[PD] Wii remote controller and Mac OS X

[Andrew Turley]

For the record, the SIXAXIS controller works well in Mac OS X with this driver:

http://tattiebogle.net/index.php/ProjectRoot/Ps3Controller

I've used that for the Guitar Hero controller. Using the [hid] object
I get 3 continuous values from the XYZ sensors.

andy

On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 12:59 PM, Mike McGonagle <mjmogo at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hans, do you know how many "control" signals this will produce? From what I
> read in the literature, it sounds like it also has motion controls. Does
> that mean that it has XYZ sensors? Or does it also have the pitch and yaw
> sensors as well? It sounds like a Wii has XYZ and pitch and yaw...
>
> Mike
>
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 2:06 PM, Hans-Christoph Steiner <hans at eds.org>
> wrote:
> >
> > I just got a Sony SIXAXIS, I am hoping it is easier to use than the
> > WiiRemote.  There seems to be more good lowlevel code available for
> > it, anyway.
> >
> > http://www.us.playstation.com/PS3/About/WirelessController
> > http://www.us.playstation.com/PS3/Accessories/SCPH-98040
> >
> > .hc
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mar 21, 2008, at 1:00 PM, mark edward grimm wrote:
> >
> > > hi Luigi,
> > >
> > > thanks for the tip on OSculator. im just looking at it
> > > now. you have it communicating with pd? i just tried
> > > it out with nodebox real quick and seems to works
> > > fine...
> > >
> > > i also go the wiitar connecting to pd with a 3rd party
> > > app called "wiitar"... that works fairly decent too!
> > >
> > > i haven't got the wii working with darwiiremoteOSC yet
> > > but seems pretty straight forward.
> > >
> > > i would agree it would be nice to have a pd external
> > > (aka.wiiremote) but for now these solutions seem
> > > adequate....eh?
> > >
> > > i just got these two remotes in the mail from ebay
> > > yesterday so i have not messed with them too much
> > > other than making sure they worked... maybe it would
> > > be nice to have a wiki page or something will all
> > > wiimote related pd patches/vids/experiments/examples?
> > >
> > > ...lots of cool possibilities as a controller i see!!
> > >
> > > BTW what else are people doing with the wiimote? i see
> > > its interfaced with max/msp, and processing also.
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > > mark
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --- Luigi Rensinghoff <luigi.rensinghoff at freenet.de>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > >>>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> How is the Progress with the wiiremote external ???
> > >> (especially Mac-
> > >> Intel)
> > >>
> > >> I have played around with OSculator and its really
> > >> working fine.
> > >>
> > >> Anybody else playing around with the Wii ???
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Happy Easter
> > >>
> > >> Luigi
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>> ---------------------------------------<
> > >>
> > >> Luigi Rensinghoff
> > >> luigi.rensinghoff at freenet.de
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> > >> ichat:gigicarlo
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
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