Wiimote Hacking!

Hmm .. I took my Wii on a trip to Perth and left the little sensor bar sitting on top of the the TV .. Doh. Now I know that Wii sports does not use the Infra Red sensor, so Powering up my Wii I slipped in the Wii sports, but of course there was no way of selecting the Disc Channel to start the sports games ... Damn.
A quick check of prices in the local shops $30 (Aussie dollars) for a replacement, no way I was going to pay that. OK so I'll get it sent back from Perth to Canberra .. that would take at lest 3 days arrrggghh .... I'll get withdrawal symptoms.

Then I remembered seeing the Johny Lee demo of how the Wii remote can be fooled by a pair of infra red transmitters on a pair of glasses. So its out with the Xmas tree lights .. mask all but 2 of them and arrange them about 20cm apart.



Switch them on point the Wii remote at them and hey presto I can control the cursor on screen & select Wii sports. I was amazed t how well it works. At least it will do until I get back to Perth next month.