The aim of Wiimote Wiikend is to bring together a dynamic group of artists and designers and hackers (oh my!) to explore the potential of the wiimote as a material and a tool for building interactive systems.

This group of people will be designing a diverse variety of different projects, from soft and fluffy game controllers, to tools for teaching physics. This is not necessarily a meeting of experts, rather it's a gathering of people to help each other learn this platform for creativity together.

The goals of Wiimote Wiikend include:

• to allow each participant to make some progress on a project they've been wanting to build.
• to put our heads together and figure out some shared implementation issues.
• to get a feel for the wiimote as a material, to understand its hackable capabilities and add another tool to all our implementation toolboxes.
• to build some friendly and designy connections amongst people from different cities and institutions, who share a love of design and hackery.

You don't need to be a gamer to enjoy some wiimote hackery.