I almost vomited from motion sickness while watching this video, but it’s worth working through to see this neat concept.
Nirav Pateltook a ShowWX miniature laser projector, a Wii Remote and a Spacepoint Fusion gyrometer and worked them all onto a Wii Zapper body to make a sort of free moving virtual reality device. The end result is a gun you can aim at the walls in any room and play something like a shooter, pointing up to see up, down to see down, in full 360 degree movement. The laser part of the projector keeps things in focus wherever you point it, unlike a traditional projector.
If an enemy is coming up behind you (as you’ll see in the video), you’ll need to spin around and point backwards to take him out. Pretty cool stuff.
Right now the rig is running off a laptop in a backpack, but the creator hopes to further refine the design in the future.
Laser projector stuck to Wii Remote for faux 360-degree immersion[Joystiq]
