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The sensor bar is passive - it's just two infrared diodes so the Wiimote can get an idea of its own position. So you can replace it with candles as they emite
by przemub 2y ago
The sensor bar is passive - it's just two infrared diodes so the Wiimote can get an idea of its own position.
So you can replace it with candles as they emite infrared light as well!
- mock-possum 2y agoI always thought it was hilariously similar to how to old NES zapper worked - the sensor was in the gun, it decided what you ‘hit’ based on what the sensor saw when the tv flashed. I think it was an early instance of me recognizing an engineering ‘hack’ - instead of the target reporting whether it had been hit, it was the gun reporting whether it thought it had hit the target.