ZOMG, BoomBlox to have head tracking!

TEH INNOVATION!

At the end of the "Creating Boom Blox" session at GDC, executive producer Lou Castle revealed that you can use two Wii remotes on your TV (and some form of do-it-yourself LED headset) to control the camera in Boom Blox with your head. Seriously.

Speaking briefly to Joystiq after the session, Castle explained that it was more of an easter egg inclusion and they weren't planning to actively promote the feature. We'll have more from the Boom Blox session later this week.Joystiq

MS and Sony are screwed. Seriously.

Boom Blox looks really awsome I cant wait for more news :DGh0st_Of_0nyx

Funny how there's more hype over Boom Blox than over Spielberg's other game, the one for the 360/PS3.

[QUOTE="Gh0st_Of_0nyx"]Boom Blox looks really awsome I cant wait for more news :Dmjarantilla

Funny how there's more hype over Boom Blox than over Spielberg's other game, the one for the 360/PS3.

Short BoomBlox head tracking vid.m_machine024

Sony and Microsoft better pray that Nintendo doesnt start using head tracking technology like that.

SMG + Head tracking = Chuck Norris

"Wii isn't innovative"

More hating arguments going down the drain?

"Wii isn't innovative"

More hating arguments going down the drain?

Erebyssial

Ermm....doing what others have done many years ago is now "innovative"? Please. It's cool nifty feature, that's all.

[QUOTE="Erebyssial"]

"Wii isn't innovative"

More hating arguments going down the drain?

AdrianWerner

Ermm....doing what others have done many years ago is now "innovative"? Please. It's cool nifty feature, that's all.

Name me one successful console with motion sensing to the extent of the Wii. You can go all the way back from the Atari 2600. It doesn't een have to be one that came out in the US. Just one that was successful in some country on Earth.

[QUOTE="AdrianWerner"][QUOTE="Erebyssial"]

"Wii isn't innovative"

More hating arguments going down the drain?

Senor_Kami

Ermm....doing what others have done many years ago is now "innovative"? Please. It's cool nifty feature, that's all.

Name me one successful console with motion sensing to the extent of the Wii. You can go all the way back from the Atari 2600. It doesn't een have to be one that came out in the US. Just one that was successful in some country on Earth.

I was talking about head tracking, that's what this thread is about. And I don't consider simply taking old successful PC concept and moving it to consoles as "innovative". Otherwise sheep should claim Halo was wildly innovative game :)

This is cool and all but it's not like every single Wii owner is going to be doing this.-Manntis-

It's just an added feature. Like Forge.

[QUOTE="-Manntis-"]This is cool and all but it's not like every single Wii owner is going to be doing this.mjarantilla

It's just an added feature. Like Forge.

HAHA like forge? i dont know about that watch the video that was posted by m_machine024 that 3d visual is CRAZY!!!

Watch here >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>BLOX 3-D Video

[QUOTE="mjarantilla"]

[QUOTE="-Manntis-"]This is cool and all but it's not like every single Wii owner is going to be doing this.MARIOSDAD_basic

It's just an added feature. Like Forge.

HAHA like forge? i dont know about that watch the video that was posted by m_machine024 that 3d visual is CRAZY!!!

Watch here >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>BLOX 3-D Video

Seen it, thanks.

I just mean that it's an optional feature that people don't have to use. I'm surprised EA let this slip past them, though. They could've made a killing by bundling in LED emitter headbands or glasses for an additional $10! :P

The PS3 can do head tracking with the PSeye, and the 360 just needs to release a camera accesory... I just hopoe that they use it soon before people get sucked in. Ill admit its cool, but no-one can deny that its a massive gimik.simo__93_

The 360 already has a camera accessory. Behind the times much? :P

I was talking about head tracking, that's what this thread is about. And I don't consider simply taking old successful PC concept and moving it to consoles as "innovative". Otherwise sheep should claim Halo was wildly innovative game :)

poster

Yes, it's been done before on PC but couple it with a Wii-mote and nunchuck and you got alot more potential, especially for FPS and games with melee weapons.

*cough* EYE TOY! *cough*MasterC5

Ummm... incase you didn't know, the ps3 and the 360 are 100% capable of doing head tracking. There is even a video of the ps3 doing it (though a very slight mod was needed)

http://kotaku.com/351539/vr-head-tracking-for-the-ps3

Ummm... incase you didn't know, the ps3 and the 360 are 100% capable of doing head tracking. There is even a video of the ps3 doing it (though a very slight mod was needed)

http://kotaku.com/351539/vr-head-tracking-for-the-ps3

munu9

[QUOTE="munu9"]

Ummm... incase you didn't know, the ps3 and the 360 are 100% capable of doing head tracking. There is even a video of the ps3 doing it (though a very slight mod was needed)

http://kotaku.com/351539/vr-head-tracking-for-the-ps3

MasterC5

Here's some logic for you: "Capable" means nothing if it's not actually implemented, and "potential" means nothing if there is no drive to fulfill it.

[QUOTE="MasterC5"][QUOTE="munu9"]

Ummm... incase you didn't know, the ps3 and the 360 are 100% capable of doing head tracking. There is even a video of the ps3 doing it (though a very slight mod was needed)

http://kotaku.com/351539/vr-head-tracking-for-the-ps3

mjarantilla

Here's some logic for you: "Capable" means nothing if it's not actually implemented, and "potential" means nothing if there is no drive to fulfill it.

Wel..then why all the exctitement? This is just one game that added it as bonus feature. All this has is potential

[QUOTE="mjarantilla"][QUOTE="MasterC5"][QUOTE="munu9"]

Ummm... incase you didn't know, the ps3 and the 360 are 100% capable of doing head tracking. There is even a video of the ps3 doing it (though a very slight mod was needed)

http://kotaku.com/351539/vr-head-tracking-for-the-ps3

AdrianWerner

Here's some logic for you: "Capable" means nothing if it's not actually implemented, and "potential" means nothing if there is no drive to fulfill it.

Wel..then why all the exctitement? This is just one game that added it as bonus feature. All this has is potential

To be perfectly honest, I'm not that excited for it, I just thought it was cool that they actually did implement this, because I thought it extremely unlikely when I first saw that homebrew demo a couple of months ago. :P

Still, one step forward is infinitely better than no step at all.

And you guys are forgetting it's an easter egg.

It won't be active standard.

You need two extra Wii-motes.

And you'll need a home made head-set with two infra red leds and a battery-pack.

Ass you can see the Wii also can't do it "out of the box".

The ps3/360 need the same glasses, a usb camera and a small infra-red filter to cover the lens. It's just as easy. And perhaps even cheaper.

It also only works for the wearer of the glasses, the others in the room get a distorted view.

As you can see this won't be something Nintendo'll start supporting. It contradicts their family gameplay pitch and demands that the players are kinda handy.

Casuals will never see or even hear about this until some third party developer makes a infra red headset. And they will only do this if enough games implement this feature.

You guys can start jumping around and party, but you're really over-estimating the impact of this easter egg feature.

[QUOTE="Gh0st_Of_0nyx"]Boom Blox looks really awsome I cant wait for more news :Dmjarantilla

Funny how there's more hype over Boom Blox than over Spielberg's other game, the one for the 360/PS3.

Maybe because nothing is known about it.

I see people are calling this a gimmick already. How about dem der buttons, they're so gimmicky?Shazenab

They were gimmicks in the beginning.

It stopped being a gimmick when every arcade started having them.

Wearing something on your head to game has never surpassed the gimmick stage.

Why?

Because people don't want to be bothered. They want to pick up a controller and game, they don't want hard games or difficult controll schemes.

The Wii's succes is thanks to a lot of really simple games that are easy to pick up by casuals.

I find it extremely funny that people here seem to think most Wii's are sold because of the cutting edge tech.

Tech doesn't sell, accessability does.

The whole headtracking thing is neat, for sure, bu+ it's too much a hassle to break through to the main stream.

It's a gimmick and if I could bet my money on it, it'll stay a gimmick.

[QUOTE="AdrianWerner"][QUOTE="Erebyssial"]

"Wii isn't innovative"

More hating arguments going down the drain?

Senor_Kami

Ermm....doing what others have done many years ago is now "innovative"? Please. It's cool nifty feature, that's all.

Name me one successful console with motion sensing to the extent of the Wii. You can go all the way back from the Atari 2600. It doesn't een have to be one that came out in the US. Just one that was successful in some country on Earth.

successful=/=innovative. this headtracking is pretty cool. but it's not innovative. and successful motion sensing in the past is irrelevant to the topic at hand.

Now that's innovative, I wonder how many games will start using this.

edit: Wow, I can't believe people are bashing this already "bu... buh... :cry:"

TEH INNOVATION!

[quote="Joystiq"]At the end of the "Creating Boom Blox" session at GDC, executive producer Lou Castle revealed that you can use two Wii remotes on your TV (and some form of do-it-yourself LED headset) to control the camera in Boom Blox with your head. Seriously.

Speaking briefly to Joystiq after the session, Castle explained that it was more of an easter egg inclusion and they weren't planning to actively promote the feature. We'll have more from the Boom Blox session later this week.mjarantilla

ok nintendo, go pay this man a lot of money and then give him to capcom for RE Wii. kgo

And you guys are forgetting it's an easter egg.

It won't be active standard.

You need two extra Wii-motes.

And you'll need a home made head-set with two infra red leds and a battery-pack.

Ass you can see the Wii also can't do it "out of the box".

The ps3/360 need the same glasses, a usb camera and a small infra-red filter to cover the lens. It's just as easy. And perhaps even cheaper.

It also only works for the wearer of the glasses, the others in the room get a distorted view.

As you can see this won't be something Nintendo'll start supporting. It contradicts their family gameplay pitch and demands that the players are kinda handy.

Casuals will never see or even hear about this until some third party developer makes a infra red headset. And they will only do this if enough games implement this feature.

You guys can start jumping around and party, but you're really over-estimating the impact of this easter egg feature.

animation_imp

But yeah it won't become standard.

TEH INNOVATION!

[quote="Joystiq"]At the end of the "Creating Boom Blox" session at GDC, executive producer Lou Castle revealed that you can use two Wii remotes on your TV (and some form of do-it-yourself LED headset) to control the camera in Boom Blox with your head. Seriously.

Speaking briefly to Joystiq after the session, Castle explained that it was more of an easter egg inclusion and they weren't planning to actively promote the feature. We'll have more from the Boom Blox session later this week.mjarantilla

Cool, but it's yesterday's news.

NaturalPoint TrackIR Pro

[QUOTE="m_machine024"]Short BoomBlox head tracking vid.MellowMight

Sony and Microsoft better pray that Nintendo doesnt start using head tracking technology like that.

SMG + Head tracking = Chuck Norris

I will have to pick this up it looks like an amazing game.....when does it come outHarlockJC

[QUOTE="HarlockJC"]I will have to pick this up it looks like an amazing game.....when does it come outm_machine024

Can't wait for May then there is a lot of good games coming out for the Wii early this year