Since I have started my new postion at the DMZ my main focus has been hacking the Wii Remote to use in an external application. I have explored a great deal of different software and I have found a combination that seems to be working very well.
A piece of software called OSCulator that does a great job in connecting to the Wii remote and letting you manage what you want to do with these signals. Some of the basic options include mapping the X and Y co-ordinates to the X and Y values of the mouse, letting the user use his Wii Remote with his mouse and so on. On of the more advanced features includes converting the Wii Remote values to a communication protocol called OSC (Open Sound Control).
With this new signal I found another very important program called Oscar which converts this signal from OSC to standard XML which almost every external language would understand. A simple XML parse can be written in any language to parse the XML data into the appropriate variables.
Using the common 3D Flash library called Papervision I have managed to create some examples.
If you would like to try anything out just add my SVN repository : http://vladcazan.svn.beanstalkapp.com/wiixmlparse/
Here is a basic Wii Remote XML Parse to use in flash with OSCulator and OScar:
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import flash.display.Sprite;
import flash.events.*;
import flash.net.XMLSocket;
public class WiiXMLParse extends Sprite {
private var hostName:String = "141.117.255.247";
private var port:uint = 3000;
private var socket:XMLSocket;
var myXML:XML; //
var xPos;
var yPos;
var x2Pos;
var y2Pos;
var size;
var xPos2;
var yPos2;
var x2Pos2;
var y2Pos2;
var size2;
var oldX;
var oldY;
var xMovement;
var yMovement;
private var movement:Object;
private const FACTOR_XY:uint = 200;
private const FACTOR_Z:uint = 10;
public function WiiXMLParse() {
socket = new XMLSocket();
configureListeners(socket);
socket.connect(hostName, port);
}
public function send(data:Object):void {
socket.send(data);
}
private function configureListeners(dispatcher:IEventDispatcher):void {
dispatcher.addEventListener(Event.CLOSE, closeHandler);
dispatcher.addEventListener(Event.CONNECT, connectHandler);
dispatcher.addEventListener(DataEvent.DATA, dataHandler);
dispatcher.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR, ioErrorHandler);
dispatcher.addEventListener(ProgressEvent.PROGRESS, progressHandler);
dispatcher.addEventListener(SecurityErrorEvent.SECURITY_ERROR, securityErrorHandler);
}
private function closeHandler(event:Event):void {
trace("closeHandler: " + event);
}
private function connectHandler(event:Event):void {
trace("connectHandler: " + event);
}
private function dataHandler(event:DataEvent):void {
myXML = new XML(event.data);
//trace(myXML);
movement = new Object();
movement.newX = 0;
movement.newY = 0;
movement.newZ = 0;
movement.oldX = 0;
movement.oldY = 0;
movement.oldZ = 0;
//irXY(); //Checking One Point Per Controler
rawIR(1); //Checking Two Points Per Controler, Params # of Players
}
function rawIR(numPlayers:int):void{
switch(numPlayers)
{
case 1:
////////Player One - Point One
if ([email protected] == "/wii/1/ir/xys/1/0"){
xPos = ([email protected]);
}
if ([email protected] == "/wii/1/ir/xys/1/1"){
yPos = ([email protected]);
}
if ([email protected] == "/wii/1/ir/xys/1/3"){
size = ([email protected]);
}
////////Player One - Point Two
if ([email protected] == "/wii/1/ir/xys/2/0"){
x2Pos = ([email protected]);
}
if ([email protected] == "/wii/1/ir/xys/2/1"){
y2Pos = ([email protected]);
}
if ([email protected] == "/wii/1/ir/xys/2/2"){
size = ([email protected]);
}
//trace(xPos + ","+ yPos+ "," + x2Pos + ","+ y2Pos + ","+ size)
break;
case 2:
////////Player Two - Point One
if ([email protected] == "/wii/2/ir/xys/1/0"){
xPos2 = ([email protected]);
}
if ([email protected] == "/wii/2/ir/xys/1/1"){
yPos2 = ([email protected]);
}
if ([email protected] == "/wii/2/ir/xys/1/2"){
size2 = ([email protected]);
}
////////Player Two - Point Two
if ([email protected] == "/wii/2/ir/xys/2/0"){
x2Pos2 = ([email protected]);
}
if ([email protected] == "/wii/2/ir/xys/2/1"){
y2Pos2 = ([email protected]);
}
if ([email protected] == "/wii/2/ir/xys/2/2"){
size2 = ([email protected]);
}
break;
default:
break;
}
movement.newX = ((xPos + x2Pos)-1)/2;
movement.newY = ((yPos + y2Pos)+1)/2;
movement.newZ = Math.abs(xPos - x2Pos) * 100;
movement.newX *= - FACTOR_XY;
movement.newY *= - FACTOR_XY;
movement.newZ *= FACTOR_Z;
movement.newX = (int)((movement.newX+movement.oldX)/2);
movement.newY = (int)((movement.newY+movement.oldY)/2);
movement.newZ = (int)((movement.newZ+movement.oldZ)/2);
movement.oldX = movement.newX;
movement.oldY = movement.newY;
movement.oldZ = movement.newZ;
trace("X: "+movement.oldX + " Y: " + movement.oldY + " Z: " + movement.newZ);
}
function irXY():void{
////////Player One
if ([email protected] == "/wii/1/ir/0"){
xPos = ([email protected]);
xMovement = oldX - xPos;
}
if ([email protected] == "/wii/1/ir/1"){
yPos = ([email protected]);
yMovement = oldY - yPos;
}
//////Player Two
if ([email protected] == "/wii/2/ir/0"){
xPos2 = ([email protected]);
}
if ([email protected] == "/wii/2/ir/1"){
yPos2 = ([email protected]);
}
if (xMovement < 0)
{
trace("X moved to the right by: " + xMovement)
}
else{
trace("X moved to the left by: " + xMovement)
}
if (yMovement < 0)
{
trace("Y moved up by: " + yMovement)
}
else{
trace("Y moved down by: " + yMovement)
}
//trace(" |Current XY of Controler One:" + xPos + ","+ yPos + " | Current XY of Controler Two:" + xPos2 + ","+yPos2+"|");
trace("X Movment is: " + xMovement + "Y Movment is: " + yMovement);
oldX = xPos;
oldY = yPos;
}
private function ioErrorHandler(event:IOErrorEvent):void {
trace("ioErrorHandler: " + event);
}
private function progressHandler(event:ProgressEvent):void {
trace("progressHandler loaded:" + event.bytesLoaded + " total: " + event.bytesTotal);
}
private function securityErrorHandler(event:SecurityErrorEvent):void {
trace("securityErrorHandler: " + event);
}
}
} |
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