05.22.2007 VIDEOS: TOP 5 WIIMOTE HACKS
TechEBlog put together a top five list of the best Wiimote hacks we've seen before, and as usual, I agree with most of their picks, but not their ranking:
- 5. DJ WiiJ
- 4.
- 3.
- 2. Tennis WiiBot
- 1. Smarthome Wiimote
The one I find the most interesting is #3, the 3D dome virtual reality simulator seen in the video above. Paul Bourke and others at the University of Western Australia used the Wiimote as a cheap tool for space simulation navigation. The result is using the Wiimote to look around or even fly through the map at great speeds, making it one of the best untapped virtual reality setups I've seen in a while. The 3D dome even looks sleek as opposed to the majority of the clunky virtual reality projects in the past, I'd gladly spend a few thousand bucks on this if it meant Nintendo, Sony, or Microsoft was making games for it.
