Impressive Fake Windows/View

[pimptastic]

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http://www.rationalcraft.com/Winscape.html

[eoinzy]

Class! I always thought there was a lot more potential in the Wii than just playing games! Really good idea!

[kegan5]

Is this for real ? I want one

[pimptastic]

Definitely for real. But for hardware alone will probably set you back AUD$5000. Its awesome but annoying you have to carry the Wii remote around.

Two 46-inch Panasonic TC-P46G10 plasma screens bring the images to life. They are fed by an Apple Mac Pro workstation in the adjacent room running custom OS X software called Winscape. Using the displays’ physical layout parameters, the Winscape software renders the proper portions of the video to fill the appropriate displays using Quicktime and OpenGL. A Wii remote reports the position of a custom-built IR-emitting necklace in the room via bluetooth. The Winscape software uses this tracker information (when available) to shift the view for the person wearing the IR necklace. Sleep, Wake, and Scene Selection can be controlled by a web page served by the software or by the Winscape Remote iPhone App.

[kegan5]

I assume you'd only need the wii remote for the moving images?

I'd want the aquarium one, although I guess that's easily achieved anyway

[dingo]

You need the WiiMote so that it knows where you are so can calculate what angle you're looking at the screen. Then it can show the correct image.

If you just want an aquarium that doesnt move or look 3D, then you only need a widescreen TV turned sideways and a DVD of a sideways aquarium!!

[Derickko]

I want to have such windows in my new flat... Good idea!

[RomalaG.Polve]

I hope its true. Although I dont know how that will work-out for older computers running Windows 7