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Johnny Chung Lee is a Ph.D. Grad Student at Carnegie Mellon University’s Human-Computer Interaction Institute. From the projects listed on his website, it is apparent that he has a real knack for taking existing off-the-shelf technology and pushing it to the limit. In the embedded video below, Johnny takes Nintendo’s already innovative Wiimote and creates a head-mounted tracker for virtual environments. This is really incredible and exciting stuff. Inspiring!

Johnny Chung Lee - Projects - Wii: “Head Tracking for Desktop VR Displays using the Wii Remote

Using the infrared camera in the Wii remote and a head mounted sensor bar (two IR LEDs), you can accurately track the location of your head and render view dependent images on the screen. This effectively transforms your display into a portal to a virtual environment. The display properly reacts to head and body movement as if it were a real window creating a realistic illusion of depth and space. “