lowyhong: Rosch, I'm still not quite sure how the Gyration motion sensing mouse works. Can you customise how you want the cursor on the screen to respond to the mouse's actions? Does this mean that the mouse can act as a remote control?
It's basically acts just like a normal wireless usb mouse would, as far as what it does function wise. Except instead of a ball, optical, or laser sensor the gyration mouse uses gyros or accelerometers to determine the movement of the mouse cursor. It works just like a normal mouse except you hold it in the air (instead of on a desk or other surface), when you move the mouse up in the air the cursor moves up, when you move it down in the air the cursor moves down, etc..etc..
What he did was attach the mouse (or mouse internals) into the gun, so when the gun is moved in the air the mouse cursor moves according to the gun movement. I'm guessing he also rewired the left mouse button to the gun's trigger, etc.. Which wouldn't be too hard, some wiring soldered to the contact points on the mouse's pcb board and a momentary switch placed behind the trigger.
Various people have done similar projects with both gyro/accelerometer based mice and also the Wiimote (which can interface with a PC via Bluetooth and be setup to act as a PC mouse/remote). Like this guy that made a
WeeP5 (MP5 airsoft gun with an embedded Wiimote).