Curtis Olson wrote: > On 12/18/06, *Pigeon* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> > wrote: > > I had a bit of fun with FlightGear and the Wiimote last night. > > And for those who don't know, Wiimote is the remote game controller > for the Nintendo Wii game console. You play by actually holding and > moving the controller. > > A bit of details and a video here: > > http://pigeond.net/?cat=flightgear&comments=fg-wiimote > <http://pigeond.net/?cat=flightgear&comments=fg-wiimote> > > > I was so impressed with the wiimote demo that I showed it to my wife > (who normally glazes over about 5 seconds before any of my FlightGear > demos start.) Same thing here, but I figure you can't just stop > trying. I casually mentioned this looked like it might be a fun toy, > and didn't think any more of it. > > On Christmas Eve when we were opening gifts, the first thing I got was a > little rubber "glove" protector for the wiimote. Everyone was out of > stock for all things wii so I figured, haha, it was a joke, she actually > looked, but that was the best she could find, up to me to fill it in > later on my own. > > So to my great surprise, the next thing is an actual wiimote which she > managed to find someplace. Woohoo! Thankfully she didn't bother with > the whole wii system which I wouldn't have time for anyway, but the > wiimote was exactly what I wanted. > > Today with Pigeon's help, I managed to get my wiimote working with > FlightGear and had some fun jetting around the skies. I captured one > video and posted it here for your enjoyment: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyFTc_XH0Zs > > Regards, > > Curt. > -- Absolutely stupendous! Looks like a must have. Regards Sid. -- Sid Boyce ... Hamradio License G3VBV, Licensed Private Pilot Emeritus IBM/Amdahl Mainframes and Sun/Fujitsu Servers Tech Support Specialist, Cricket Coach Microsoft Windows Free Zone - Linux used for all Computing Tasks
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