Using a Wiiboard to control a computer game

You can control any computer game that uses keyboard input with a wii balance board. Source code:

http://code.google.com/p/wiiboard-simple/downloads/list

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Science & Technology

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• wii
• balance
• board
• wiiboard
• human
• computer
• interaction
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[benpaddlejones]

Tim

I'd love to download your application but no links :-(

benpaddlejones

[TimLambert]

Sorry, Nedim only just sent me the link. Its there now.

[NXTstorms]

Hey, could you send me your source code, or some code to receive some data from the board. The jar they give doesn't work ( on my computer ). I've noticed that BlueCove only works on 32 bit machines, yet the application still does't open.

[CripplingDuality]

@studden99

Proofplzthx.

[newjerseyrulz]

I tried the program but could only get keyboard repeats when moving forward on the balance board (left, right, and reverse only produce a single emulated keystroke). Anyone else have this problem?

[popnfresh003]

That'd be more up to the game, the software made just emulates keyboard presses.

There was something made like what you have in mind; we put 4 boards in a row and you walked across them all to walk the character in unreal tournament... it wasn't very effective =p

[KrykoStorm]

You should make it so if you step on one foot you walk a step in the game, so you actually have to walk.

[studden99]

it is fake i know that someone is sat down

and playing

[popnfresh03]

yes that is correct. it doesn't use the native windows api to communicate with bluetooth, and winsock (the default windows bluetooth driver) doesn't support the functionality required by the bluetooth library

[webtrekker]

Doesn't work with XP Bluetooth drivers. You need to install the WIDCOMM drivers.