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DarwiinRemote - AWiimote Frontend for OSX

Posted by Zonk on from the two-great-tastes dept.

jeckil writes "DarwiinRemote is a tiny piece of software which reads data from and sends data to Nintendo Wii Remote. It detects all 3 axis sensors, all buttons (except power). You can modify which controller LED indicator is on, and send force feedback. Right now it only supports a basic front row control scheme but they should be releasing a better version in a few days. All the source code is available and compatible with latest version of xcode. One can only wonder ... If the latest apple rumor turns out to be true, things could get very interesting for apple. Someone has already released a modified version of this app. It seems there have been some problems detecting the remote so an alternate version that uses the Wiimote's sync button has been released."

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  1. WiinRemote by Phroggy · · Score: 3, Informative

    I can't read Japanese, but it looks like WiinRemote is a similar app for Windows; this page is linked from the DarwiinRemote page.

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    1. Re:WiinRemote by KingJoshi · · Score: 4, Informative

      And the English page, http://onakasuita.org/wii/index-e.html

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  2. A cheap slideshow presenter's tool? by lpangelrob · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Typical slideshow presenters: $56.00.

    Wii Remote: $29.95

    All that you're missing is a laser pointer, and the requisite freaking sharks.

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    -Rob

    Biblical fiscal responsibility

    1. Re:A cheap slideshow presenter's tool? by RyoShin · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Who needs the laser pointer? Somehow integrate this software with the software being used to present the document, and suddenly your mouse turns into a pointing finger and moves with the Wiimote.

      Set it up so that - and + changes slides, and use the D-pad to control what type of pointer is being used- a hand, a grabber to draw a circle or square around an area, an underlining tool, or nothing. The A or B button controls turning that on and off.

  3. Re:'scuse me for being a n00b... by Phisbut · · Score: 3, Informative
    ...but can someone post some details on how to physically read the Wiimote from a PC or Mac? Is the controller connected via USB? (I don't own a Wii so I've no idea how things plug together.)

    I might be wrong, but I do believe the Wiimote communicates with Bluetooth, so it's basically just a bluetooth device that your Mac or PC deals with, like a mouse or any other device.

    Ya gotta love standard interfaces when stuff like that happens :-)

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  4. Sensor Bar support in Linux by noretsa · · Score: 4, Interesting

    This hack is kinda limited in functionality since it uses only the tilt data for input as opposed to the pointer functionality. Although the site is hammered, someone has already supported this functionality in Linux as shown in this amazing demonstration. The functionality in that video is so good I can easily see people buying a wiimote without having the wii (although they would have to create their own LED bar).