Hi, quick correction: the Google Earth hack was off the shelf - we were
just running it. The EPG hack had a bit of novel coding to customise
GlovePIE ( http://carl.kenner.googlepages.com/glovepie ) scripts to talk
to an existing EPG demo.
Wiiware could be, if nothing else, good fun. Anyone been able to find any
details of what they'll actually be providing? I've not been able to find
much except the press release. Hopefully its not simply a branding wrapper
around the fact that the Wii web-browser supports flash ;-)
Matt
Moving the discussion list on a little bit and away from the =
conversations of the last week or so..... (hint)
I've just seen this...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6248780.stm
I think this is incredibly important - I've already seen BBC R&Ds hack =
of the controllers that allow you to navigate Google Earth and a simple
=
EPG (wow) - I'm wondering what else could come out of this =
announcement... should we run a comp for best Wii hack? Is there =
anything we could provide that would help people build stuff for this =
'new' platform. (other than a Wii ;-) )....? Is this a new platform?
Very interesting stuff... what does everyone else think?
m
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