{"id":4935,"date":"2011-04-12T14:00:14","date_gmt":"2011-04-12T22:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/?p=4935"},"modified":"2011-04-12T15:43:26","modified_gmt":"2011-04-12T23:43:26","slug":"3d-on-the-iphone-ipad-without-glasses-using-head-tracking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/2011\/04\/3d-on-the-iphone-ipad-without-glasses-using-head-tracking\/","title":{"rendered":"3D on the iphone ipad without glasses using head tracking!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Remember Johnny Chung Lee who did that really cool hack on the Nintendo Wii awhile back?\u00a0 He created a 3D simulation using head tracking<\/a>… Video below the post in case you do not remember. Anyway, seems Jeremie Francone and Laurence Nigay from the Engineering Human-Computer Interaction (EHCI) research group<\/a> at the Grenoble Informatics Laboratory did the same basic 3d hack using the iPhone 4 and iPad 2 front facing camera. <\/a>Video also provided below the post.<\/p>\n

Now the cool things about this is that in theory this will work with any device that you can connect an external camera to.\u00a0 Although I know of no way to do this, lets say you have the original ipad, perhaps the algorithm will work using the back camera.\u00a0 basically you are tracking 3 things, normally LEDs or other markers on your head, well. what if they were placed on a table so the rear camera can see it?\u00a0 In theory that should work.\u00a0 We’ll see though.\u00a0 So many devices are coming out with both front and rear that it may not matter.<\/p>\n

Check out the video below.\u00a0 TELL me you do not droll over the possibilities here.<\/p>\n

QUICK UPDATE!!\u00a0 Check this hack out!\u00a0 This is Rittai Kakushi e Attakoreda, a DSiWare game that makes brilliant use of the Nintendo DSi’s built-in cameras to control an in-game camera that lets the player explore a 3D diorama to find hidden objects.\u00a0 Ta to Ramine Darabiha for the heads up.<\/em><\/p>\n