Let me start by saying I am somewhat of a geek. Not overly, just somewhat. As I am prone to doing, I was watching documentaries on Discovery and National Geographic. I really dig science ones. This is from an episode of Naked Science and as the videos obviously show, it was about the moon.
A NASA planetary scientist is discussing all things the moon and there she was holding a Wiimote. No, she wasn't playing a new game called Moonz from Ubisoft, rather she was using it to "rotate" the moon (you see that towards the end of the first video. Now you may ask, "why do I care?" and the answer is, I don't, but that geek in me is still amused and somewhat impressed to see Nintendo product in such a way.
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The Nintendo Wii is a home video game console released on November 19, 2006. The Wii's main selling point was the innovative use of motion controls that its signature Wii Remote and Nunchuk controllers allowed for. It became the best selling home console of its respective generation of hardware.
Wiimote being used in non gaming ways. Warning: science stuff.
" I love astronomy so gaming plus astronomy is awesome for me. I was highly amused. "Nerds and geeks rejoice. Maybe we have our own version of The Big Bang Theory here and don't know it. No idea why seeing the scientist use the Wiimote would catch my attention so much, it just did. It is far better than seeing Jake use his DS in Two & a Half Men :/
Yeah, all you need is a bluetooth connection to get access to the accelerometer data, not too sure about the infra-red pointer. I've seen a couple of videos of people using it to play PC games. Namely Half Life 2" @AndrewB said:
What other nifty applications have there been and how hard is it to modify? "" It's nifty because it's a readily-available accelerometer containing device with regular ole' bluetooth connectivity. "
" I guess visiting a thread related to a page needed for a quest activates that quest. Nice. "Hell you talking about SS? Am I missing something?
@demontium said:
" Another awesome thread oldschool. I wish Nintendo would look into this. I bet their R&D is, but still, I wanna see my headtracking >.< "I read about new technology that allows you to controls with your eyes - they made a Pong version of it - so that will be the next big thing Nintendo will make mainstream, to which Sony and Microsoft will laugh, hardcore fans will laugh and decry, then it will be a runaway success and Sony and Microsoft will then copy it :-)
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