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TrueMotion Game Controller a Step Up From Wii Remote

Posted by Soulskill on from the maybe-i-can-actually-putt-with-this-one dept.

Harry McCracken writes "One of my top picks at the Consumer Electronics Show was Sixense's TrueMotion, a game-controller technology that resembles the Wii's remote, but uses an electromagnetic field to provide far more precision — it knows the exact location of the controller in 3D space and which way you're pointing it. (The Wiimote only knows which direction you're moving the controller.) TrueMotion-based remotes are due by Christmas, bundled with a PC game for under $100."

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  1. I call Bullshit by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    According to the Heisenburg uncertainty principle its impossible to know both where an object is precisely, and where its heading.

    1. Re:I call Bullshit by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      No, it wasn't the hydrogen that made the Heisenberg catch fire, it was the helium paint.

    2. Re:I call Bullshit by BakaHoushi · · Score: 4, Funny

      That would be the joke.

    3. Re:I call Bullshit by Gerzel · · Score: 2, Funny

      Newton beats you up with Leibniz sitting in the corner waiting for the tag team.

    4. Re:I call Bullshit by GuldKalle · · Score: 3, Funny

      Maybe he knew exactly where the joke was heading, and thus couldn't locate it.

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      What?
  2. Re:Targetting the PC? Did they think that through? by ciderVisor · · Score: 2, Funny

    A Wii in the home will strengthen any family.

    "The family that plays together...stays together."

    "The family that Wiis together...is unhygienic."

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    Squirrel!