The head tracking system has been created using an Arduino Uno and was inspired by an earlier project by Eric Jacob who created a Wii Remote IR camera hack complete with Arduino interface.

The position feedback is provided in much the same way that the Wii remote is used as a pointing device. On the gaming console there is a bar that goes under the TV with two IR LEDs in it.

What’s in a game controller? If it is a Wii remote, you’ll find a lot inside–an IR sensor, Bluetooth, an accelerometer, and EEPROM. It also has a six pin expansion port that allows I2C ...

It’s been a few years since we played tennis, went bowling, or sliced hitmen into pieces on the Nintendo Wii. Even Nintendo has moved on with the newfangled Nintendo Wii U and 3DS systems.

Obviously, they're pretty expensive. DIYer Johnny Lee, however, realized that a Wii remote can track up to four different infrared signals at a time. So, if you were to mount a Wiimote near a ...

One Wii fan has turned an old remote control for a television into ... Circuit board and then drilled holes in the side for the IR LED's and used the battery box already on the remote and made ...

So to test IR tracking, I loaded the Home Menu and ... I wasn’t able to test the remotes with Wii MotionPlus, but Mad Catz, with their 1:1 duplication of the Wiimote body, promises me that ...

Like the Wii, the prototype remote relies on an infrared-based sensor bar for tracking movements, but in this case it connects to the GameCube via the console's memory card slot. The entire ...

Nintendo has patented designs for a touch-sensitive add-on to the Wii Remote. The accessory would ... which reflects infrared LEDs triggered by players' touch gestures. These in turn are ...