Slashdot Mirror
DarwiinRemote - AWiimote Frontend for OSX
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."
And the English page, http://onakasuita.org/wii/index-e.html
In times like these, it is helpful to remember that there have always been times like these. - Paul Harvey
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).