Use Nintendo Wii Remote with Virtual Earth

December 29, 2007 6 Comments

Sure you can use the Xbox360 controller, or the 3Dconnexion SpaceNavigator to navigate the 3D Virtual Earth globe, but anyone can do that. The real fun is using your Wii Remote to control the 3D Globe.

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Video: Wiimote Interface for Virtual Earth

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6 Responses to Use Nintendo Wii Remote with Virtual Earth

  1. atomek says:
    December 29, 2007 at 8:45 am

    great! now instead of using just one hand I can employ both of them to do the same thing! :P

  2. Bill says:
    December 29, 2007 at 1:48 pm

    My son’s gonna be really pissed! He’ll never get to use the Wii now! ;)

  3. Christian says:
    December 29, 2007 at 4:25 pm

    I knew I should have bought the Wii for Christmas!

  4. Chris Schierkolk says:
    December 30, 2007 at 7:46 pm

    Tried this out today and it works great. Looking at hacking other GIS products.

  5. James Graham says:
    December 31, 2007 at 7:51 am

    Isn’t someone going to chime in and tell us how you can do all of this with Manifold?

  6. how to mod a wii says:
    January 27, 2011 at 8:45 pm

    that’s really cool…I love all the different things you can do with the wii