I have a new hero. His name is Johnny Chung Lee. Johnny Lee is a Ph.D. Graduate Student at the Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. This guy is a genius.

Lee has come up with several innovative uses for Nintendo’s Wiimote, the device input for the Wii gaming console that utilizes gyroscopic sensor inputs and infrared/blue-tooth communication. My favorite article/video that he put together is called “Head Tracking for Desktop VR Displays using the Wii Remote.” The video speaks for itself. Seriously cool stuff.

Check out some of the projects he has done: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~johnny/projects/.