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Old 10-10-2006, 11:06 AM   #1
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wiimote cant handle sunlight
At a Nintendo Wii Demo it seemed that the Wiis Wiimote has trouble functioning when sunlight is shining directly into the sensor.

This seems to happen cause the Infrared sensor the Wiimote uses is alot more advanced then the usual infrared sensors.

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http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/home-...r-0-206340.php

one could say Sunlight is the gamers natural enemy but stil this looks asif the wii test team has been sleeping. i wonder if the pic in the article is of the mentioned Demo. If yes then you cansee that there isnt even alot fo sunlight there.
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Old 10-10-2006, 11:19 AM   #2
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seems like an uber easy fix
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Old 10-10-2006, 11:45 AM   #3
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that'll suck for people during the initial launch, but that'll be taken care of lickety split.

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Old 10-10-2006, 12:44 PM   #4
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Originally Posted by Starscream
....this looks asif the wii test team has been sleeping.
During daytime, because at night they were testing it!
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Old 10-10-2006, 01:50 PM   #5
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well its been known for a long time that the wiimote doesn't like various light sources. If it was a lickety split fix then it would have been fixed by now
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Old 10-11-2006, 03:11 AM   #6
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i've heard mention from certain sources that they've already got a fixed controllor/sensor component in testing, but it's not available at large enough quantity to distribute to all the demo groups
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Old 10-11-2006, 05:01 AM   #7
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just move from IR to blutooth/wirelessUSB/RF
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Old 10-11-2006, 05:21 AM   #8
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Damn sunlight
That stupid sun makes your oc go nuts in summer,distracts you while "working" on the PC and now it even interferes with the Wii controller.
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Old 10-11-2006, 06:31 AM   #9
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atleast now when ur playing ur Wii u can blame something when u die.

n00b: Stupid sun made me die again
other guy: but its midnight :/
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