WiiFit board speaks to Linux (cnet)

At FroSCOn 2008 we presented 2 implementations (hacks on existing toolkits) for using a wiimote to give presentations. The presentation disclosed a lot of interesting features for this purpose. (Not just as an input device, but also for interacting with your audience, or even voting)

At FOSDEM 2009 we presented a complete standalone implementation, called WiiPresent. Not all features are implemented (notably IR mouse control), but most of them already are:

- wiimote rumbles to indicate how much time has passed
- wiimote leds indicate how much time is left
- mouse-mode to move mouse pointer using tilting sensors
- window-mode to instruct window manager
- application mode (default) send key-combinations depending on focus
- can also be used for multimedia apps or watching TV

You can find it here:

http://dag.wieers.com/home-made/wiipresent/

We also looked at possible use-cases for using the WiiFit, but we could not find any practical uses for the WiiFit for giving presentations :-)