That’s awful complicated for something that can be done for $40 and a few minutes downloading and installing. What I hope to see(or submit if I get it working) is a whiteboard with different colored ‘markers’ controlled by the modulation of the IR LED. Some sort of pattern or frequency that would tell the computer to draw a red line instead of blue or black.
-Mac

Posted at 12:00 pm on Jul 28th, 2008 by M4CGYV3R

You can get a used Wiimote for like 25 bucks if you look around, while the webcam was probably at least 10, not counting the film and the time/effort to hack out the IR filter. The dude went to all this trouble to save ~15 bucks? Geh.

Posted at 1:08 pm on Jul 28th, 2008 by James

But isn’t the point of using the Wiimote to get a high quality system for a low price? I mean, webcams run at a resolution of something like 320×240, (some go to 640×480 but at severely reduced framerates) and the Wiimote, for only about $30 more is wireless, only picks up IR light and is not affected by anything else, runs at 1024×768 and a much higher framerate than the webcam.

Posted at 2:31 pm on Jul 28th, 2008 by Chris

A piece of floppy diskette works much better than film. Its almost a perfect IR-pass filter.

Posted at 4:11 pm on Jul 28th, 2008 by Steve DiRaddo

It really depends on how hands on you want to get.

If you’re after a quick setup, the Wiimote is a better course.

Posted at 6:12 pm on Jul 28th, 2008 by TechBender

Retail webcams cost nearly as much, or more, as a wiimote. How is this cheaper?

Posted at 7:24 pm on Jul 28th, 2008 by BigD145

For those commenting that webcams cost nearly what wii remotes do, keep in mind there are a lot more people who own webcams than wii remotes.

Posted at 5:05 pm on Jul 29th, 2008 by tiuk

More people may own webcams, but many webcams come with IR filters… so how many people are willing to hack open their webcam vs. buy a wiimote? Sure, most of us hackers wouldn’t think twice about cracking open that webcam… but for the average joe? The wiimote still wins. (at least it should, anyway)

Posted at 5:20 pm on Jul 29th, 2008 by srilyk

For some, buying a wiimote & bluetooth adapter doesn’t seem so great compared to taking apart a cheap webcam. After all, is this not Hack-a-day?

Posted at 3:41 pm on Jul 30th, 2008 by Kaj