Original URL: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/12/12/wii_remote_is_light_sabre/
Re-enact great Jedi, Sith battles with... a Nintendo Wii Remote
Impressive... most impressive
Posted in Games, 12th December 2006 13:27 GMT
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Remember MacSaber, the fun utility that used a MacBook or MacBook Pro's hard drive movement sensor to trigger Jedi lightsabre sounds [1]? Well, now you can do the same thing with the much more sword hilt-like Nintendo Wii Remote.
The new app, WiiSaber, comes from Isnoop, the guy who developed MacSaber earlier this year. It's currently available as a pre-release, testing version here [2].
You'll still need a Mac, to play the sounds, but the two hardware gadgets work smoothly together thanks to code developed by Japanese coder Hiroaky to pair Mac to Remote [3] and share data between them.
Isnoop says he's working on the ability to support multiple Remotes, allowing players to engage in battles. Locate each Remote, extrapolate a metre-long cylinder from the end and check for collisions. All we need then, will be a way to get green, blue, purple or red lights to spring forth from the Remote... Impressive, most impressive... ®
Read Reg Hardware's Nintendo Wii review here [4]