Do it yourself virtual reality game gun
The 'do it yourself trend' towards gadgets and applications is impressive. People are creative with new technologies and the best innovations arise in the livingrooms of individuals. See the game gun and innovations with the Wii remote.
It is a fact that the most and best innovations are build in the living rooms of individual consumers. Just have a look on YouTube to see what consumers develop with new technologies. The combination of cheap affordable technological gadgets like infrared sensorsn, screens, game consoles, RFID tags etc. brings the creative spirit alive in humans. So it is a real and great trend that people build so great stuff by themselves. The game gun is just an example of the many which people show on the internet. The game gun is a combination of a controler, lcd screen, motion sensor and game console.
This 'do it yourself trend' must be the poof for organizations that they have to innovate together with the crowd. Crowdsourcing and open innovation are no longer hypes or this you can do as an organization. It are 'tools' for organizations which they have to deploy.
See also the lecture at TED. Here talks Johnny Lee about his astonishing Wii hacks. He became famous because of his Wii hacks which he put on YouTube. His innovations became so popular that he could talk about them ion TED! Great!