Wiik Ending

We've been preparing for the launch next Friday of the Nintendo Wii. I (of course) have got one on order, and I'm planning on heading up town at midnight on Thursday.

We're going to open up the department to kids from local schools and do some demos of research level motion sensing technology in our Hive Virtual Environment. And some of our stalwart students are bringing in their Wii machines to help show them off.

Today we heard from Nintendo. We've been pestering them to let us have a machine to demonstrate, and they' promised to let us have one of their store demo pods. Today they said "We're terribly sorry, we can't get the pod to you next week. We have to send it tomorrow. Is that a problem?"

Hmmmmm. Somehow I don't think so. With a bit of luck we should have the device running in our open area for most of next wiik.

Marvelous.

Comments

[Jo]

Oh My Gosh!

I am SO there.

[ZeroEcho]

:D thats brilliant, shame i've got so much work due this week else I would be on that wii all week!

I was asking Jon Purdy about this the other day, there are a few more comsoc folks who are willing to bring their Wiis along (at least 2more) do you want them to, or is there limited room to set them up?

Play.com messed my order up so I won't have a Wii for launch day but I pre-ordered Wii-play so I will have my own Wii-mote at least :)

[CR]

I have to save myself until xmas day to play on it simply because its a xmas present from me to me

[Kurai]

comsoc's havin a wii launch party on friday evening in 312. you should drop in.

[David Warrington]

Don't expect to see me in lectures next week, I'll be too busy playing on the Wii!

[Willeth]

I'm at Hallam and we're supposed to be coming to see HIVE on Thursday as part of a virtual reality module - you gonna be there, Rob?

I've a feeling all of us will be more interested in messing around with Wii than anything else, though... :D