Revolution Controller

Thursday September 15, 2005 - 11:56PM EDT

Imagine sticking your hand in a 3D box and being able to input all of your movement in games and you've got the basic idea. - full article of Revolution Controller article and pics

New Nintendo Revolution controller debuted today. It is different for sure. Link to pics at bottom of post. Funny part about it is that I've wanted something like this for my computer for years now. It uses motion sensors mounted on the TV to detect motion. It also somehow detects twisting of the controller and distance from the TV. This is funny because if anyone has played video games you have invariably run into the gamer, usually inexperienced, who tries to move the controller to move the person on the screen. No doubt the designers of the controller experienced these scenarios. Anyway, back to me wanting something like this for my comptuer. I remeber working at the helpdesk and mentioning to my coworkers that I wish I have something other than a mouse where it could sense my hand movement to direct the pointer on the screen. I want some crepes. Maybe I'll go to that place near south street this weekend. So I would like something similar for my computer, but a little more basic and lightweight. Kind of waiting to see more game demos of the controller in action. Could be a paradigm shift in controllers for game consoles or just a cheap gimmick that fails.