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In this post I will summarize what is the Wiimote Whiteboard and its usage.

What is a Wiimote?

A Wiimote or Wii Remote is the controller used with the Wii console. Although it cost just about US$40, it contains accelerometers, a IR camera, rumble, speaker and several buttons. It communicates with the Wii console through Bluetooth, thus it was possible to connect the Wiimote to the computer by acting as a Bluetooth HID (Human Interface Device).

What is a Wiimote Whiteboard?

Johnny Chung Lee has developed several intriguing systems using just a Wiimote. One of his creations was the Low-Cost Multi-point Interactive Whiteboards Using the Wiimote, or in short, Wiimote Whiteboard.

Just by using a Wiimote, you will be able to turn any surface into a interactive surface similar to the commercially available Whiteboards. To get started, you will just need a Wiimote, computer with Bluetooth connectivity and a self-made Infrared (IR) pen.

In the following video, Johnny Lee explains the basics of the Wiimote Whiteboard.

I am currently working on several wiimote projects. One of my main focus at the moment is to enhance the Wiimote Whiteboard to be suited for the teaching community. This involves simplifying and introducing tools which teachers will find useful to actually use the Wiimote Whiteboard in class.

Therefore, I hope that the Wiimote Whiteboard can be introduced to more classrooms once the technical barrier of the implementation is removed.

Here is an excellent video created by Ben, a fellow forumer from Wiimote Project who has been using the Wiimote Whiteboard in the classroom.

I will be compiling the details on how you can set up the Wiimote Whiteboard yourself.  Don’t worry, it is not that difficult.

Currently, I am using Gallery2 as my photo album organizer with the Carbon theme. One of the features I like about Gallery2 is the ability to directly view slideshows of photos from specific albums.

In this post, I will guide you on how to view slideshows of photo albums on my photo gallery. I will be using my sister’s wedding ceremony album to demonstrate.

Click the Show Sidebar Icon on the Top Left of the photo album.

The Sidebar will appear on the left side.

There are two kinds of slideshows available

• Slideshow - Displays the photos in your browser window.
• Slideshow (Fullscreen) - Displays the photos in fullscreen which requires Java.

Slideshow

Increase the maximum size of the images shown to about 800×800 so that the images are not too small.

Slideshow (Fullscreen)

For smoother transitions between pictures, select Preload all pictures and set a higher delay.

When ready, click on Start slideshow. The slideshow will be shown in fullscreen. You can pause, go forward or backward by pressing the buttons on the screen.

You can download entire photo albums from my photo gallery easily by using the cart function

After choosing the album you want to download, click Add Album To Cart which is located under the album thumbnail or on the left side bar.

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The cart will be shown with the items that you have added into the cart. You can proceed to add other albums/photos into the cart.

When you have finished selecting the albums/photos you wanted, select Download in Zip on the cart actions drop box and click Go

Finally, you will be prompted to save the zip file which contains the selected items from the cart.