youtube.com— Mike and Luke test the range of the Wii remote (Wiimote) on Wii Sports Bowling, and it turns out it works ridiculously far away. About 400 feet or more!
Nov 28, 2006View in Crawl 4
I 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.
My 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.
The 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?
overactionNov 28, 2006
I 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.
puyodeadNov 28, 2006
For the record, 100 meters = 328.08399 feet, so it could be right.
saosinNov 28, 2006
Why not?
lagnutNov 28, 2006
<a class="user" href="http://www.google.se/search?q=400ft+to+m">http://www.google.se/search?q=400ft+to+m</a>
mystikalNov 28, 2006
Can you even see the TV from 400 feet away?
skippydoorknobNov 28, 2006
That's just the IR sensor for pointer use. The pointer functionality would never work at that range.
en1xNov 28, 2006
My 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.
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motorotoApr 10, 2008
The 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?