This all sounds really positive. It (multi-touch) obviously can be achieved. If promethean and interwrite have this capability, then it's only a matter of time before the clever programers out there can get the wiimote working too.
It has 4 built in Ir cameras. Can each be dedicated to a different pen? Maybe 2 wiimotes may be needed but whatever it takes, I hope you can get it going.
Read these threads/posts:http://www.wiimoteproject.com/wiimote-whiteboard/math-behind-projection-rectification/http://www.wiimoteproject.com/wiimote-whiteboard/calibration/msg1668/#msg1668
The Wiimote can track 4x IR-sources (2x Wiimotes = 8 IR-sources).
Mac has a few application in TUIO/OSC format hence why ujs has included in Java Whiteboard.
Hi Ujs and Ben and to everyone else who's reading,Firstly, Ujs, you don't have to be sorry for my ignorance in understanding how it works. haha. I was just venting ideas. I'm a full time teacher in a primary school and have what I consider to be the ultimate permanent setup with the option to be fully portable in seconds. I don't have the time to try and learn and understand what it takes to be a programmer, but those with the gift, PLEASE please please develop a true multitouch system so that I can annotate, draw etc directly onto programs such as paint, jarnal, kindlelab the internet etc so that 3 or more students can all write simultaneously. Brainstorming lessons, filling in scanned maths and literacy sheets as pdf files, racing each other to complete algorithms / educational games etc would be sooooooo cool! I have built a lot of different style pens for the kids and now have to set up the whole school with this system. I won't pretend to try and understand the intricate details and the complex formulas to programming the wiimote and how it works. I'm purely interested in the pedagogy behind Interactive Whiteboards and how to best maximise and enhance student learning. I have been invited by several schools and the Diocese in which I work to demonstrate to staff of to make the best use of IWB technology. The children absolutely love the versatility of this system. What I care most about is that it works, works well and I want to help others get it working. I don't really understand Boonjin's analogy. I'm more thinking, "If you build it, they will come."Maybe it's time that Microsoft develops a totally new computer platform that incorporates the use of multiple mice simultaneously in all applications. This would solve the issues. (Just venting ideas again Ujs because I don't have a clue as to what's involved in programming a completely new system)Please keep working to push the limits. P.S Can someone tell me how to post pictures here. I want to show some cool ideas with my set up but when I click on the "Insert image" icon above all I get is this ....Regards,Joe.
Firstly, Ujs, you don't have to be sorry for my ignorance in understanding how it works. haha. I was just venting ideas. ... I don't have the time to try and learn and understand what it takes to be a programmer...I won't pretend to try and understand the intricate details and the complex formulas to programming the wiimote and how it works. I'm purely interested in the pedagogy behind Interactive Whiteboards and how to best maximise and enhance student learning.
Maybe it's time that Microsoft develops a totally new computer platform that incorporates the use of multiple mice simultaneously in all applications. This would solve the issues. (Just venting ideas again Ujs because I don't have a clue as to what's involved in programming a completely new system)
Nonetheless, I am developing other work that will achieve much better results for multi touch compared to Johnny Lee's Wiimote Whiteboard.