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= WiiPresent - Presentations using the Wiimote = wiipresent - Presentations using the Wiimote


WiiPresent is a small program that enables you to use a Nintendo Wiimote Wiipresent is a small program that enables you to use a Nintendo Wiimote
for giving presentations using Open Office, xpdf, evince or Acrobat Reader. for giving presentations using Open Office, xpdf, evince or Acrobat Reader.
It was designed as an off-the-shelf tool with no need to customize it. It was designed as an off-the-shelf tool with no need to customize it.


But WiiPresent can also control multimedia applications or firefox. But wiipresent can also control multimedia applications or firefox.
It does this by translating WiiMote events into keypresses for applications. It does this by translating WiiMote events into keypresses for applications.


== Reasons for using a Wiimote for presentations == Reasons for using a Wiimote for presentations
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presenters using lots of gestures presenters using lots of gestures




== Build requirements == Features
You need the following libraries in order to build and use WiiPresent: Currently wiipresent can do the following things:


- Xorg libX11 and libXtst libraries and headers - only requires a bluetooth receiver for communication
- BlueZ libraries and headers
- libwiimote libraries and headers (built with -D_DISABLE_NONBLOCK_UPDATES)


We tried to minimize the dependencies that WiiPresent needs. - rumbles to indicate how much time you have left for your presentation

- leds indicate how much time has passed/is left for your presentation

- has keymaps for tens of presentation applications (evince, xpdf,
openoffice, acrobat reader, ...)

- also has keymaps for many other applications (multimedia, terminal,
browser, ...)

- can be used to control your mouse pointer (to start an application, copy
files, shutdown, ...)

See the TODO file that comes with the application for upcoming features,
ideas and known issues.


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