It looks tricky, but seems to manage it well. Once intercepted the figure’s Bluetooth signals and plugged them into the emulator’s controls, the in-game character was controlled by moving his physical counterpart forward, backward, and using a sharp upward motion for a jump. To communicate with the different physical and digital elements of the sets, Mario is packed with a an accelerometer, gyroscope, and Bluetooth chip. through an emulator in a Linux virtual machine on a Mac, manipulates the on-screen character by moving the mannequin. It’s that technology that allowed the Mario figure to be used as a controller. Wrote some code to use the #legosupermario to play #SuperMario /LOuECESPgT
It uses a variety of tech that lets buyers build physical courses traversable by Mario, with scores recorded on a phone app. He used a Mario minifigure from a Lego Super Mario set that was released in August. The work comes from (via The Verge), who describes himself as a hardware hacker. Now, a hacker has proved it’s possible to play Super Mario Bros.-on a Mac, no less-using a Lego model of the Italian plumber himself. WTF?! Playing games using accessories other than controllers has become a familiar sight the Dark Souls series has been beaten using Guitar Hero Instruments, Donkey Kong bongos, and more.
