[Video]WiiMote controlling mouse in Windows

Evi1d33d · 12-05-2006, 12:03 AM

Check it out, the WiiLinux team already figure out how to get WiiMote to actually work on your computer.
[MEDIA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_ytdW6Ys2A[/MEDIA]

UPDATE: Playing Half Life 2 with WiiMote.
Also you are NOT required to have a sensor bar to use the wiimote. The sensor bar is only used for pointer feature and the video use only the tilt features like the PS3 controller. Also it's possible to run Windows applications on a Mac: http://www.apple.com/macosx/bootcamp/

[MEDIA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asY_I8y6C0M[/MEDIA]

vlad · 12-05-2006, 12:10 AM

awesome.
i'm gonna try this out when finals are over.
bleah. life of a college student.

Wiiboy93 · 12-05-2006, 12:13 AM

lol thats cool

registerednerd · 12-05-2006, 01:10 AM

Three reasons I think this is fake:
1: There is no sensor bar. You can't use the pointer without the sensor bar (they are also way to close to be within range)
2: There is a huge delay in the motion, and not all of the motions transfer, it's like someone off screen has a mouse and is moving it in reaction to the Wiimote
3: That's a pre-intel macbook, supposedly running Windows. That doesn't happen.

ocdan · 12-05-2006, 01:13 AM

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Originally Posted by registerednerd

Three reasons I think this is fake:
1: There is no sensor bar. You can't use the pointer without the sensor bar (they are also way to close to be within range)
2: There is a huge delay in the motion, and not all of the motions transfer, it's like someone off screen has a mouse and is moving it in reaction to the Wiimote
3: That's a pre-intel macbook, supposedly running Windows. That doesn't happen.

the sensor bar isnt needed, hes using the motion sensor, not the IR sesnor

Master Wii · 12-05-2006, 01:47 AM

That definately is a mac laptop, i'm not sure how you tell if it's a pre-intel based book but that's definately Windows OS running on it which leads me to believe that it actually IS Intel based.

registerednerd · 12-05-2006, 02:37 AM

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Originally Posted by ocdan

the sensor bar isnt needed, hes using the motion sensor, not the IR sesnor

d'oh! As long as they could get it alligned, that would explain the delay. It doesn't explain how not all of his motions registered, though.

Icetrash · 12-05-2006, 02:40 AM

Someone off screen might just be controlling the mouse, and that guy just waving the wiimote around for nothing...

vagrant · 12-05-2006, 02:42 AM

LiquidIce's Nintendo Wii Hacks: Download the Windows WiiMote Driver

Unfortunately I am pretty sure the latency in the cursor movement is a permanent problem.

Meaning it is useless really.

ocdan · 12-05-2006, 04:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Icetrash

Someone off screen might just be controlling the mouse, and that guy just waving the wiimote around for nothing...

i dunno, that mouse guy has a very steady hand if id say then

Prez · 12-05-2006, 04:26 AM

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Originally Posted by registerednerd

Three reasons I think this is fake:
1: There is no sensor bar. You can't use the pointer without the sensor bar (they are also way to close to be within range)
2: There is a huge delay in the motion, and not all of the motions transfer, it's like someone off screen has a mouse and is moving it in reaction to the Wiimote
3: That's a pre-intel macbook, supposedly running Windows. That doesn't happen.

you sir, are correct.

vagrant · 12-05-2006, 04:32 AM

it almost looks like he recorded the mouse movements with some kind of macro recorded and then played it back and tried to move the wiimote withit. You can see in a few parts he tilts the wiimote up and the cursor still moves down.

Flip · 12-05-2006, 04:44 AM

Would you guys stop discrediting these people for their work. They're bringing you something for nothing. Stop complaining. If you think it's fake, just go to the address he gave you in the video:

WiiLi.org Wii Linux - Main Page

vagrant · 12-05-2006, 04:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Flip

Would you guys stop discrediting these people for their work. They're bringing you something for nothing. Stop complaining. If you think it's fake, just go to the address he gave you in the video:

WiiLi.org Wii Linux - Main Page

or the link i posted above that actually links you to the download page for the driver.

registerednerd · 12-05-2006, 05:11 AM

I went and downloaded the driver, and I couldn't seem to make it work.

vagrant · 12-05-2006, 05:13 AM

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Originally Posted by registerednerd

I went and downloaded the driver, and I couldn't seem to make it work.

do you have a bluetooth adapter on your pc?

unicycler · 12-05-2006, 05:18 AM

fake, u can totally tell it isnt real, the stupid power bar isnt there and the thing is flashing meaning it wont wokr

vagrant · 12-05-2006, 05:20 AM

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Originally Posted by unicycler

fake, u can totally tell it isnt real, the stupid power bar isnt there and the thing is flashing meaning it wont wokr

the power bar?

registerednerd · 12-05-2006, 05:24 AM