International Journal of Computer Games Technology
Volume 2008 (2008), Article ID 539078, 6 pages
doi:10.1155/2008/539078
Research Article

Using a Mobile Phone as a “Wii-like” Controller for Playing Games on a Large Public Display

Tamas Vajk,1 Paul Coulton,2 Will Bamford,2 and Reuben Edwards2

1Department of Automation and Applied Informatics, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Goldman Gyorgy ter 3. IV.em, Budapest H-1111, Hungary
2Informatics, Infolab21, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4WA, UK

Received 26 September 2007; Accepted 12 November 2007

Academic Editor: Kok Wai Wong

Copyright © 2008 Tamas Vajk et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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