How To Use Your Wii Remote as a Gyroscopic Mouse

If you have a spare Nintendo Wii remote with the Motion Plus add-on, you can use it to control your Windows PC from across the room. Here’s how to get it working in a couple of easy steps.

Using the Wii’s Motion Plus add-on and some software, you can easily control presentations or your home theater PC.  You will need:

• A Wii remote (obviously)
• The Motion Plus add-on
• Windows XP, Vista, or 7
• A Bluetooth dongle for your PC
• The WIDCOMM Bluetooth stack (from Broadcom’s website) (version 6.2.1.100 at the time of writing)
• GlovePIE with Emotiv support (from the GlovePIE Project website) (version 0.43 at the time of writing)

The Software
The WIDCOMM Bluetooth stack allows you to pair your computer with the Wii remote without using a code.  That’s the key piece to getting it working, and although the BlueSoleil stack can do this as well if not better, it’s not free.  After the pairing is complete, the GlovePIE application will run a script that takes your controller input and translate that into mouse emulation.  With some tweaking, you can extend the functionality of your makeshift mouse and even use it as a joystick/gamepad.

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