WiiYo

Project Info

Title:

WiiYo

Summary:

Yoyo tracking via Wiimote IR Camera

Year Started:

2008

Tools Used

  • Max/MSP
  • Wiimote
  • Yoyos

Videos

Press

Yoyo tracking via Wiimote IR Camera. An LED board is mounted in a yoyo, lighting up whenever the yoyo is spinning. Instead of using the normal colored LED, an IR LED is used. Due to the high update rate and resolution of the Wiimote IR camera, the yoyo can be tracked in real time as tricks are done with it, something not easily possible with regular computer vision and RGB cameras.

Videos

IR LED + Wiimote + Yoyo @ Youtube:
Popcast E06 - Yoyocore @ Youtube: