Laser tag, anyone? Live Wiimote skirmish script

The name of Carl Kenner always brings to mind innovative and seemingly impossible uses for Nintendo’s Wiimote. His name is synonymous with GlovePIE, and now, his name is also synonymous with laser tag.

Laser tag, you say? Why yes! After a post began that discussed the possibilities of playing laser tag using the Wiimote, Carl Kenner decided to actually write a full-fledged GlovePIE script for it. Basically, you’d need to strap a Wiimote sensor bar onto your body and the body of your partner, enable the script, ready your Wiimotes, and get to shooting!

As he mentions, you’ll need a lot of stuff to pull this off, but it definitely looks fun if you can fulfill the requirements:

• Two wireless sensor bars (or TV remotes or candles or whatever generates infra-red). Each person must wear one on their body somewhere so it won’t fall off or break if they run around.
• Two Wii remotes
• One reasonably fast computer with Windows and a Bluetooth adapter with the two wiimotes connected.
• GlovePIE 0.29
• A friend
• A space where you can run around and shoot at each other, that is in range.
• The following GlovePIE script.

For now, we’ll link back to the forum post where the script is. You’re going to want to read through Carl Kenner’s post on the first page if you intend to pull this off. Just remember: if you’re doing this in your house, make sure you don’t break the Ming vase while you’re running around.

The name of Carl Kenner always brings to mind innovative and seemingly impossible uses for Nintendo’s Wiimote. His name is synonymous with GlovePIE, and now, his name is also synonymous with laser tag.

Laser tag, you say? Why yes! After a post began that discussed the possibilities of playing laser tag using the Wiimote, Carl Kenner decided to actually write a full-fledged GlovePIE script for it. Basically, you’d need to strap a Wiimote sensor bar onto your body and the body of your partner, enable the script, ready your Wiimotes, and get to shooting!

As he mentions, you’ll need a lot of stuff to pull this off, but it definitely looks fun if you can fulfill the requirements:

• Two wireless sensor bars (or TV remotes or candles or whatever generates infra-red). Each person must wear one on their body somewhere so it won’t fall off or break if they run around.
• Two Wii remotes
• One reasonably fast computer with Windows and a Bluetooth adapter with the two wiimotes connected.
• GlovePIE 0.29
• A friend
• A space where you can run around and shoot at each other, that is in range.
• The following GlovePIE script.

For now, we’ll link back to the forum post where the script is. You’re going to want to read through Carl Kenner’s post on the first page if you intend to pull this off. Just remember: if you’re doing this in your house, make sure you don’t break the Ming vase while you’re running around.