Hack a Wii

Reference: http://hackawii.com/wii-nunchuck-and-arduino-controls-3d-studio-max/

This project uses a Wii Nunchuck and Arduino to controls 3D Studio Max.

“A good way to control objects in 3DS is to use the track view to assign different type of controllers to the various properties of the object you want to control. For instance, if you want to have small vibrations on the tip of a bird’s wing, you can use a Noise Controller. For this setup, Motion Capture controller was used.
3DS can use different inputs to allow motion capture : Mouse, Keyboard, Joystick or MIDI.

Here’s the setup under windows :
- Arduino using a WiiChuck adapter from todbot and the WiiChuck library from Tim Hirzel
- Data sent to Processing via serial connection and translated to MIDI CC messages using the proMIDI library by Christian Riekoff
- MIDI output from processing sent to midiYoke
- midiYoke sends this data to Ableton Live
- Ableton re-sends the CC messages to midiYoke
- Using Float Motion Capture controllers on 3D Studio Max to rotate the objects according to the pitch and roll of the wiichuck…”