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Danzego · 12-19-2006, 05:16 PM

Actually (and I just found this out within the last couple of weeks, myself), the sensor bar doesn't detect motion at all. As a matter of fact, it does nothing but sit there and shine lights at the Wii remote.

What the sensor bar does is it emits IR lights that the Wii remote itself sees and uses to triangulate its own position in space. If you look around on YouTube, you can find videos where people have used candles (which actually emit IR rays) on top of the TV or shining TV remotes at the controller in place of the sensor bar.

Furthermore, if you turn off all of the lights and look very closely at the Wii sensor bar, you can see very, very dim red lights inside of it on both sides (it looks like about 5 on each end, to me). So obviously, the only purpose of the sensor bar being plugged into the system is to provide power to the lights and the Wii remote does the rest. All a wireless sensor bar does is use batteries instead of plugging into the system, but I don't really see the point since it's not like the standard sensor bar cord is all that short or anything like that.

So yeah.....now you know.

12-19-2006, 05:16 PM	#4
Danzego Avid Gamer Danzego is Offline: Location: The Great Northwest Posts: 292	Re: Wireless Wii Sensor Bar Actually (and I just found this out within the last couple of weeks, myself), the sensor bar doesn't detect motion at all. As a matter of fact, it does nothing but sit there and shine lights at the Wii remote. What the sensor bar does is it emits IR lights that the Wii remote itself sees and uses to triangulate its own position in space. If you look around on YouTube, you can find videos where people have used candles (which actually emit IR rays) on top of the TV or shining TV remotes at the controller in place of the sensor bar. Furthermore, if you turn off all of the lights and look very closely at the Wii sensor bar, you can see very, very dim red lights inside of it on both sides (it looks like about 5 on each end, to me). So obviously, the only purpose of the sensor bar being plugged into the system is to provide power to the lights and the Wii remote does the rest. All a wireless sensor bar does is use batteries instead of plugging into the system, but I don't really see the point since it's not like the standard sensor bar cord is all that short or anything like that. So yeah.....now you know.