Wiimote as a mouse replacement?

[Maksim Yevmenkin]

On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 3:00 AM, Alexander Leidinger
<Alexander at leidinger.net> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>  has someone already tried to connect a Wiimote to FreeBSD (as a mouse
> replacement)?

i recall someone already played with it. i will try to dig out that
old email. here you go, it was turned into sf project

http://sourceforge.net/projects/bsdmoted/

>  I found a dump of the HID at
> http://wiibrew.org/index.php?title=Bluetooth_Specs

i recently got myself a wii :) will take a look at wiimote when i have
a minute to spare

>  A Wiimote looks cheap enough to think about using it in a Home Cinema
> System or in a presentation. It's much easier to use on a sofa than a normal
> mouse.

$40 us is not that cheap :) but then again compared to apple mighty
mouse it is cheaper :)

thanks,
max