Wii and MIDI

Lowe · 24 Jan 2008 at 08:26

I just thought I'd share a quick vid of a bit of research I'm doing at work which is really good fun.

Rather than try to explain it I think it's better to just watch, but in a nutshell it's possible to get a WiiMote to control a MIDI source.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UNnr1-P9os

Next up - IR control... That's going to be a bit more difficult but potentially even better!

R.O.S.S.I · 24 Jan 2008 at 13:14

That is rather impressive.

"andy" · 24 Jan 2008 at 13:43

i knew you could use them as a midi controller in ableton , you can use a DS too

Peño · 24 Jan 2008 at 14:19

This guy's Wii projects are much cooler: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~johnny/projects/wii/

voodooflux · 24 Jan 2008 at 14:23

For any code monkeys amongst us there's a .NET Library for the Wiimote - been meaning to have a play with it for a while.

Davey D · 24 Jan 2008 at 15:26

Ive been using GlovePIE on my PC to use with the bluetooth in the Wiimote. ive been playing Frets on Fire with my Wii GH3 guitar

Neoni · 24 Jan 2008 at 15:39

ive seen much better than that!

ive seen a guy write max msp patches to use a controller to control absolutely everything, his name is (something) Leaf Cutter, programming msp patches in its own right is a talent.

Squark · 24 Jan 2008 at 22:24

Phæte said:
This guy's Wii projects are much cooler: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~johnny/projects/wii/

Those are amazing, I love the Minority Report control, brilliant

Ive changed my mind, the last "Head Tracking for Desktop VR Displays" is clearly the most awesome, this definitely has the be the way FPS games are played in the future, physically ducking behind cover before popping out to blast some guys