Just watch the video, it's really neat.
March 22, 2007 1:25 PM Subscribe
This is very cool.
Having said that, can someone explain to me why more work seems to be going into hacking the remove than making cool stuff on the Wii Development Kit?
Not a snark at all, just curious.
posted by roll truck roll at 1:39 PM on March 22, 2007
Having said that, can someone explain to me why more work seems to be going into hacking the remove than making cool stuff on the Wii Development Kit?
Not a snark at all, just curious.
posted by roll truck roll at 1:39 PM on March 22, 2007
Having said that, can someone explain to me why more work seems to be going into hacking the remove than making cool stuff on the Wii Development Kit?
I've been amazed at the amount of creativity that the Wiimote has inspired in the hardware-hacking crowd. It's like the've been wiating for this for years without actually realizing it. Nintendo may or may not win the 3rd Gen Console Wars, but it will have earned more geek loyalty than Microsoft and Sony combined.
posted by lekvar at 1:46 PM on March 22, 2007
I've been amazed at the amount of creativity that the Wiimote has inspired in the hardware-hacking crowd. It's like the've been wiating for this for years without actually realizing it. Nintendo may or may not win the 3rd Gen Console Wars, but it will have earned more geek loyalty than Microsoft and Sony combined.
posted by lekvar at 1:46 PM on March 22, 2007
Christ. Somebody buy me a Mac.
posted by cortex at 1:55 PM on March 22, 2007 [1 favorite]
posted by cortex at 1:55 PM on March 22, 2007 [1 favorite]
imagine what you could do with 4 of them, or if you had the 'chuck attached. smoother control of the pitch manipulation, setting up start/stop spots in a loop, gating, you name it. I wonder if he uses the speaker in the wiimote to preview loops.
posted by boo_radley at 2:03 PM on March 22, 2007
posted by boo_radley at 2:03 PM on March 22, 2007
Whoops - botched that link. Here it is again...
Wiimote Controlled Murder Robot
posted by lekvar at 2:13 PM on March 22, 2007
Wiimote Controlled Murder Robot
posted by lekvar at 2:13 PM on March 22, 2007
Christ. Somebody buy me a Wii.
posted by brundlefly at 2:17 PM on March 22, 2007
posted by brundlefly at 2:17 PM on March 22, 2007
I just tried to use this and it was really buggy. It took a while to pair my wii controller with my mac, then I had to get audio output working, and somehow in button mashing I made a really short loop that sounded awful and I could not clear it or kill it no matter what I tried.
I guess I'll just enjoy the demo video...
posted by mathowie at 2:19 PM on March 22, 2007
I guess I'll just enjoy the demo video...
posted by mathowie at 2:19 PM on March 22, 2007
I'd like to know how he gets the data from the remote into his program on OS X. What did he make the UI with? Evidently not Cocoa, it looks like absolute ass.
posted by snoktruix at 2:27 PM on March 22, 2007
posted by snoktruix at 2:27 PM on March 22, 2007
mathowie: this thread is useless without videos.
posted by boo_radley at 2:28 PM on March 22, 2007
posted by boo_radley at 2:28 PM on March 22, 2007
snoktruix, it looks like it was buit in Max/MSP, a flexible and powerful audio/MIDI development platform.
posted by lekvar at 2:31 PM on March 22, 2007
posted by lekvar at 2:31 PM on March 22, 2007
"if you have a Mac with OSX (10.4.8 or 10.4.9 recommended) and bluetooth and a Wii controller"
Wouldn't that be about 12 people?
posted by 2sheets at 2:32 PM on March 22, 2007
Wouldn't that be about 12 people?
posted by 2sheets at 2:32 PM on March 22, 2007
It's probably buggy because it's based on the WiiRemote framework (which I also used for Mii Transfer). In particular it's very difficult to pair with PPC Macs.
There are lots of Wiimote hacks because it's a Bluetooth HID device, which is very easy to hack and a lot of the work has been done with that framework.
posted by mike3k at 2:44 PM on March 22, 2007
There are lots of Wiimote hacks because it's a Bluetooth HID device, which is very easy to hack and a lot of the work has been done with that framework.
posted by mike3k at 2:44 PM on March 22, 2007
bluetooth is a gimme in mac laptops, isn't it?
posted by boo_radley at 2:46 PM on March 22, 2007
posted by boo_radley at 2:46 PM on March 22, 2007
That looked amazing. I'm afraid I would never be able to get the same kind of results he did, though.
Also, I could watch him all day. A nerdy musician? Dreeeeaaamy
posted by piratebowling at 3:28 PM on March 22, 2007
Also, I could watch him all day. A nerdy musician? Dreeeeaaamy
posted by piratebowling at 3:28 PM on March 22, 2007
What did he make the UI with? Evidently not Cocoa, it looks like absolute ass.
It's made with a Max/MSP standalone environment. Most Max/MSP-based standalone applications look like shit, but then you get all the Max/MSP and OS X digital music hackery goodness, so I think it's a fair trade.
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 3:29 PM on March 22, 2007
It's made with a Max/MSP standalone environment. Most Max/MSP-based standalone applications look like shit, but then you get all the Max/MSP and OS X digital music hackery goodness, so I think it's a fair trade.
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 3:29 PM on March 22, 2007
bluetooth is a gimme in mac laptops, isn't it?
More or less.
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 3:32 PM on March 22, 2007
More or less.
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 3:32 PM on March 22, 2007
DarwiinRemote seems to be the place to start to get a Wii Remote controlled Cocoa app going.
posted by snoktruix at 3:36 PM on March 22, 2007
posted by snoktruix at 3:36 PM on March 22, 2007
Why is this guy not as cool as the Mac vs PC mac guy? Are you telling me buying a Mac won't really make me cool?
posted by melt away at 3:51 PM on March 22, 2007
posted by melt away at 3:51 PM on March 22, 2007
Hellzno, melt away! This guy's amazingly cool. He's a French rapper slash hacker. The only way he'd be cooler is if he'd have a summer cottage on Antartica.
And he lives up to the Aristotelian standard for coolness, in that he recognizes his own awesomeness well enough to choose as his moniker The Amazing Rolo.
Finally, I hope that he gets a job at Nintendo.
posted by Kattullus at 5:14 PM on March 22, 2007
And he lives up to the Aristotelian standard for coolness, in that he recognizes his own awesomeness well enough to choose as his moniker The Amazing Rolo.
Finally, I hope that he gets a job at Nintendo.
posted by Kattullus at 5:14 PM on March 22, 2007
Skip to 9:40 for what can only be described as the musical equivalent of the voice of god
posted by tehloki at 7:24 PM on March 22, 2007
posted by tehloki at 7:24 PM on March 22, 2007
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