ps3 using wii-mote control
December 19th, 2006 comments (5) stumble it! digg it! by: technabob
At the Binary 2.0 Conference in Japan, a presentation was given using the Nintendo Wii remote controller to operate a Sony Playstation 3.
The catch? The controller was installed as a device using a custom Python driver under Linux on the PS3. The entire presentation was actually done on the PS3, with the Wii-mote being used as the controller for the slide show. While this is a pretty rudimentary demo, it does go to show that with a little ingenuity, you could combine the processing horsepower of the Playstation 3 with the unique control scheme of the Nintendo Wii. If you’re feeling adventurous, you can try the Linux driver yourself here.
What’s next, dogs and cats sleeping together?
[via PS3 Fanboy]
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December 19th, 2006 comments (5): stumble it! digg it! by: technabob
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Just shows that the Ps3 is other console Friendly, hense it is the best system.
He played a slide show on the ps3, that doesn’t make it user friendly, anyone can scroll through pictures while giving a presentation. And the ps3 is the worst system out right now, f**king dumba$$.
The PS3 + Linux bonding is pretty old news, but implementing the wiimote with other bluetooth technologies is something I’ve always found impressive. Because bluetooth is so widely used, the wiimote and sixaxis controls can be used with ANY bluetooth enabled computer or device (granted it has the capability to use the data for useful imput)
To Osiris:
PS3 may be the most expen$ive console out there as of yet, but NOBODY can deny that its pure processing power, bundled with blu-ray playback and its FREE online play capability makes it a system worthy of the next generation. The 360 and the Wii are amazing systems, dont get me wrong; but as far as reliability, heat production, feature integration, and user-modifiability, the PS3 takes the cake. Period.
(p.s. NO, as a matter of fact you CAN’T “just scroll through pictures” on any *current* console. You can’t run linux as easily on any other console, either.)
-patman
Ok, Lets get one thing straight the ps3 has nearly triple the proccessing power the 360 has. the ps3 has the fastest cell processor in the world!! the 360 cant even come close to what it can do!! it can run a full pc with no problems, it can stay running for 4 days with absolutley no draw-backs, i dare you to leave your 360 on for a day see if it wont die!! sooner or later people are gonna stop making good games for 360, because blu-ray is what everybody want to put their games on right now, then microsoft will have to make another even more gayer console with a blu-ray drive, so all you xbox fan-boys will have to buy another console because microsoft made the xbox with noi blu-ray drive, i bet by the end of this year ps3 will outsell xbox!!!!! pretty soon people are gonna start making more games for blu-ray so you xbox suck ups are gonna be shit outta luck!!!