While most of us would likely consider purchasing a pair of web cams to keep in. A homespun telepresence robot might be just the ticket. Johnny chung lee i am engineer that lives in the bay area. Lowcost video chat robot project blog for johnny chung lee. Feb 01, 2011 johnny chung lee i am engineer that lives in the bay area. An essential capability of the wii remote is its motion sensing capability, which. Today we continue publishing excerpts from the inaugural issue of telepresence options magazine.
Interaction techniques using the wii remote lowcost eeg for task classification kinetic typography haptic pen. Cheap telepresence robot this lowcost video chat robot made by johnny chung lee can remotely move around to follow the conversation in different rooms. This project blog is for personal projects outside the scope of my work. Johnny chung lee, the famous wiimote hacker, has now combined a netbook with an irobot educational mobile robot platform kit for his next project to create a low cost telepresence robot. Sometime in 2008 lee posted video demos and sample code at his. It was originally proposed and designed by shinnok in draft, version 1. Design challenges and guidelines for social interaction. Check the video of this latest creation after the break. Johnny chung lee, having recently moved from seattle to mountain view, wanted a way to keep in touch with his fiance who would not be relocating for several more months. Johnny chung lee projects wii as of june 2008, nintendo has sold nearly 30 million wii game consoles. Feb 11, 2011 johnny chung lee, having recently moved from seattle to mountain view, wanted a way to keep in touch with his fiance who would not be relocating for several more months. Lee is best known for his work on kinect development, extending the functionality of the wii remote controller of the wii video game console, most notably by taking advantage of its high resolution ir camera.
In 2008, i graduated from carnegie mellon university with a phd in humancomputer interaction. Feb 14, 2011 i get the fact that some people need telepresence, but ultimately even the cheapest options can cost you thousands. New york six months ago tuesday, computer scientist johnny chung lee secretly birthed a robust hacking community around the kinect game controller by microsoft. The wii remote, also known colloquially as the wiimote, is the primary controller for nintendos wii console. Looming ventilator shortage amid pandemic sparks rise of. Cisco telepresence xml application programming interface.
Johnny gui for john the ripper openwall community wiki. While most of us would likely consider purchasing a pair of web cams to keep in touch, he decided to do things his own way. The vulnerability is due to insufficient size validation of usersupplied data. No related links or documentation file information. Using infrared ir light pens and the wii remote, it is possible to create very lowcost multipoint interactive whiteboards and multipoint tablet displays.
This was a simple wayfor hackers at leastto maintain a presence at home. Luckily, thanks to shrinking hardware costs and the efforts of renowned hardware hacker johnny chung lee, building a physical avatar has never been easier. I had a friend two states away test it to make sure it actually worked as it should. Feb 14, 2011 johnny chung lee made this creation due to having to leave his partner temporarily due to work relocation. Johnny chung lee born 1979 a computer engineer famous for his inventions related to the wii remote. Design challenges and guidelines for social interaction using. Finally, we discuss areas for future research and development in mobile telepresence robots for social applications.
Temporarily separated from his partner after a workdriven relocation, he wanted to create a simple way to maintain a presence in their. This allows the use of a low cost telepresence robot from an irobot create, a laptop or netbook, and a homemade body to hold the laptop above the robot. Wiimote hacker johnny chung lee built this relatively lowcost telepresence. Johnny chung lee is more of a modder than a hacker which some would argue is just a matter of shades of grey. Wiimote hacker johnny chung lee built this relatively lowcost telepresence robot using an irobot create, a netbook, a bit of laser cut acrylic, and some custom software. A hacker has put together a viable homebrew telepresence robot using easily. Downloading and installing this software is at your own risk, and no support or guarantee is provided with this software. Telepresence droids would be the ideal tool, but lee decided to go the diy route. Feb 11, 2011 johnny chung lee makes diy telepresence bot out of an irobot create and a netbook latest in create hps envy 15 returns with a vaporchambercooled intel i9 cpu. Johnny chung lee human computer interaction research.
Intrepid engineer johnny lee chung has struck again, this time creating a doityourself telepresence robot. Johnny is the crossplatform open source gui frontend for the popular password cracker john the ripper. Ive seen cheaper, but this video does a good job of illustrating that you can piece together this sort of thing out of offtheshelf components rather than spending tens of thousands of dollars on purposebuilt gear. Johnny chung hardware technical program manager product. Thats cheaper than this cheap diy telepresence robot from johnny chung lee that we saw earlier this year. Johnny lee ted nintendo wii devotees are likely already familiar with johnny chung lee as the guy who appeared one day last year on youtube. My research interests are in exploring novel interface technology that can influence the lives of many people.
Lowcost multitouch whiteboard using the wiimote youtube. One modification is a software package written with visual studio express 2010. Combining the irobot create combining the irobot create robot app store 535 words view diff exact match in snippet view article find links to article. One of the simplest things you can do is buy everyone a cheap netbook and use a service like tokbox for the video presence. Telepresence is an open platform for distance education.
Acm symposium on virtual reality software and technology, pp. New interaction concepts by using the wii remote springerlink. It uses the infraredir camera built into the tip of each wii remote to track the location ir light pens. Thats why i really like this telepresence robot hack from johnny chung lee.
A vulnerability in the xml application programming interface api of cisco telepresence codec tc and collaboration endpoint ce software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass authentication and access a targeted system through the api. Using johnny chung lees post as a guide, i was able to get my telepresence robot up and running for the first time. Googles johnny chung lee has a history of creating lowcost. Johnny chung lee carnegie mellon university may 2008 interaction techniques using the wii remote. Wonderhowto a howto community for roboticists making diy. Jan 11, 2011 first of all, passive telepresence is a great idea. Johnny chung lee makes diy telepresence bot out of an irobot create. The vulnerability is due to improper implementation of authentication mechanisms for the xml api of the affected software. View johnny chungs profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. View johnny lees profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. The enterprising chap in question is johnny chung lee.
This technology conceived and developed by duffie white in the 1990s has inspired the emergence of a new communications field called. A head tracking application based on a modified version of johnny chung lee s desktopvr software that supports a. Johnny chung lee, who is well known for some wiimote and kinect. The control software was written by him and the instructions were posted. Using the infrared camera in the wii remote and a head mounted sensor bar two ir leds, you can accurately track the location of your head and render view dependent images on. Supergeek builds diy chatbot to speak to his fiancee. Feb 12, 2011 a hacker has put together a viable homebrew telepresence robot using easily available components thats good enough if not pretty enough to rival much more expensive peers like anybots qb. Lees other projects include an interactive whiteboard, 3d head tracking, finger tracking, and a diy telepresence robot. Feb 09, 2011 johnny chung lee, having recently moved from seattle to mountain view, wanted a way to keep in touch with his fiance who would not be relocating for several more months. Image by johnny chung lee as more and more people are hospitalized due to the covid19 coronavirus, there may not be enough ventilators to. Dietz, paul h lee, johnny chung united states patent application. Lead the software team that developed 6dof tracking for daydream vr headsets. This software application allows you to use your nintendo wii remote to create a very lowcost interactive whiteboard system or tablet display.
Antiblinding safety feature for projection systems inventors. Johnny chung lee makes diy telepresence bot out of an. Everything you need to know about the latest smartphones, tablets, smartwatches and more. A vulnerability in the received packet parser of cisco expressway series and cisco telepresence video communication server vcs software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a reload of the affected system, resulting in a denial of service dos condition.
See the complete profile on linkedin and discover johnnys. Johnny chung lee born 1979 a computer engineer famous for his inventions related to the. Then plan is to figure out a low cost way for people to tour other hackerspaces remotely and communicate almost as if you were there. Diy video chat robot lets you be two places at once robotics. This significantly exceeds the number of tablet pcs in use today according to even the most generous estimates of tablet pc sales. Procrastineering project blog for johnny chung lee. Continue reading johnny chung lee makes diy telepresence bot out of an irobot create and a netbookjohnny chung lee makes diy telepresence bot out of an irobot create and a netbook. Any software on this page is primarily meant for developers and may not run without proper the development tools installed.
This third article is entitled robotic telepresence. I get the fact that some people need telepresence, but ultimately even the cheapest options can cost you thousands. Some 700,000 people, many of them teachers, have downloaded the software. Lee s other projects include an interactive whiteboard, 3d head tracking, finger tracking, and a. He is involved with humancomputer interaction he earned a b. A telepresence researching project that build for nyu nycabu dhabishanghai campus rubinhuang9239teleroomba. Lee wanted to create a telepresence videochat robot that i could use to drive around the house remotely. A person from another part of the world can appear lifesize within the room for live twoway communication while making eye contact. Getting started read the technical guide for more information on how to build, install and run the system. This talk was presented at an official ted conference, and was featured by our editors on the home page. Dec 10, 2019 this short list is a good starting point to help you to understand what you could expect from our telepresence system.
Cisco expressway series and telepresence vcs denial of. Chung lee s software for turning the wiis unique handsetwhich allows the player to control the action on screen with a wave of the handinto. Johnny chung lee makes diy telepresence bot out of an irobot. A hacker has put together a viable homebrew telepresence robot using easily available components thats good enough if not pretty enough to rival. Lichtman takes a look at the current field of robotic telepresence platforms hitting the market and provides an overview of their uses and ultimate.
The control software was written by him and the instructions were posted online, so you. The platform features a full computer assisted collaborative work tool for students and professors combining teleconferencing with a network virtual environment. A hacker has put together a viable homebrew telepresence robot using easily available components thats good enough to rival much more expensive peers like anybots qb. This last career move meant moving away from his fiancee, so he did what any self. What is the best softwarehardware for passive telepresence. Want to keep an eye on your home while on vacation. Wonderhowto a howto community for roboticists making.
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