Hey all,

I have a two-part question about the way in which the Wiimote tracks IR points. In Johnny's finger tracking video, he first waves his hand in front of the Wiimote and IR light array to demonstrate what he describes as "extra noise". What I would have expected to see is a grayscale image of his hand but what we ACTUALLY see is group of blobs. It appears that the Wiimote (or whatever program Johnny ran with it) was quantizing the image into several unique blobs! (in real time, no less) So, first question: Does the Wiimote do this? (uber contrast settings or somthing), or does the accompanying software do it? (any info on what method it uses would be awesome too)

Second question: I keep reading that each Wiimote can track up to 4 points but in the same video of Johnny's hand, we see at least twice as many points and it seems like they're ALL being tracked! What's the deal with that? Doth mine eyes deceive me?

Ok, I have a third question: For the head tracking/3D desktop project, how does the program differentiate between the user twisting his or her head from side to side from the user moving away from the screen. From the viewpoint of the Wiimote, the apparent varying distance between two IR blobs that occurs when the user steps back could be misinterpreted by turning one's head away from the screen. Would adding a third point not solve this problem? How do-able is that?

Any light (visible, not IR. yuk yuk... groan) that anyone can shed on this for me would be greatly appreciated. This is such a wonderfully geeky project. You guys rock.

Graedog