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- iamtheinternet, on 10/12/2007, -3/+135Well, whatever you do, Don't Cross the Beams!
- SqueakyWheel, on 10/12/2007, -6/+103At least at 400 feet my kid couldn't throw the remote throught the TV
- bdub92, on 10/12/2007, -1/+63dugg for the fat guy attempting to run
- sishgupta, on 10/12/2007, -7/+60Bluetooth doesn't have have this type of range. Hell 802.11g has a range of 100m.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.11
Class one bluetooth has a range of 100m, but it is very unlikely that the wii remote is a class 1 bluetooth device.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluetooth
Source for wii remote using bluetooth: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wii_remote
I say fake. - Heavy, on 10/12/2007, -5/+28For the love of GOD use METRIC!!!
- pzykotic, on 10/12/2007, -4/+20The Wii remote for most games (except ones that use the pointer) doesn't use the IR part, but instead the unnamed wireless part that sends the 3D positioning information. The remote has to be synced to the Wii in order to use it, so you wouldn't get interference unless you and your neighbor were trying to simultaneously sync your remotes to your Wiis. It could happen I guess!
- coldfusion055, on 10/12/2007, -3/+19That's around 175 ft. There's no way fatty ran over a football field in ten seconds.
- doctabu, on 10/12/2007, -3/+15I posted this in the comments there (twice I think, stupidly):
400 ft. is 1 1/3 football fields if I'm correct. I don't think that the big guy ran that far to use the remote.
I'd say maybe... 100 ft. if that. I'm not saying the video sucks or anything; that's still a long distance to go. - icealchemist, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12@negativefx
Always...
http://wii.nintendo.com/controller.jsp
"Using Bluetooth technology..."
Under Sensor Bar - toucci, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11They're measuring the range of the IR cursor (found to be 15 ft in that video), not the same gyro-only interface shown in the video.
- raabco, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8If you'd take time to understand how the remote works, perhaps you wouldn't make yourself look like such a jackass all over the Internet.
- Pic0, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7I dunno, he seemed pretty motivated...
- Ignignokt01, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7@negativefx
Thats how it communicates with the Wii, its not WiFi.
Wikipedia-> Wii Remote - xelloss, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8I was able to Bowl In my garage and it was a good 100+ feet from the room my Wii was in.
- jeff1943, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8The fat guy looks like Woz.
- masamunecyrus, on 10/12/2007, -3/+9Seeing as how my DS works roughly 400 ft away (from my cousin's house to the end of the neighborhood), I'm not entirely surprised.
- charlie55, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5does it have the same range for skinny people?
- marnaq, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Sensors? I thought it was magic. Live and learn.
- Voku, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I love how Nintendo products bring out the best in all of us..... Example- the heavy set fellow running a block just to be on bowl electronically.
- aceallways, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5I believe it, my friend went everywhere in his house while I reported Wii response form the basement (in Zelda).
He couldn't find a spot in the house it wouldn't work in, that is through at least two floors and walls plus the distance. - dustinl4m3, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6Try changing the sensitivity under settings (turn it up).
- overaction, on 07/14/2009, -0/+3I tried this in my house (which is a fraternity, so lots of rooms and stuff in the way between walls) and I was able to get it to work from 100+ feet away.
- rush0313, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I was with these guys when they made the video. The distance is about 150 feet from the Wii where Mike was bowling. I'm sure they will shoot it tomorrow with two cameras so people can see its not fake. They only got the distance wrong.
- raabco, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3@carapi
You seem to be insinuating that I think this video is for real. Please show me exactly where I said or even implied that.
Just damage control, nothing to see here people, move along. - Cglass, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Tub of goo? Why do you have to be an ***** to someone fatter than you? Anyways it looked like 150-175ft to me.
- SAOSiN, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Why not?
- aywwts4, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3He is a jackass carapi, because anyone should know that bowling doesn't use infrared, but instead uses the accelerometers in the controller, making every single thing he said absolute nonsense. Wii Bowling would work without a sensor bar, and with your back to the television.
Oh, and his spelling is ridiculous. - hmcook87, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3um... who cares? this isnt a "feature" anyone is actually going to use... now if the range was too short, that'd be another matter entirely.
- marnaq, on 10/12/2007, -3/+6Every time you don't use metric, US of A starts a new war.
- nataliej, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Dugg - but only for @iamtheinternet's Ghostbusters reference ;)
- onesojourner, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2My wiimote works underwater. BEAT THAT SUCKERS!
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2video looks fake to me if you watch the guy throw the ball at the very end after he's done throwing it and the guy goes all the way back to watch the tv the ball has just left his arm. seems like someone else is playing it
- wiredclimber, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3There's a guy near the door.
He's probably the one actually bowling. - ericmoritz, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3It's been bluetooth ever since people relized that their computers can discover the remotes via bluetooth: http://www.wiili.org/Wiimote
- Mystikal, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Can you even see the TV from 400 feet away?
- jayfarer, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Maybe the motion works, but the pointer can't work at even a 1/4th of that. Isn't there something inside of the Wii remote that has a sensor too?
- optikshell, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3I too call BS... just doesn't seem reasonable.
- venir, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I don't know about the validity of the video but I do know that the Wii Remote has a much better range than I would have thought. I was over at my brother's house and we were playing Wii Sports Golf and he had to run outside to let his dog out.
I watched as his character was swinging its club and he came back asking if it was working. I told him it was and he said that he had been in the back yard swinging around the remote. This was definately NOT 400 ft. away and probably closer to 75-100 ft but still a decent range. - SkippyDoorknob, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1That's just the IR sensor for pointer use. The pointer functionality would never work at that range.
- SkippyDoorknob, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1For the millionth time: The pointer functionality uses the IR sensor bar which has a much shorter range. The bluetooth communication from the remote to the Wii itself has a much longer ranger.
- eN1X, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1My wiimote barely works when i stand right in front of the sensor..must be broken. Also..my 2nd wiimote only turns on when a certain game allows it now. Before I could turn on 2 wiimotes on the consoles menu.
- Sakumi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Range, or not, there is absolutely no need for the Wiimote to function properly at this distance (if the video is, in fact, real).
I mean with a very huge projector, etc, I still don't see a need to stand THAT far from the Wii unit.
*stands in line Saturday night for a Wii =/* - billblaskey, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1man you guys are *****. he wasn't _that_ fat
- InfamousX241, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1If this is true, I'd really recommend that the new models have an adjustable 'range' if that's possible with Bluetooth like it is with radio frequency. Wouldn't that save on the battery a bit?
- trunk8, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Also, because it's bluetooth....you can't use universal remote devices like Logitech's Harmony remote to control simple functions like powering the Wii on/off. It's not a big deal though, you always have the Wii Remote for that :o)
- lagnut, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1http://www.google.se/search?q=400ft+to+m
- darkcore, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0geez carapi, such a blatant lie, nobody owns a Zune.
- MotoRoto, on 04/10/2008, -0/+0The range issue is quite important. I intend to remotely locate my Wii and all A/V components out of site. I was assuming the sensor bar was the ticket but now I'm finding it's not that important at all. The Wii would only be about 6' behind my TV (and therefore behind 2 walls) and 12-15' from where I'd be playing. Has anyone experimented with this? It sounds like the motion/gyro sensing will still work but what about the pointer everyone is talking about?
- Chode2235, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Even if it worked at that range, imaging being able to point at a specific place on the screen. At 15 feet my coordination, and steady hand causes my wiimote to go all over the screen. Even if the pointer 'worked' at that range (transmitted the signal) the game would be unplayable.
- BassJunkie, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1I did think it was infair making him show how far away it could work from, but fancy running all the way down the road and not getting a strike :-)
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