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Originally Posted by Tanner
I realize this probably just some fishing expedition, but I am so tired of seeing this rube everywhere with his whizbang invention. There is nothing miraculous about this. The effects produced are based on optical illusions. The grided background with the lines of perspective plus the lines radiating from each disc to the infinite horizon cue to viewer to interpret the disks as deployed in a three dimensional space, mix that with some occlusion and zooming and it looks all swanky and 3d with the pop-out effect. You can produce the same effects with a static 2d display. As a matter of fact, the rube in question knows that you can get this effect with this type of visual display. That is why he chose it!!! Do you think he just happened upon a display with lines of perspective that looks like a box with disks in it??!! It's a known optical illusion.
And the Wiimote thing is just a poor man's TrackIR. Tracking with infrared LCDs has been around for a long while. This is merely the most mass marketed product to include the technology. Get a grip, internets.
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A lot of interesting innovations come from people who have taken existing proven technology's and present them in a cohesive package that demonstrates the potential for their use in future interactive media endeavors.
Despite the fact that all these individual bits of technology and "optical effects" are known to many, I have not seen them used in the Wii console yet...(or many PC games).
I think he presents a good case...and judging by the amount of people who keep reposting this clip "over and over again" their are others who find his ideas intriguing too.
04-23-2008, 11:45 PM
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