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While surfing the Innernets for some potential Tomoposts (as we call them over at Tomopop), I happened upon an interesting little news blurb posted on Danny Choo. Turns out a fellow by the name of katsuma has taken the Wii balance board and Google Maps' Street View feature, somehow meshed the two together, and out of it all comes the ability to explore the world without ever leaving your house.
How does it work? The above video demonstrates all. However, if you don't want to watch it, then it goes a little something like this:
The Wii balance board is used to simulate walking and looking around. Leaning from one side to the other will pivot the view in Google Maps, matching what would happen if you actually looked to the left or right. If you walk while on the board, you move forward and the street view screen reflects that.
Interested in doing this on your own Wii? Well, check out the handy step-by-step instructions posted here! Unfortunately, it is all in Japanese, which means until someone translates it into English... you probably aren't going to be able to do this. Plus, it's apparently super-technical, requiring considerable programming skill. Still, it's nice to actually see someone put the Wii balance board to use by making it do something.
Seriously, why do people treat these blogs like they're some sort of up to the minute news site? Check the main page for that; who cares if someone's blog post is about something that was **shock** five whole days old?
I for one hadn't heard about this, and found it interesting. Thanks, Nihon.
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For those of you who might recognize me from elsewhere, I work as Assistant Gaming Editor over at Blogcritics Gaming and as Features Editor over at Tomopop. It's a lot of work, but it's worth it because I get to do a lot of cool shit with a lot of cool people.
I've been gaming since the relatively young age of around 3 and I've played plenty of games, both good and bad. I'm continuously expanding my gaming collection, which has become more of an archive in recent years as I'm focusing on collecting older, less well-known titles. You'd honestly be surprised on what people are missing out on in bargain bins...
Other than gaming, I love anime, manga, sports, movies, TV, and a whole lot more. I also happen to have something of a legendary love for Cammy, to the point that I am the site's unofficial official Cammy fanboy. And yes, I do play as her in Street Fighter and do so quite well, too.
Also, I am Chad Concelmo's B.F.F., my prize for coming in first in The Great Retro Quiz .18 - ActRaiser. Accept no substitutes. Not even Aerox.
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I for one hadn't heard about this, and found it interesting. Thanks, Nihon.
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