Wii balance board

From WiiLi

The wii balance board is a controller that is used with the game Wii Fit. It is wireless and does not involve the Wiimote. It measures the forces that is done on the board and the directions of the forces.

There are 10 other games in development which will take advantage of the balance board(according to Wikipedia).

The wiiboard was meant to be supported by GlovePIE on the PC, but it is very buggy and the values are all wrong.

[edit] How can the Balance Board be used on the PC? some ideas:

• Increase the way we interact with the GUI.
  • Move from one application to another, etc.
  • Navigation for disabled users.
• Racing games.
• Customizable exercise routines that users can create and share.
• Weight tracking.
• Set up First Person games with Segue-like movement, where leaning chooses direction and speed.

[edit] Questions

• How much does it cost? The price of Wii Fit which includes the balance board is around 8000 Yen / 69.99 GBP.
• When does it come out?

It is already out in Japan and Europe, while it will be out later this year in the USA.

• How do we connect the Wii Balance Board to a PC?

Bluethooth, in a similar way than the wiimote, it is it's own bluetooth device, we need special drivers for it.

• What sensors does it have? / How many does it have ?
  • 4 analog sensors, one on each corner of the board.