As it comes to wii-mote hacking, the Human Computer Interaction researcher Johnny Chung Lee is my hero. While the Wii-mote Whiteboard and finger-tracking were already quite impressive, the following project struck me in awe. The VR-head tracking would deliver a completely new experience.

I’ve seen my first 3D movie  (Beowulf) last month in a Dutch cinema. By using 3D goggles the experience gets considerably more immersive, although, personally I seemed to get used to the effect pretty fast.

Last week, I saw a 3D television at the research facilities of Philips Consumer Electronics. This television was a flat screen in which images appeared to float without even using those glasses. The effect was comparable with 3D cinema.

Then this project: it doesn’t just manipulate the rendering and display of images, it uses the interaction to manipulate objects onscreen in order to create the 3D effect, and that would actually be useful in games or multimedia:

Now it got me thinking how this prototype would look on the Philips 3D television prototype..