James Britt: Wii Ruby<\/p>\n
Wii Hardware: CPU, IR Sensor bar, Wiimote, nunchuck, balance board.<\/p>\n
The nice thing about the hardware is that you can replace the Wii CPU with a
\nlaptop, and still use the rest. Nice 3rd part sensor bar: PSE112 from Psyclone — runs on batteries<\/p>\n
Why do we like Java? Because of JRuby and because of the really good libraries.<\/p>\n
Java libraries:<\/p>\n
– WiiRemoteJ: Closed source, jar only.
\n– WiiUseJ: Open source (GPL v3) on Java 1.6. Sits on a C library.<\/p>\n
Ruby wrappers to these libs:<\/p>\n
– WiiRemoteJRuby
\n– WiiUseJRuby<\/p>\n
Your laptop needs bluetooth. The Wiimote has an IR camera that reads the IR
\nlights in the “sensor bar”. He used Linux to do his work. In theory, it should
\nwork on other platforms as well.<\/p>\n
Monkeybars.org – wraps swing in a form of MVC for Ruby<\/p>\n
– Controller handles events
\n– View maps UI to model
\n– Model holds data<\/p>\n
He showed some basic apps he had written. One of them would make music
\ndepending on how you waved the Wiimote.<\/p>\n
What’s good?<\/p>\n
– Mapping events is easy
\n– GUI is easy
\n– MIDI is okay<\/p>\n
What’s bad?<\/p>\n
– Precise control is HARD
\n– Project creation is tedious
\n– Many little annoyances persist<\/p>\n
johnnylee.net\/projects\/wii – great wii hacks<\/p>\n
Q: Did you look into the C libraries at all? He went straight to Java.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
James Britt: Wii Ruby Wii Hardware: CPU, IR Sensor bar, Wiimote, nunchuck, balance board. The nice thing about the hardware is that you can replace the Wii CPU with a laptop, and still use the rest. Nice 3rd part sensor bar: PSE112 from Psyclone — runs on batteries Why do we like Java? Because of … <\/p>\n