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Wii Balance Board used with Google Maps

August 22, 2008 in News comments 8

If you're the type who loves browsing through your hometown with Google Maps' street view, then you'll definitely get a kick out of this interesting new mod which incorporates a Wii Balance Board peripheral.

That's exactly what Ryo Katsuma, a Tokyo web developer, has done by hooking up his Wii Fit Balance Board with the Google Maps interface to provide a virtual walkthrough of any mapped neighbourhood.

Livewire_19 via techradar.com »
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    Spurs_Rule_And_Rock Aug 22, 08
    I couldn't find the video. It sounds interesting though, I've always considered google maps and google earth a necessity when getting a new computer. (Don't tell 'em but i install it on my mates computer whilst they're on the toilet or something.)
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    Livewire_19 Aug 22, 08
    I'm sorry here is the video.

    youtube

    For some reason gamegrep woudn't let me use any of the alternate sources as the main source.
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      chautemoc Aug 22, 08
      Added.

      And you cant do that because they've already been used..
      Umm, to embed videos into articles, read here on how. Simple stuff.
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        Livewire_19 Aug 22, 08
        Thanks for the fix.
        And gamegrep wouldn't accept the sources before I added them to alternate.
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    Zerpent Aug 22, 08
    Heh, that was kind of cool. Not that I'm going to use the Wii Board for something like that, but still kind of cool.
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    BradSK Aug 22, 08
    Sort of impressive, but utterly pointless.
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    KernelKush Aug 22, 08
    Interesting use for the balance board, though not exactly practice in my opinion.
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    Starsky134 Aug 24, 08
    So like going for a virtual walk? Why not go for a real walk?

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