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User

25.11.2007 17:40:04
wiimote with the wii really different than wiimote with RB
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hi,

the wii seems to ignore very little movement of the wiimote or to combine IR detection with gyroscopic information to provide a smooth movement.

With RB , even the flickering of the IR light makes the pointer move.

would it be possible to ignore those tiny movements or to modulate them with gyroscopic datas to approach the wii behaviour??

the workaround of stopping the pointer movement while clicking is weird when using the keyboard because the typing become soooooo slow.

regards

Last edited: 25.11.2007 21:28:18 

User

27.11.2007 14:08:01
Re: wiimote with the wii really ≠ than wiimote with RB
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The maximum physical resolution of the WiiMote is 1024 in horizontal 
direction, so that a further reduction would lead to visible jumps. 
Remote Buddy already employs smoothing, but there's also a focus on 
staying reactive.

The Wii itself can smooth much more, as it doesn't feature any 
comparably fine elements in the onscreen menu.

Another problem is that often you'll move down the Wii Remote during a 
button press. This again is no problem for the Wii as the on screen 
buttons can be designed to be large enough - but this doesn't apply to 
a Mac. In order to still be able to perform precise single and double 
clicks the mouse control is turned off for the fraction of a second in 
order to do away with the "movement due to a button press".

You're right in that using a Wiimote with a Wii and with a Mac using 
RB isn't the same. But then, a Mac and a Wii aren't the same eihter. 
They have different UI concepts and handle input differently. Thus, 
the requirements for a driver for the two devices are also totally 
different.

Rest assured I'll continue to work on the Wii Remote driver, but 
clearly finding a general purpose "one size fits all" solution isn't 
possible for a device with a UI as fine grained and as complex as that 
of a Mac.

Best regards, 
Felix 

User

10.12.2007 20:56:04
Re: wiimote with the wii really ≠ than wiimote with RB
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your virtual keyboard is a gem and every key is big enough on my HDTV....

too bad it's now impossible to type quickly with the motion stopped while clicking.

please add a 'click and release' option....that will allow fast typing and clicking without dragging

thanks