 23:12:05 MST

oh my

WordMan

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der-Karl — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 23:11:54 MST

I'm really shocked at how good it looked even when really close up, it just popped so much.

Would make one hell of a boxing game with something like that.

der-Karl

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klew — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 23:10:44 MST

things like this always make me feel like a failure

klew

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Kirbytheslayer: In-Kirby XMB — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 23:10:06 MST

Wow. That was just trippy and fantastic.

But still.

I couldn't help but think "Virtual Boy" the whole time.

Either way, that was genius, pure jenius, with a capital J!

Kirbytheslayer: In-Kirby XMB

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Clarke — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 23:09:40 MST

I remember buying one of his $14 stedicams a while ago.

Clarke

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TheHun — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 23:09:34 MST

maybe this'll be the big thing next gen

TheHun

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frostcircus — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 23:09:24 MST

The money shot was about a million times better than I expected. It's excellent.

Has anybody played the Police 911 arcade games? The effect is sort of similar.

frostcircus

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BornToFlail — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 23:08:46 MST

NICE! He is unstoppable with his wii.

BornToFlail

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der-Karl — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 23:08:02 MST

Wow

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FP Shindokie — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 23:07:00 MST

Seriously that was some crazy stuff. I want to try that. so cool

FP Shindokie

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dead_red_eyes — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 23:05:05 MST

Wow, Johnny does it again!!! Once again, a brilliant application.

dead_red_eyes