All the stories tagged with motion

Asus Xtion Pro Live brings more Kinect-like goodness to the world

07/18/2011, Asus did demonstrate their Xtion Pro and Wavi Xtion motion sensors back at CES earlier this year, and being the forward looking company that Asus is, they have already released an updated model of the Xtion Pro – calling it [...]

TechFaith turns iPhones and Android phones into motion controllers

06/29/2011, In an official press release today, TechFaith, a Chinese manufacturer has announced that it will be launching a new total motion gaming solution slated for release later this year through its 17vee platform. Not many details were released about the [...]

Disney Tactile Brush makes games and movies more “touching”

05/27/2011, The folk over at Disney Research have been coming up with some pretty creative inventions recently. Previously we covered the Pico projector motion controller, and now they’ve come up with something new. Called the Tactile Brush, its innocent-sounding name doesn’t [...]

Kinect for Flash, Silverlight and Unity

01/12/2011, The Blitz Agency has demonstrated an software interface that allows non C++ applications to get the skeletal data from Kinect, and therefore makes it accessible to a whole new (application) world. Who knows what’s going to come out of this [...]

Motion CL 900 Professional Tablet

01/04/2011, [CES 2011] Motion, a long-time (professional) tablet pioneer is presenting the CL 900, a “pro” tablet that uses Intel’s latest “Oak Trail” Atom processor. To be compatible with a wide range of business applications, it is powered by Windows 7, [...]

PlayStation Move Hands-On

03/10/2010, PlayStation owners, rejoice! Soon you will stop hearing “when are you getting a Wii?” from your friends and family. Sony has just announced the PlayStation Move at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. Presented last year at E3 (in [...]

Fujitsu Air Commander, a Wiimote for PC

09/04/2009, [IFA 2009] Fujitsu has the Air Commander, which is similar to the Nintendo Wii controller, but for PCs. They claim that it is compatible with all PC games, although most PC games aren’t designed to be controlled that way. Now, [...]

The Art of Motion Control: Beyond the Hype

06/04/2009, [E3 2009] I don’t think that anyone had envisioned a post-E3 motion controller war, but that’s what’s happening in the forums and elsewhere right now. After the cool on-stage demos from Microsoft and Sony, gamers are split on what’s “better”, [...]