Wiimote-Minority Report tech dev on potential of next-gen consoles

Now that we’ve seen the potential of mimicking Minority Report technology using the Wii Remote’s motion sensing capabilities, we all have to wonder what’s next for the designer Johnny Chung Lee. In an interview conducted by ActionTrip, the PhD Graduate Student of Carnegie Mellon University talks about his future plans for his device, as well as its potential in shaping the next generations of future consoles. Check out the rest of the interview in the full article!

After seeing the potential of Nintendo’s Wii Remote mimicking Minority Report’s fingerless keyboard technology, designer Johnny Chung Lee talks more about the controller’s future application in an interview conducted by ActionTrip.

The Human-Computer Interaction PhD Graduate Student of Carnegie Mellon University explains how the Wiimote‘s innovative technology can become the driving push to extend people’s gaming experience beyond the updated visuals Nintendo’s other competitors have to offer.

He further explains this by saying:

I think the pixel-pushing race between Microsoft and Sony is becoming less and less effective. The gaming experience will only be marginally better even if the graphics are 100 times more powerful. I personally feel the future of gaming will be in new forms of interaction and immersion. That’s where the bottle neck is. The successful products will be the ones that provide something exciting and new rather than a slightly better version of what was done before.

He explores the possibility of the new Head Tracking device technology which he linked to gaming genres such as FPS, although he is also excited about moving this technology on newer genres like exploration and puzzle games.

While he admits that he has no ambitions of working for Nintendo as a game designer, he says he wouldn’t mind chatting with them about what they hope to do with the next console. He would much rather look into designing the future generations of consoles rather than work on a particular game using his technology.

You can also check out the full interview on ActionTrip, accessible through the Via link below.