Wiimote
English
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Etymology
[edit]Blend of Wii + remote.[1] Not a trademark, but a nickname for the product.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Wiimote (plural Wiimotes)
- (video games, informal) The Wii Remote, the primary controller for the Nintendo Wii game console, noted for its motion-sensing capabilities.
- 2008, James Newman, Playing with videogames:
- […] co-ordinated combinations of button presses and feedback loops of rumbling joypads, Wiimotes and styli.
- 2009, Ernesto Damiani, Jechang Jeong, Robert J Howlett, Lakhmi C Jain, New Directions in Intelligent Interactive Multimedia Systems and Services:
- Finally it can be used in parallel with other Wiimotes in order to provide more motion data or even be expanded with other devices […]
- 2009, Alan Craig, William R Sherman, Jeffrey D Will, Developing Virtual Reality Applications: Foundations of Effective Design:
- The Wiimote provides sensing of acceleration on three axes, as well as an optical sensor that is used in conjunction with a stationary Sensor Bar […]
Translations
[edit]Wii remote
References
[edit]- ^ Astrid Ensslin (2012) “[Words and Meanings] Word formation processes”, in The Language of Gaming, Palgrave Macmillan, →ISBN, page 72: “Blends that have emerged from gaming language include, for example, […] ‘Wiimote’ […].”