wraggster
August 15th, 2011, 21:35
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2011/08/wp7win7.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/15/windows-phone-7-turned-into-windows-7-controller-3d-mice-put-on/)
You can pack all the gyroscopes, accelerometers and other motion-detecting sensors you want in your desktop -- it's still not going to be any good at playing Eliminate: Gun Range (http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/25/gyroscope-gunning-on-the-iphone-4-with-eliminate-gun-range-vid/). That's the motivation behind developer Arik Poznanski's latest release. He has created a driver enabling his Windows Phone 7 (http://www.engadget.com/tag/WindowsPhone7/)to transmit its accelerometer data back to his Windows 7 (http://www.engadget.com/tag/windows+7/) desktop in real time. Currently the driver's not good for much beyond a tech demo, but given the different ways people have hacked their Wiimotes (http://www.engadget.com/tag/Wiimote+hack/), it won't be long before homebrewed killer apps start appearing -- perhaps paired up with a little Kinect (http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/16/microsoft-launches-kinect-for-windows-sdk-beta-wants-pc-users-t/)wizardry. If you're looking to get started at home, hit the source link below for more details.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/15/windows-phone-7-turned-into-windows-7-controller-3d-mice-put-on/
You can pack all the gyroscopes, accelerometers and other motion-detecting sensors you want in your desktop -- it's still not going to be any good at playing Eliminate: Gun Range (http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/25/gyroscope-gunning-on-the-iphone-4-with-eliminate-gun-range-vid/). That's the motivation behind developer Arik Poznanski's latest release. He has created a driver enabling his Windows Phone 7 (http://www.engadget.com/tag/WindowsPhone7/)to transmit its accelerometer data back to his Windows 7 (http://www.engadget.com/tag/windows+7/) desktop in real time. Currently the driver's not good for much beyond a tech demo, but given the different ways people have hacked their Wiimotes (http://www.engadget.com/tag/Wiimote+hack/), it won't be long before homebrewed killer apps start appearing -- perhaps paired up with a little Kinect (http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/16/microsoft-launches-kinect-for-windows-sdk-beta-wants-pc-users-t/)wizardry. If you're looking to get started at home, hit the source link below for more details.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/15/windows-phone-7-turned-into-windows-7-controller-3d-mice-put-on/