Wiimote and Irrlicht: Awesome stuff

noreg · Post by **noreg** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 10:27 pm

using a mass-produced game controller (thats the 40 E)
C (and C#) libs for usage of wiimote via Bluetooth
You find them here:
Linux:
http://libwiimote.sourceforge.net/
other OS:
http://blogs.msdn.com/coding4fun/archiv ... aspx#usage

So whats a wiimote? It's the bluetooth connected remote controller of the Nintendo Wii game console.
It contains a 1024x768 infrared cam with a four point tracking processor, an accelerometer which can also
measure inclination, a rumble motor and a speaker. Here are some applications demonstrated per videos:

Whiteboard & Headtracking
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/%7Ejohnny/projects/wii/
http://procrastineering.blogspot.com/

Musical: Virtual drum and guitar
http://www.thisisnotalabel.com/My-Wiimote-Drum-Kit.php
http://www.thisisnotalabel.com/Wiimote-Guitar-v0.1.php

All the websites offer the necessary soft for free.

Have phun

PS: Irrlicht integration looks like a piece of cake. Even for me.
EDIT: Somebody ? did it already: Irrlicht controlled by Wiimote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zq-AbSch ... re=related

Wii has been natively hacked:
http://wiihacks.blogspot.com/

MasterGod · Post by **MasterGod** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 10:34 pm

LOL! It looks awesome!!

noreg · Post by **noreg** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 5:08 pm

Thanks MasterGod for your appreciation. I thought it would interest more people. Maybe i have chosen the wrong audience. R U sleeping, ppl ?

fmx · Post by **fmx** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 5:33 pm

um, its only been like one day since your post... have patience

it is interesting tho...

maybe you should mention the word "WIIMOTE" in your topic subject, people might actually decide to click on it and see what its about

noreg · Post by **noreg** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 9:11 pm

maybe you should mention the word "WIIMOTE" in your topic subject, people might actually decide to click on it and see what its about

Thx for the good advice. Makes sense to follow.

afecelis · Post by **afecelis** » Sun Feb 01, 2009 5:09 am

noreg your video looks awesome!

, could you share with us how you integrated the wiimote and irrlicht?
Did you write a loader for it? Have you got any examples?

this is really intriguing me

regards,
Alvaro

noreg · Post by **noreg** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 11:09 am

Hi Alvaro, didn´t see it earlier that you digged out my ancient thread. The easiest and most editable irrlicht wiimote integration is via GlovePie.

http://carl.kenner.googlepages.com/glovepie_download

The soft allows you to write scripts for the communication with the wiimote and for emulating a game controller. Give it a shot. Would be nice to remotecontrol an architectural walkthrough standing relaxed beside the customer