It’s tiny. It’s brilliant. It single-handedly turns the Wiimote from a gimmicky controller into a truly 3D motion-sensing tool. And should it receive proper developer support, I believe that the Wii MotionPlus will finally bring gamers the Revolution they promised, four years ago. But Nintendo may not be the only ones driving that revolution…
Continue reading...Tuesday, August 5, 2008
In a recent interview with the Wall Street Journal, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata explained that the company’s love affair with expensive add-on peripherals may be coming to an end — but you may want to consider at least one of their recent endeavors in that field. Yesterday, Iwata provided hope that the Wii MotionPlus will [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, July 16, 2008
GameCyte had its fair share of game demos this morning, but I personally saw nothing quite as intriguing as the Wii MotionPlus, the tiny gyroscope-based attachment that will ship with Wii Sports Resort this Spring. I’d long been dissatisfied with the Wiimote control scheme, due to the glaring disconnect between player input and on-screen action, [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Wii-like 3D motion control using only a webcam: too good to be true? GameCyte investigates.
Continue reading...Monday, June 16, 2008
Remember back when Nintendo gave us the Wiimote, challenged the industry to use their imaginations, and the industry subsequently imagined the truckloads of cash they could make by selling cheap plastic attachments? Remember when Johnny Chung Lee revealed that the key to unlocking the Wiimote’s potential was simply to turn the blasted thing around, but [...]
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Friday, August 8, 2008
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