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naznatips said:

Sqrl said:

@Naz,

It can't do height but the rest you have correct. It does know which direction is down however as gravity applies constant acceleration on the wii-mote.

The known real-world dimensions of the spacing between the LEDs on the bar allows the Wii Remote to calculate its distance from the bar, while the tilt and rotation of the Wii Remote with respect to the ground can be calculated from the relative angle of the Sensor Bar (which sees the bar as two bright dots) and the data sensed by the accelerometers.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiimote

 Yes but none of this tells you how far the Wii-mote is from the ground unless it knows how far from the ground the sensor bar is. 

 

What you are saying is that from the following information you can calculate how high the wii-mote is from the ground...

The Wii-mote is 10 feet away at a downward angle of 45 degrees. The accelerometers detect no motion except that generated by gravity.