My WiiMote project is complete!

Nice.

simple but effective. i will probably try this over the holidays.

We really are a mad bunch 'aint we. This aught to give the wife a good laugh though, she thinks I'm a sad git 'cos I have a head tracker LOL.

SD

Very nice job.

I now see you C3PO hand with bad day of drugs :) i suggest try using keyboard tact swith, is a thin membrane and smooth, better for the screen and greater accuracy.

I think i bought the wrong type of LED, mine does not light up when i test on a battery.... IR LED...

I will do some switch hunting tomorrow and by some normal LED's. Atleast im learning how to solder :P

an IR LED is what you want ideally. Yours is probably working but because it is only visible in the IR spectrum no visible light will show, but the wiimote will pick it up. If you have a trck IR unit try putting it infront of it and see if it picks it up, it should.

SD

Very cool!

I just went over to our electrical dept. and they are wiring me up a very lite duty and very small 4.5 mm x 4.5 mm thin membrane switch for me to use on mine, I'll be using a very tiny micro battery holder as well.

All credit and thanks goes to Jonk who came up with this!

Thx.

yes u are correct! in regards to the LED and trackir

Just a quick question here, i do not own a Wii but would love to give this a go. Can you just purchase a Wii remote for this?

Just a quick question here, i do not own a Wii but would love to give this a go. Can you just purchase a Wii remote for this?

Yes, absolutely.

cheers!

I'm glad that this is something other people are interested in. I would love to see what ya'll come up with, with pictures of course.

For me, what I put up is actually version 3 of the glove. I had tried 2 different switches before going with this longer "pole" type switch. Previously I went with the smaller keyboard switch that was mentioned earlier, and also a smaller detect switch. Both of these though did not provide accurate results when clicking in the cockpit.

For me, I think it was becasue of the small click areas within the cockpit on the monitor. I found that with a visable reference, in this case the pole, the accuracy of the click was better. It also gives a reference to the eyes and brain as to where the click is on the screen.

i have juwst completed my first version, i am having a fight beteween trackir and the wiimote as of right now

man im not goin to get any sleep tonight

That is actually pretty dang cool. Good work!

Contrail

You are at the time that also gave me the most trouble. I had to find the right spot for the remote so it could see the entire monitor, without anything blocking it, while also at the same time moving the TrackIR out of the remotes field of view.

I eneded up moving the TrackIR up above my monitor about 6 inches, with the remote about a foot behind my left shoulder at the same level as my monitor. The only difference with this is that I now have to wear my ballcap and clip slightly back on my head for the clip to remain in the field of view of the TrackIR.

Yea, and its strange that the remote will pick up the trackir in a heartbeat but my LED seems to have a harder time. Im off to get some sleep. I will do some thinking tomorrow on improvements and will try and post some pics of my glove.

rep inbound to you jonk for getting the ball rolling on this :P

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-So it's DL a piece of software

-build the Glove

-Poistion the TrackIR and Wii-remote just right

... and BANG ! > ... you're good-to-go?

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-So it's DL a piece of software

-build the Glove

-Poistion the TrackIR and Wii-remote just right

 

... and BANG ! > ... you're good-to-go?

 

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Make sure your is bluetooth capable, if not you need to buy a 20$ Bluetooth dongle.

Pit

Pretty much!

As stated above, the bluetooth USB dongle is also required. Found mine at Radio Shack for 10 bucks. I have also read that dongles using the BlueSoleil software are the most effort free in recognizing the Wii Remote.

Holy nuts that's some crazy shit. I can see the potential combining similar controls with a VR-headset. Imagine the effect from 3D depth, giving the impression of actually being in a full sized ka-50.

Nice to see that someone else is picking this idea up!:thumbup:

This is a quote from my site:

19th September 2008

 

My Tutorial/Projekt Roadmap :

 

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-Turn every monitor into a touchscreen using a wii-remote and a IR-LED/reflective-tape attached to your index finger. To use it with touchbuddy and/or a virtual cockpit. Similar to this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5s5Ev...iimote-162856/

(..)

I will release a video/text tutorial soon.

Nice!

Yep , he's right. It's the same as a remote for your TV or whatever...theres no light when you press the button.

On that thought ....who doesn't have tons of old remote controls laying around for long gone devices? maybee it's possible to cut up a old TV or VCR remote and get the IR LED out of it and a soft contact switch?

Awesome job....and thumbs up!!!!!Thanks very much for sharing a great idea ,,,,,,a great contributions from a great community ........

The guy who hosts the software has a video where he tracks up to 4 fingers without having an ir source on a glove. Instead he uses IR reflectors on a glove, I am interested in trying out this method. Would it interfere with a Track IR ( I dont have one yet but i am planning on getting one soon) Here is the video

I believe trying that method, although u may be able to track your finger in game, i dont know how you would get the mouse click to be pressed. Unless you actually pressed another button to make the click, but that would defeat the point of the exercise. I dunno still looking into it all myself so that might be a load of codswallop :)

If you want to sell this as some form of product, ill need 2, one for each hand

Half this forum will probably buy one :)