Rounding out the motion controls is strafing, which can be done by tilting the controller left and right.
Samsung's advanced Smart Interaction utilizes powerful algorithms to ensure even more enhanced voice and motion controls.
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Between motion controls and second screen gaming, Nintendo is clearly the innovator amongst the big three console makers.
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Motion controls, for example, would be a natural extension of the Oculus platform.
Will games now have to have touchpad functionality and motion controls, as Wiimotes are still used with the system?
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In 2012, Samsung launched the industry's first TVs with voice and motion controls.
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Xbox 360 and PS3 versions of the game are essentially identical, while the Wii version has motion controls and downgraded graphics.
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Potentially, Nintendo could be ushering in a new era in gaming, doing for 3D displays what the Nintendo Wii did for motion controls.
Wii is more or less a reskinning of the classic Mario 2D platformers of old, albeit with multiplayer capabilities, motion controls and other upgrades.
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The other two motion controls are truly novel and, we suspect, will be quite neat party tricks for Galaxy S II users to show off.
Our suspicion is that may be alleviated when full motion controls are baked in, but we certainly could have faired better with a traditional controller at the time.
Oculus Rift's Tuscany demo was built with a good ol' fashioned keyboard and mouse setup in mind, but now it's unofficially scored support for motion controls.
Well it seems like motion controls are here to stay.
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Now obviously a little of this is going to be required on any touch screen, but the Bobby software doesn't even try to leverage any gestures or motion controls.
But that being said, despite far less horsepower than its opponents, Nintendo has trounced Sony and Microsoft in sales, due to innovation in the then-new field of motion controls.
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It turns out that the unit we were testing only had motion controls mapped for moving the camera up and down, and relied solely on the analog stick for changing the horizontal view.
While the Wii was trying to innovate with its motion controls, the 360 and PS3 were firmly fixed on a more traditional evolution of gaming, with regular controllers and better graphics.
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The original Wii made waves, with gaming traditionalists up in arms about motion controls and legions of new casual gamers lining up to play, but the Wii U is less revolutionary.
They might be making a mark with new ways to play like motion controls, glasses-free 3D and touchscreen controllers, but alternatively they keep relying on the same few franchises to carry their entire brand.
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Mike Ambinder is the company's very own experimental psychologist and he's been outlining some of Valve's work with biofeedback technology, including eye-motion controls for Portal 2 and perspiration-based gaming adjustments on Left 4 Dead.
When it was first announced, journalists looked at the chance to swing lightsabers and force-choke stormtroopers with motion controls with cautious optimism, but as time went on, it became clear that this title was heading south.
Just like with the Wii and motion controls, Nintendo leads the way with second screen controllers with the Wii U. If this report is correct, Sony wants to go the proprietary hardware route, whereas Microsoft is going with phones and tablets, but one way or another all the major companies want to put second screens in our hands.
But now Microsoft is looking past its motion and voice controls for gaming.
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Along the way, Sony has managed to support competing 3D technologies, while adding a virtual reality-type experience to 3D games that also use PlayStation Move motion-sensor controls like MLB 11: The Show featuring Joe Mauer.
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That motion detection in turn controls the velocity of the treadmill and interactions with the virtual world.
It is the first to bring PC users the ability to play games using the remote control's 'motion drive' feature, which controls on-screen objects according to the movement of the remote.
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It's a universal remote that controls your entire entertainment system and it has a motion sensor for playing games.
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Slow motion movies at both 400 fps and 1200 fps can also be captured, plus full manual exposure controls are accessible while in Advance Movie Mode.
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