Well, the whole head tracking application using the WiiMote & WiiFlash was quite cool (thanks for all the nice feedback!), but from an usability point of view it was far from ideal.
The system was based on IR Glasses and a IR Camera, which limited the use to a closed enviroment. This is not really acceptable for any commercial applications so we (my friends from strafwerk.nu and me) started to think how we could take these barriers away and we came up with a system that works with facial recognition instead of IR glasses.
We can still use the power and flexibility of Flash and Papervision3d but without the hassle of IR headsets and loads of cables! For more information about this system feel free to contact me.
4 Comments
1 Kristian J. wrote:
This is surprisingly similar to Operas april fools joke:
http://labs.opera.com/news/2009/04/01/
2 Aric wrote:
That’s a great demo. I’m curious if you’re using native Flash facial recognition (through Marilena or similar – http://www.quasimondo.com/archives/000687.php#000687) or if you’re using the WiiFlash approach of running a server for the tracking elements. It seems too fast to be all Flash.
3 Matt wrote:
Wow, that’s really cool, I can see how this would be a fantastic tool for a quadriplegic or other somehow incapacitated person.
4 Matt Derry wrote:
This is really cool, I actually used AS3 and Flex for my thesis project using head tracking to pan google maps. You can try it out here: http://www.mattderry.com/2010/02/noodlenav-tracking-head-gestures-for-panning-google-maps/
I wrote the code for this around April of 2008, then promptly took another year and a half to do the evaluation and writing. I am hoping to extend the research now though. I’m curious what sort of algorithm you used. Anyway, I know this is an older post, but I just ran across it. Thanks.
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