Lenovo To Bring Wii-Inspired Input To PCs

PCWorld reports on an upcoming Lenovo PC that includes a remote control with functionality similar to that of the Wii Remote. It will control games using the same motion-based method, and Lenovo appears to be coming out with sports games like tennis and bowling to demonstrate its capabilities — an unsurprising choice given the huge success of Wii Sports . "Lenovo is trying to capitalize on the trend of entertainment options merging into the PC. Few are able to play motion-based games, which could make this motion-based game controller a pioneer. In addition to controlling TV functions and video recordings on the PC, the remote control can also be used as an air mouse that moves the mouse pointer when waved. It has some advantages over a conventional mouse — it can function without being on a surface and be used at a distance — when sitting on a couch, for example."

Comments

It's probably going to be as successful...

[wahgnube]

... as Apple's new laptop without a keyboard! :)

Re:It's probably going to be as successful...

[hansamurai]

You would have gotten first post if you had typed that on something other than the Macbook Wheel.

Re:When I read the title...

[WillAdams]

You missed your calling. You wanted ``Doom as a Tool for System Administration'':

http://www.cs.unm.edu/~dlchao/flake/doom/

William

Re:I thought the mouse was enough

[trolltalk.com]

...because I still use an 80-character TTY terminal, you insensitive clod!

You have 80 characters AND a TTY? I'm still stuck with a 32x16 display on an old tv, with lowercase letters being uppercase letters, but green on black, instead of black on green, you insensitive clod!

Re:I thought the mouse was enough

[Anonymous Coward]

-1 Lack Of Spare Obsolete Yet Usable Computer Equipment. Hand in your geek card on the way out.