News tagged with motion control

Microsensors without microfabrication

(PhysOrg.com) -- Miniature motion sensors are everywhere these days, detecting the orientation of cell phones, deploying air bags in cars and measuring stresses in buildings and mechanical systems. But manufacturing ...

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 16, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Microsoft rolls out Xbox TV platform

Microsoft Corp. is rolling out a new interface for its Xbox game console users - one that allows you to navigate through music, movies, TV shows and games with the wave of your hand or the sound of your voice.

Technology / Software

created Dec 05, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Nintendo's task: The Wii, again, more, better

(AP) -- The upcoming Wii U - part tablet computer, part game machine - could help Nintendo surpass its rivals once again.

Technology / Business

created Jun 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Asus, PrimeSense to bring motion controls to PCs

(AP) -- If you've been wishing you could ditch your clunky computer mouse and control your PC with gestures - the way you can using Microsoft Corp.'s Kinect motion controller for the Xbox 360 gaming console ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jan 03, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 14

Taking movies beyond Avatar -- for under $150 (w/ Video)

A new development in virtual cameras at the University of Abertay Dundee, UK, is developing the pioneering work of James Cameron's blockbuster Avatar using a Nintendo Wii-like motion controller – all ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Nov 12, 2010 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (15) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Review: Kinect motion-sensing system impresses

There are a lot of futuristic things we're still waiting on: jet packs for the entire family, self-driving cars and time-travel, to name a few. But one new, pretty darn amazing bit of technology has finally ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Nov 04, 2010 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (7) | comments 7

Sony's PlayStation Move can't quite challenge Wii

When Nintendo unveiled the Wii four years ago, few game industry pundits gave it much of a chance.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Oct 01, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (6) | comments 7

Sedentary gaming gets a shot in the arm with Move

Sony Corp. gets gamers off the couch with its new motion controller, the PlayStation Move. The Move is a sensitive device with extremely accurate character and object control. It's an attractively priced add-on ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Sep 16, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

'Kinect' motion control for Xbox 360 makes magical debut

Microsoft's hotly-anticipated motion-sensing controllers for Xbox 360 videogame consoles made their debut before an invitation-only audience in a Los Angeles theater late Sunday.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jun 14, 2010 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (6) | comments 6

Game companies ready to show new ways to play

(AP) -- Video game makers are about to try to convince you that fancy 3-D screens, gesture-recognition cameras and ultra-sensitive motion controllers topped with brightly glowing spheres are what you need ...

Technology / Business

created Jun 10, 2010 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 7

Innovation on display at Games Conference

(AP) -- Motion controls and social gaming were the hot topics at this week's Game Developers Conference, the annual convention of game designers, programmers and executives.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Mar 13, 2010 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Sony unveils new motion contoller to slow Nintendo

(AP) -- Sony has a new message for Nintendo Wii gamers: Come join us.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Mar 11, 2010 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (5) | comments 7

Sony delays release of motion controller

(AP) -- Sony Corp. said Wednesday it has pushed back the release of its highly anticipated motion controller for the PlayStation 3 game console to the fall.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jan 20, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Microsoft, Sony take aim at Nintendo Wii at E3

(AP) -- This year's Electronic Entertainment Expo has been quite the moving experience.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jun 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

US video game sales fall 34 percent in January

(AP) -- U.S. retail sales of video game hardware, software and accessories fell 34 percent in January from a year earlier to $751 million due to the lack of new game titles, according to market researcher NPD Group.

Technology / Business

created Feb 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 4