Have you ever wanted to control PC games with your phone? Well we can show you the way ๐ Our third year group project, MotionMote is all about controlling PC games via an Android phone. Of course this can be extended for other mobile OS platforms as well.
To start off with, let’s look at the concept behind the MotionMote. Most of the motion based system, such as WiiMote and PlayStationMove are not very popular inย computer gaming. Instead joysticks, joy pads and steering wheels are heavily used for PC simulation games, but they do not support motion detection. The MotionMote binds the funtions of game controllers and motion detectors, to create a virtual environment for PC simulation wirelessly.
The client (phone) and the server (PC) should be connected through a socket (ip address and port). Wi-Fi technology is used for the connection. Data is transmitted to the server via the phone, and then the server retransmitย data to PPJoy for further processing.
PPJoy is a virtual joystick driver. The serverย requires this to be installed on the PC. It acts as a bridge between the server and the gaming application.
All the executables can be downloaded fromhere.
Technologies used
- Android SDK 2.1(Mobile App)
- .Net Framework 3.5(Desktop Application)
References – DroidPad
Other team members
- Pragaladan Sivakumar (team leader – it was his idea ๐ )
- Rajeeva Uthayasankar
- Irham Iqbal
- Kreshan Rajendran
My Tech Attempts 
Posted by Nadun on February 25, 2012 at 1:01 pm
good post ๐
Posted by amindri udugala on February 25, 2012 at 1:31 pm
thanks ayya ๐
Posted by Yash on February 27, 2012 at 12:53 pm
wonderful bro!
Posted by amindri udugala on February 27, 2012 at 1:47 pm
thanks yash ๐ btw i’m not a bro, but a sister ๐
Posted by Yash on February 27, 2012 at 1:09 pm
from where do i get the apk? and i cant see the server you’ve shown in the screenhot ๐ฆ
Posted by amindri on February 27, 2012 at 2:23 pm
It seems like the windows server app which we uploaded has disappeared all of a sudden ๐ฆ . Thanks for pointing that out.
I uploaded the sever app again to the repository at http://code.google.com/p/motionmote/downloads/list. You can also download the user manual there.
You can get the apk by checking in the trunk using svn. The command would be “svn checkout http://motionmote.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/“. Once you check out you can find the apk at “Project MotionMote/bin” folder.
If you still didn’t check in the trunk, I uploaded the apk file to the downloads page (the given link above) to make life easier. ๐
Thanks for being interested about MotionMote. Would like to receive your feed back as well.
Posted by pavan jaiswal on May 31, 2012 at 6:04 pm
can you please suggest a good racing game for pc that i can control it from my android phone’s built in sensor?
Posted by amindri udugala on June 5, 2012 at 1:25 pm
Hi u can use Racer http://www.racer.nl
But we used “Need for speed Most wanted” game for the demonstration
Posted by kevin on December 3, 2012 at 4:29 am
hello there bro. i cant seem to connect the phone to the pc. what did i miss??
1.i installed the ppjoy on the pc, opened wireless
2.run the motionmoteserver
3.opened the wifi of the client, then open the app and configure the ip address and port
4.clicked controller and then “start/stop”
yet the log textbox on the server doesnt say “connected”
what did i miss??
Posted by HelloMan on January 11, 2013 at 10:12 pm
Look for “Steering Wheel for PC games” in Google Play.
I use this!!
It is verry professionally.
Posted by Song Smile on February 14, 2013 at 6:09 pm
can you post the server code , please
Posted by amindri udugala on February 21, 2013 at 8:45 am
available at http://code.google.com/p/motionmote/downloads/l
Posted by Song Smile on February 14, 2013 at 6:12 pm
how to control directx game from the server ,
Posted by Regan on February 20, 2013 at 4:40 am
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Thanks for your effort-Keisha
Posted by Song Smile on February 28, 2013 at 9:05 pm
can you provide server code , it doesn’t uploaded in the trunk only found exe file in the
download list but I need the code please ,
Can you send the code for the serer
gazatry@gmail.com
Posted by Song Smile on March 3, 2013 at 12:57 am
I will need this code for the server for my learning purpose only , it doesn’t uploaded
Posted by Song Smile on March 3, 2013 at 12:59 am
Client code found but server doesn’t found
can you help me
Posted by amindri udugala on March 3, 2013 at 3:35 am
Hi!
here is the link
http://www.mediafire.com/?702z5r6b37vo9bd
Posted by Song Smile on March 4, 2013 at 9:14 pm
I will run the server code and it run successfully,and when android app also it success work and say connected , but there is a problem no action be moved ,
I asked the pop-joystick app when I create the new virtual success but when t mapping Is it restricted x -y-z and buttons also to any key when i mapping because the android app see A,b,c,d is it necessary to map to restricted keys and if yes what this keys
i will run it on windows 7 if there is problem
please , can help me in pop joystick configuration to motion droid app restriction
i read the manual but it is not enough
I’m really grateful to you your patience
Posted by Song Smile on March 4, 2013 at 9:18 pm
If you make small video for pop joystick configuration and demonstration
for our program , uploaded it and put the link — if possible
I ask to what windows is tested
I WILL thanks to us for helping
and for answering the questions
Posted by Song Smile on March 4, 2013 at 11:31 pm
Connection between server and client works properly , but after that nothing does
why
I tested on code that was uploaded last comment
what is the solution for it
under windows 7 i was tested it
Posted by agarwalshashank95 on March 17, 2013 at 9:36 pm
Hiโฆ..
This is a great idea and I
have also been trying the
same thing for quite some
days now. But I canโt get
the socket programing to
work with vb.net. Can you
upload the source code or
atleast can you upload the
code you used to send/
receive data.
It will be very helpful.
Thanks
Posted by Song Smile on March 18, 2013 at 6:24 pm
the code uploaded above and here is the link
http://www.mediafire.com/?702z5r6b37vo9bd
please,if this code work with you,say how
and if not ,what is the problems
Posted by agarwalshashank95 on March 19, 2013 at 9:19 pm
Can you also upload the android client source?
Or just the socket programing code…
Thanks
Posted by dec on January 14, 2014 at 5:32 am
can i use this app via blutooth cuz i dont have wifi in my pc, if doesnt so pls help me to use it via blutooth,
Posted by amindri udugala on January 14, 2014 at 6:03 am
hi,
it doesnt support bluetooth ๐ฆ
Posted by Divya G on April 25, 2014 at 12:23 am
hi..
can u upload any documentation part regarding this project
Thanks