Wiimote used to control Nokia N95

Just in case you've somehow managed to control everything else in your world with Wiimotes, why not your lovely N95? Thanks to a team at the University of Applied Sciences in Hagenberg, Austria, users with an S60 handset can now control games with Nintendo's fun-lovin' controller. WiiConnect, which is a Bluetooth driver for S60 phones, "enables you to play party games directly on / through your mobile phone," all while taking advantage of the accelerometer and rumble functionality. As an added bonus, the team also crafted WiiRider, a motorcycle simulation that utilizes the Wiimote's features. We know, you're already eager to know how much this time waster is gonna cost ya, but we've got excellent news: it's being provided as freeware in the read link below.

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[ventivent @ Oct 2nd 2007 6:54PM]

Is that Spyhunter?

[john @ Oct 2nd 2007 7:26PM]

More affirmation for all that money their parents have spent on their obviously very valuable and worthwhile educations.
I'm sure this will in someway lead to a cure for cancer.

[reticulate @ Oct 2nd 2007 7:49PM]

Cheers for that insightful commentary, Captain Serious. Ever consider it was part of a project?

Furthermore, who took the jam out of your donut?

[Clinton Christian @ Oct 2nd 2007 7:46PM]

I'm sure he's going to college to for engineering - not biomedical science...

[john @ Oct 2nd 2007 8:00PM]

oh engineering!, right. Then their right to program computers cuz that's the only job they'll get.

[James Matheny @ Oct 2nd 2007 9:23PM]

Wow John, who peed in your cheerios? Also, how many other things on earth aren't helping the medical world? And what did you contribute today?

[Paul @ Oct 16th 2007 12:44PM]

Hey John, who rattled ur cage pal?? im a student studying computer science and have to do quite a bit of programming and thats quite a good project. Why dont you try ad better it:)
Enjoy......

[john @ Oct 16th 2007 7:19PM]

Hey Paul, Do yourself a favor and look into law school, finance, or a health profession. Don't say I didn't warn you.
Been there, done that.

[jilie @ Oct 2nd 2007 8:12PM]

very cool! that's a SMARTphone!

[Andrew Stone @ Oct 2nd 2007 9:29PM]

Ahhhh two wii posts in a row how dare you engadget are you not aware there are other products out there???

Haven't you heard of the iPhone? How dare you mention a product multiple times w/o covering what I want to see!!!

Aaaaannnnddddd.... end sarcasm.

[Jonathan Bruha @ Oct 3rd 2007 2:35AM]

Add this to the list of advantages the N95 has over the iPhone.

[supermeerkat @ Oct 3rd 2007 5:08AM]

Them looks like fightin' words to me.

[yeer31 @ Oct 3rd 2007 8:12AM]

Whoo Hoo! Just in time for the new nGage launch. There's a killer fishing game that's perfect for this.

[stealth_samurai @ Oct 3rd 2007 6:57PM]

I have a question. Whats the point if you put it on another S60 phone that dosnt have a tv out option. what happens if i put it on my N73, does it mean i'll play games with a remote 3 times the size of the screen

[carmatic @ Oct 26th 2007 4:49PM]

I know, you hold your Wiimote as usual on one hand, but instead of the Nunchuck on the other hand, you hold your phone! It even works better than the Wii, imagine not having to keep on facing the TV , you can move around in circles etc

Imagine the 2 player possibilities, both of you have an infrared LED on you a-la shocktanks or lasertag, and you can fight with virtual reality melee weapons... Or in this case I think the more correct term would be 'Augmented Reality' , look it up in Wikipedia...For instance the Wiimote's accelerometer can finally be used as a real 360 degree mouse in FPS games ,you just have to hold it at arms length to maximize its movement (the Wiimote doesnt detect rotations), and stuff like c2doom lets you play anything from the original doom to heretic on your s60 phone, and of course you hold it in front of you, almost like looking down the sight of a gun all the time
Or perhaps , if you somehow hold an infrared laser with your phone, you can have games that play like native Wii first person shooter games i.e. using the Wiimote to aim like a lasergun, assuming that your phone is powerful enough to run games like that... Wiimote movement + no IR spot change = view change, Wiimote movement + IR spot movement = aiming...

[asmo @ Oct 23rd 2007 4:25AM]

Link to the actual project page:

http://www.symbianresources.com/projects/wiirider.php