Wii Sensor Bar Useless In The Sunlight?
- October 9th, 2006
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Well, this could be a problem. I was planning on buying a Wii the day it comes out, and I probably still will, but I will be mucho unhappy if this little rumor is true. A poster in the Nintendo Insider forum writes:
We know that the sensor bar goes all wonky when halogen lights are in the room. But did you know that natural sunlight messes it up too? That’s right, if you have the sun beaming right onto the sensor bar, it doesn’t work. For about an hour or so, the sun shone right into the store, the two MP3:C kiosks had to have curtains above them, and the Wii Sports Tennis and Shooting Game kiosks were unplayable since they were “shrouded” in sunlight. Later the sun went behind a building, and everything was in working order again. So when you get your Wii, don’t play it in the sunlight. Or keep the sensor bar and TV away from the windows.
The sun glares quite brightly in my apartment at all times, and I could get seriously upset if I can only play in the middle of the night.
My Impressions of the Wii and some games. [Forums.Nintendo.com via Digg]
Venator = u+me=mc him/her.
2006-10-09 12:26:34
Only a moron would’nt fix a flaw like that.
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Venator = u+me=mc him/her.
2006-10-09 12:29:13
Nintendo rules…..XBOX good…………PS3 is a heap of crap along with psp and ps1………. ps2 sucks but not as much, thank you and good night.
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Joel
2006-10-09 15:30:20
“The sun glares quite brightly in my apartment at all times, and I could get seriously upset if I can only play in the middle of the night”
…or you could do something really crazy like buy some curtains instead of waiting till midnight to play. :|
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Anonymous
2006-10-09 15:56:31
Nintendo always fixes the bugs in their systems. This will be no exception. They are very reliable on stuff like that. Not that direct sunlight would be a problem in most cases anyway.
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LKM
2006-10-10 01:57:08
The Wiimote works partially with infrared. If infrared doesn’t work, your Wii won’t work. Even if it’s true, this is probably not a problem unless you’ve got really bright sunlight shining straight into the bar… I think the Roomba might kill the Wiimote, though: If I have my Roomba plugged in, none of my infrared remotes work.
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LKM
2006-10-10 05:04:57
Seems like Nintendo fixed the issue. From the Iwata Interviews:
Iwata: This so-called “beam” connecting the user and the television was something that had never been attempted before. Didn’t you run into any difficulties during development?
Ikeda: In the early stages of development we ran into a number of problems that we hadn’t anticipated, like the fact that the controller would react to fluorescent light, for example. Creating a mechanism that prevents the controller from responding to fluorescent light and sunlight may sound like low-profile activities, but it still gave us a lot to work on.
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LKM
2006-10-10 05:06:14
Seems like they fixed the issue. From the “Iwata Interviews:”
http://gonintendo.com/?p=6563
Iwata: This so-called “beam” connecting the user and the television was something that had never been attempted before. Didn’t you run into any difficulties during development?
Ikeda: In the early stages of development we ran into a number of problems that we hadn’t anticipated, like the fact that the controller would react to fluorescent light, for example. Creating a mechanism that prevents the controller from responding to fluorescent light and sunlight may sound like low-profile activities, but it still gave us a lot to work on.
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BOBBY
2006-10-10 17:01:05
he said the same thing motherfucker
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Ramaru
2006-10-11 13:43:42
Source for that sensor bar picture anyone?
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