Today motion sensing has progressed to being three-axes of acceleration, and three axis of rotation (technically called gyroscopes).
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Backyard and junior athletes should check out Infomotion ( www.infomotionsports.com) who is bringing athletic motion sensing into the real world.
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There's also a motion sensing setting if you want to set this thing up to see if your cat climbs on your desk when you aren't at home.
The first mass-consumer use of motion sensing came twelve years later in 2006, and was entirely for fun and games, in the Wii remote controller from Nintendo.
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But they are now capable of more subtle motion sensing.
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This one caught my eye however, as a new study is attempting to use Kinect to detect early signs of autism in children with its motion sensing capabilities.
They are embedding a basketball with motion sensing.
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Designed and built with both casual and serious FPS gaming in mind, the MAG II features 3 pre-programmed sensitivity options and is the only gun controller to incorporate Motion Sensing and Gyroscopic Induction movement tracking.
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While its motion sensing capability was pretty state of the art when it came out, Sony contended that the rumble (vibration) feature from previous console controls would interfere with it, so it was done away with -- until the DualShock 3 was developed.
Freespace Sensor Modules are used by engineers to add inertial motion control to a product without having to learn about motion sensing or MEMS. These compact modules, the smallest of which is 9mm x 19mm x 2.5mm, are pre-calibrated for mass production, provide a well-documented API for interpreting motion, and provide data such as cursor position, linear acceleration, angular position, and angular velocity to enable the creation of novel applications.
"We are excited to enable iPhone4 users to transform their phones into a powerful, motion-sensing peripheral to create poetry in motion for more effective communications and more immersive entertainment experiences, " said Bryan Hoadley, Executive Vice President of worldwide sales and General Manager of Movea, Inc.
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Microsoft's introducing a new Kinect motion-sensing camera to go alongside its new Xbox One game console.
Additionally, the remote doubles as a motion-sensing game controller for playing games like Angry Birds Space.
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Now, the Sixaxis control is being replaced with DualShock 3 in all its rumbling, motion-sensing glory.
Like Natal, Move makes use of a motion-sensing camera called the PlayStation Eye (successor to EyeToy).
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We have to face other challenges in the future like mobile games and motion-sensing games.
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Unique touches include motion-sensing technology that cause the media keys and slot drive to glow.
This motion-sensing faucet, intended for public restrooms, both washes and dries hands right at the sink.
Microsoft has opened up access to some of the code for its Kinect for Windows motion-sensing device.
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Instead, they will focus on their latest respective motion-sensing add-on systems to the current-generation consoles, Kinect and PlayStation Move.
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Each game can be played using LG's new and improved motion-sensing Magic Remote.
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On Tuesday, Microsoft announced the long-awaited pricing of its Kinect system, a motion-sensing add-on system to its Xbox 360 console.
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With the imminent launch of Microsoft Kinect and PlayStation Move, though, these motion-sensing system would seem obvious choices for a dance title.
The Wii's controllers, though they helped introduce motion-sensing technology to many gamers, weren't as well-suited as rivals' for some rapid game play.
You've heard of Kinect, the Microsoft motion-sensing device that enhanced the Xbox.
Microsoft faces similar challenges as competitor Sony, which has also recently announced the launch and pricing of its own motion-sensing add-on PlayStation Move.
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Whereas Nintendo uses motion-sensing controllers for the Wii, and Kinect uses only a camera and no controllers, PlayStation Move uses both camera and controller.
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It's worth pointing out that there's also a voice command button as well as motion-sensing, thus making the most out of Google TV ver.3.
With Samsung's unique Gesture Shot, which uses motion-sensing technology, users can zoom and snap a photo with simple hand motions from across the room.
The timing of the increase makes sense for Microsoft because it is about to launch Kinect, its new motion-sensing add-on to the Xbox 360 console.
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