Joystiq video: candles replace Wii sensor bar

markojr18 Says:

Feb 9, 2008 - yesteryday, i forgot to brin the sensor bar home, cause my dad owns a gaming store, and we brought home the wii...checked online, maybe candles might do it...put 2 on my tv...and omg it worx

markojr18 Says:

Feb 9, 2008 - with fire all around you, u can have an easier time with the wiimote

simpsonsfan709 Says:

Feb 9, 2008 - Dang it! My folks won't let me do the candles!!!!

poohbearrocks2007 Says:

Feb 24, 2008 - PLEASE DONT READ THIS. YOU WILL GET KISSED ON THE NEAREST POSSIBLE FRIDAY BY THE LOVE OF YOUR LIFE. TOMORROW WILL BE THE BEST DAY OF YOUR LIFE. HOWEVER IF YOU DONT POST THIS COMMENT YOU WILL DIE WITHIN 2 DAYS NOW UV STARTED READIN DIS DUNT STOP THIS IS SO SCARY. SEND THIS TO 5 VIDEOS IN 143 MINUTES WHEN UR DONE PRESS F6 AND UR CRUSHES NAME WILL APPEAR ON THE SCREEN IN BIG LETTERS. THIS IS SO SCARY CAUSE IT ACTUALLY WORKS THIS ACTUALLY WORKS!! yes it does

megamoy95 Says:

Feb 24, 2008 - yay it waorks but fuck my tv has wx all around it shit

AquilaCampbell Says:

Apr 12, 2008 - LOL!

Knasty93 Says:

May 15, 2008 - IT works until the candle is done, jk This is awesome *blows out candles*

juliakline Says:

Jul 9, 2008 - niceeeeeeee vidddd check mine out on (meetyourfling) c o m benny 09496

Madchimpz Says:

Jul 11, 2008 - Its tobad you would have to constantly buy candles instead of buying the sensor bar for $15. But if you're sensor bar doesn't work or you don't have it with you and you're desperate to play, its great to use candles.

Cobra4500 Says:

Jul 11, 2008 - i was playin the candles went out and i got owned

FireEmblmeFreak Says:

Jul 15, 2008 - My friend tried it and the hot wax nearly burned through the plastic on his TV.

beno3131 Says:

Aug 6, 2008 - this works because the sensor bar gives off a heat signal which when met with the wii-mote makes a tri-angle. the machine figures out where the remote is by measuring where the tip (wii-mot) of the triangle is

Slazzy Says:

Aug 27, 2008 - Why does this work???

DarkItachi13 Says:

Nov 18, 2008 - The Wii-remote has a camera! This camera must see 2 lights... The Wii sensor bar has got 10 lights! I´ve a sony hd camera with nightshot! With nightshot you can see throw the black windows from the sensor-bar,wii-remote ect.

RiddleOfSphinx Says:

Jan 16, 2009 - This does actually work. I did it with two tea lights on two pie tins in a sunlit room. Weird thing is, when I blew out the candles, it still worked(candles were removed from the area). Like it was using the reflected light off of the pie tins (possibly infrared from the sunlight?). Finally, I removed the pie tins and then the wiimote stopped working.

louisrubio1234567890 Says:

Feb 16, 2009 - you know that u dont even need a candle or annything bec i was moving the wii remote with den i took it out and it was still moving

andysandypandy Says:

Mar 21, 2009 - i tried this and the candles fell over and burned my house down with kids in. now i have lost my wii and kids you ba!!tards

Speedj2 Says:

Apr 27, 2009 - the wii sensor bar is absolutely nothing but an infrared emitter. there is absolutely no data tranfered between the wii and sensor bar at all. it really doesnt sense anything only emits. it has 5 infrared leds at each end as someone else has mentioned. thats all there is to it. sunlight has infrared light in it (even when it is reflected) which is why rooms with lots of windows and sunlight can interfer with your pointer signal. fire emits a very strong infrared signal thats why it works so well

Speedj2 Says:

Apr 27, 2009 - also there is no triangleation involved the wii remote can act as a pointer device (though it doesnt actually point so much as it does see a reference point and places the point on screen acordingly) and it can sense motion, it can Not triangleate your position within a room.

FfUuCcUu Says:

Jul 28, 2009 - TY SMART PEOPLE

esaminu Says:

Aug 1, 2009 - the sensor bar is an led (light emitting diode) it emits light not heat!

beno3131 Says:

Aug 2, 2009 - ya my bad i made that comment a long time ago but i appreciat the correction

tammybeaver39 Says:

Aug 4, 2009 - I did it it works!!!!!!!!!

purewolfgod1 Says:

Aug 10, 2009 - Maybe someone could attatch some strong LEDs to each corner of the screen and the sensitivity would be better?

sufferthejoy308 Says:

Sep 15, 2009 - crazzzzzzzzzzzyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy