Wii is totally capable of functioning with true 1-1 pointer accuracy

[thetonestarr]

Cryoakira said:
Well, good for the pointing, but Light Saber would be about motion sensor, and as it turns out, the Wiimote do not work as you might expect.

In fact, there is not "motion sensor" in the Wiimote, so to speak. I'm not sure I can be clear in english, but the datas coming out of the wiimote are the forces apply by gravity. Visually, the datas are 3 lines (X, Y, Z) and if you just put the Wimote on the table, not touching it, one of the axis will "respond" continually. And with the same intensity that if you were moving the Wiimote downward.

More simply : it means that the Wiimote, for the same move, can not really make the difference between a slow one and a fast one.

It also means we're king of screwed for the lightsaber :(

hahaha. What you're thinking of is gyroscope technology. The Wiimote doesn't have a gyroscope. It has accelerometers. Accelerometers work by being a whole bunch of little, microscopic tabs that bend when the Wiimote is tilted/swung certain ways. When these tabs touch each other, electricity is passed through. When they're all put together in the right way, they can detect pitch, yaw, roll, acceleration, etc. Just like the Wiimote does. Anyhow, have you even played any Wiimote games, like Wii Sports? Try unplugging the Sensor Bar (to prove that the Wii isn't sensing anything through that), then swing the Wiimote slowly at a ball. Make sure you hold the Wiimote at the exact same angle (you can use a machine to do this to be 100% accurate if you want). It'll move slowly. Then swing it quickly. It'll move quickly. Proof right there.