Apparently the Wii sensor bar is actually a transmitter for a dual IR signal that gets triangulated by the Wii remote, not a receiver for a signal that comes from the remote.

If you’re not familiar, the Wii remotes have an infrared camera in the tip that sense two IR LEDs in the sensor bar that resides above or below your television.

Instead of the Wii, this sensor bar gets its power from batteries (Nyko claims that the bar can last up to 30 hours on four AA cells, and includes a set of alkaline batteries in the package).

By moving the infrared sensor bar that the Wiimote uses to track movement and placing the Wii remote at the base of the display, Lee is able to recreate the same basic effect of complex (and ...