wii remote laser tracking

[Lasrin]

Other than a Wii remote, does anyone know a source for the camera?

[td84]

@Lasrin Do you mean the actual CMOS sensor? If so, you have to go directly to the company in Taiwan, and from I've been told the company is REALLY into their non-disclosure agreements.

[td84]

So hypothetically, can you use a IR laser instead?

I know it sounds silly, but I have a real legitimate reason.

[MrMaxk91]

do you mean the black square in front of the camera or really a lens on the camera, because i took away the black plastic part on the front of the wiimote and replaced it with clear Plexiglas but it does not seem to work.

[maritomario]

How can I take off that camera from wiimote???

[maritomario]

Could you explain how you do it with the laser?

[Shakespeare1612]

@maritomario

There is a Wii remote control off camera that is tracking these light sources. It is connected to a PC instead of the Wii consol. Normally, the Wii remote works with IR light but that is only because there is a lens on the camera that filters out all other light sources. If you crack this lens off of the camera, and I do mean crack, you would have to saw though the glue bond, you can open the camera up to other light sources and this can be the result. It is excellent work.

[kimosabesun]

Excellent vid! Thx!

[kovodka]

Where can I buy one of there camera ?

[kornkidi]

you know the wiimote has a camara in it, but it's an infrared camara. This is a mod of that cam.

[TrickyNekro]

Nop, A CCD cam head detected visible light plus infrared. Most cameras that we use have a infrared block out filter, wii cam has a visible light block out filter, so without a filter every CCD camera can see that two... I think they can also detect some UV I'm not sure, someone correct me...

[peepsnet]

What is that software you are using and where can you DL it???

[eeezb]

ZOmmmggg this is SOOO GREAT!! umm could you tell me where can I find a 200Hz laser led?? does the one on the remote control has it ???

[nofactor]

200 Hz is the sampling frecuency - the position of the 4 objects is captured 200 times per second

[snemeiz]

nice work

[link524324]

stupid

[DaZeD871]

So if I get it right, you're using the technique JL uses, and turn it into something you canuse from a distance.

So for example you could project something on the wall, set everything up and all, and then either go up to the wall and use a IR pen, or just sit back and shine away with a laser?

I'm getting really interested in these projects now!

[ritchieDonkers92]

F* i just broke my laser

[choulo]

Great! I guess resolution improves much more with laser better than using IR leds...

thanks so much for your discovery!!

[jcl5m]

wow, that's really cool. I didn't realize the camera wasn't inherently IR only. Good job talking to it directly via I2C. I had read that the data was coming off at 200Hz