Is the source code for the desktopVR available somewhere?

i'm wondering if it's possible to use Johnny's app but just changing the football stadium with something else? is it possible?

thanks

Instead of using a wii mote in front of the tv not create an attachment to the wii mote that allows the user to plug in much like the nunchuck? That way your hardware requirements drop. This also allows for easier intergration for joe shmoe who now only needs to know "I put this on my head and plug in here". Odd question anyone here have a wii SDK?

The easy answer is yes just copy a new image over the stadium image and keep the name the same, and jobs a goodun. I also had this idea and have been exploring it a bit, and seeing as the footy stadium is only a 2D image I wanted to see about implementing a nice simple 3D environment around it (My thinking was something along the lines of the very first Star Wars arcade game, you know the one - flying down the wireframe trench dodging the horizontal bars and asterisk bullets coming at you)

Well there are some hurdles to overcome on this (not least being the Microsoft XNA teething issues), but a simpler first step would be to forget replacing the 2D image with a 3D environment, and keep it 2D for instance replace the 2D image with a 2D video.
I think a better first game attempt would be play a video of driving down the road, or something moving forward (The old Space Harrier game) and instead of worrying about collision detection you use a timings array to say when you shouldn't be somewhere for instance:

5.3 seconds to 5.7 seconds: If head is in top left corner then collide

10.2 seconds to 10.7 seconds: If head is in middle then collide

etc...


Once we can have a nice jump and duck style game going with that then it may be easier to move into the full 3D world.
I'm wrestling with getting my shutter glasses working on my projector at the minute (my passion is Virtual Reality which ultimately means it has to be Stereo 3D). But because the image comes from behind you then the glasses have to be worn upside down which means they fall off easily when playing around with head tracking

I'll keep you posted on if I get something playable up and running. It will probably involve some funny images of me with these shutter glasses gaffer taped around me 'ed.

Anyways, cheers,


Lins.

Is the whole project dependent on the computer having a Linux system?

Before checking the source... lazy me ..
Does the souce put out a "position" on the "viewer"?
I have a simulator that we use where the users view today can be moved with arrow keys.
Would be wonderful if we could add the option to use "dynamic" position.

Is there a secret behind the "3D" feel?
If I have a "3d" enviroment and use wii output position as the "user" position,
will this result in the same feeling as Johnny demonstrates?

Karma, I am attempting to implement the VR environment using the Wiimote, and SolidWorks design software.

The goal of desktop VR is to recreate what the user would see if the object were actually sitting in front of them. When it is done on a desktop monitor, I have heard it referred to as "Fish Tank VR" because it would be as though the object were floating in the monitor.

I am just starting to think through the math, but basically I am needing to use the position of the viewer in front of the monitor, and then the theoretical position of the virtual object.  But, at this point I am uncertain how this relates to the viewpoint commands I need to give SolidWorks.  The size of the monitor would certainly need to be part of the calculation, but I am again uncertain how to use the information.

If anyone knows of a good tutorial on the net for figuring this stuff out, I would be grateful.

Joe Dunfee