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Interest in python headtracking/wiimote hacking?

« H E python :: open source :: email
posted 2008.12.15 Mon

Yea! PyCon 2009 is coming up in the end of March! My brother and I submitted a tutorial for on wiiMote headtracking. Sadly, the tutorial was rejected. We're willing to do a BoF/open space hacking on the subject. If people are interested in this sort of thing (wiiMotes, 3-D, VR, pyglet/pygame etc), let us know. Also, if hacking, what would you like to hack on?

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comments (7)


1. Doug Napoleone left...
2008.12.16 Tue 12:28 am

What is insane is that we have 2 days of tutorials this year instead of one, and ~30% more accepted tutorials. And yet there were more declined this year than last (don't have the full numbers). We just don't have the space!

Sounds like we need to start having regional Python Tutorial events in parallel to the regional conferences.


2. Bussiere left...
2008.12.16 Tue 12:51 am

may i have this tutorial or can you post it online ? I would be great regards

Bussiere

EMAIL : Bussiere AT Gmail DOT Com


3. John left...
2008.12.16 Tue 7:18 pm

I'd love to see this tutorial go up somewhere. Question: does it rely on the Windows drivers or has anyone come up with a cross-platform wiimote library? Although, even as windows-only it's still useful.


4. John Harrison left...
2008.12.16 Tue 9:51 pm :: http://blog.insightvr.com/

John,

Actually as of right now we have software running for Mac and Linux. If the tutorial had been accepted we were planning on getting it running under Windows as well. Quite honestly, given that it wasn't accepted, my interest in doing the Windows port myself has dropped dramatically but I'd be willing to help someone else with it. It shouldn't be too hard, but I'm not anxious to do Windows stuff at the moment.


5. Matt left...
2008.12.16 Tue 11:02 pm

John (non-Harrison) - I'll echo the words of my brother. I don't have much desire to hack on windows, but porting the software to windows should be really easy.... If someone wants to scratch that itch I could help point them in a direction....


6. Erich left...
2008.12.17 Wed 7:31 am

I'd love to see this in an open space session. Please bring it to pycon this year!


7. Paul Hummer left...
2008.12.17 Wed 9:38 am :: http://theironlion.net

I second the opinion that it at least needs to be in some open space hacking sessions. I've been meaning to get this figured out as well, but I just haven't gotten around to it. A demonstration would be more than helpful in getting it set up and starting to play around with it.