The infrared sources located in the sensor bar emit lights that can't be seen by the naked eye, but are nevertheless plainly visible by the Wii remote, whose tip features a very basic camera that ...

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.

It turns out the "sensor" bar doesn't actually sense at all, it just sends out a pair of IR beams which can then be triangulated by the Wiimote.

The front of the Wireless Sensor Bar includes a pair of IR LEDs at either end, a red power-on indicator light, and a red button for turning it on and off. The bottom has a swath of double-sided ...

The video demonstrates that the Wii ‘sensor bar’ is just an array of IR leds. The actual sensor is in the remote control – which probably sends data to the Wii via RF.

Maybe they just thought sensor bar would make more sense to people than IR transmitter?<BR><BR>Well, this should at least be a boon to people who use projectors, as it'll be likely that 3rd party ...

Still, "sensor bar" is easier to understand than "IR-emitting diode bar." The Wii's sensor bar takes power from the Wii itself, running a long, thin cord from the Wii to the bar.

Discovering that the Bar sends no information back to the Wii, only receives power, Brian built his own out of InfraRed LEDs and some batteries. Now he has a wireless Bar that he can use with his ...

Researchers have developed a smart sensor for DARPA that’s capable of identifying infrared -- without having to have its own power source.

It does not include an infrared sensor bar or nunchuck controller. Customers who did not buy these along with the original edition of the Wii will have to purchase them separately with the ...