James

First, I'm *really* looking forward to trying this out, but I have to buy a BT widget first. Any suggestions? Cheap is good, but I want it to work with pretty much anything I might later decide to buy...

Second, to those who say this is pointless, no, it's not. I've been looking for a way to do freestanding (e.g. no table/mouse-pad required) wireless navigation ever since I connected my PC to my new HDTV, and this seems like a great approach. I didn't want to shell out for a $$$ gyro-mouse that would only be good for one thing, plus the Wiimote has more features, plus I already own one ;-) I would love to see official support from Nintendo for this -- they're supposed to make a profit on all their hardware, so why not encourage non-Wii use of Wii products?

As far as getting the Pointer mode working, it looks like the WiiLi folks are hot on the trail -- they've figured out how to get X/Y coordinates for "dots" (IR signals) out of the camera, which means that with a bit of calibration you can figure out where the camera is pointing. Should be any day now, I imagine.