Wiimote as a mouse replacement?

[Alexander Leidinger]

Quoting Maksim Yevmenkin <maksim.yevmenkin at gmail.com> (from Tue, 15  
Apr 2008 10:02:39 -0700):

> 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/

Thanks for the link, maybe I will check it out this weekend.

>>  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

That's the reason why I ask, I got one on my birthday and now I'm  
setting up my home cinema. So I would have use for this now (first I  
have to setup the X server on the machine in question, before I can  
give it a try)...

It would be great if it is possible out of the box. I've found a  
program for linux which translates button presses and movements into  
Xinput data (http://www.resplect.com/xwii/), but as I haven't setup  
the machine I want to use there yet, I didn't even downloaded it yet.

>>  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 :)

37 EUR for the Wiimote here in Germany (39 if you want to get WiiPlay  
too). For a loudspeaker, acceleration sensors, an infra-red ccd and  
some buttons in a nice design I would say it is not expensive. The  
possibilities this offers are woth the price IMO.

I'm looking forward to any results you get with playing with FreeBSD+Wii.

Bye,
Alexander.

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