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Interactive Whiteboards Using the Wiimote [Windows]

Windows application created by Johnny Chung Lee allows you to create an amazing digital whiteboard using Nintendo Wii Remote and a quick build infra-red pen. The great thing is that you can virtually make any flat surface a ‘tablet’ or as Johnny refers to it “Interactive Whiteboard”.

Description:
Since the Wiimote can track sources of infrared (IR) light, you can track pens that have an IR led in the tip. By pointing a wiimote at a projection screen or LCD display, you can create very low-cost interactive whiteboards or tablet displays. Since the Wiimote can track upto 4 points, up to 4 pens can be used. It also works great with rear-projected displays…read more..

Platform: Windows
Cost: FREE / Open Source
Developer: Johnny Chung Lee
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Posted on: 07/10/2008

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  • nando

    I want share with you a free program to be used with interactive whiteboard
    http://code.google.com/p/ardesia/

    Ardesia enables you to make colored free-hand annotations on your computer screen, record it and share on the network.

    This is especially useful when making presentations, to highlight things or point out things of interest.

    The tool facilitates the online presentations and demos showing in real time your computer screen to anyone in the network.

    Ardesia is XInput-Aware, so if you have a mouse, a graphic tablet, a touch screen, a wiimote whiteboard or a commercial whiteboard; you can draw lines with different strength, select color, erase things and draw arrows.

    You can free-hand draw geometrical shapes using the shape recognizer, insert text with the keyboard and highlight screen areas. You can draw upon the desktop or select an image as background.