In another workshop, three fabricators were painting precisely measured round circles at regular intervals on a white background.

ECONOMIST: Damien Hirst

See, while MotionPlus does seem to do some work with helping the controller stay oriented and perform precisely measured skill shots, its implementation in the game is pretty much limited to that.

ENGADGET: Wii MotionPlus review: it works, but so far the games aren't worth the fuss

It just became possible, thanks to a laser camera developed by physicists at Heriot Watt University in Edinburgh, UK. You can pretty much see how it works from the images above -- laser beams are bounced off the target and the duration of their return journey is measured precisely enough to detect millimeter depth changes even at extreme distances.

ENGADGET: Laser scans objects in 3D from half a mile away, scientists just need reason to use it