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Gyration MotionSense Air Mouse Don't Need No Stinkin' Mousemat
Posted by Kit Eaton at 10:00 PM on September 24, 2008
Movea's Gyration Motionsense Air Mouse adds to the ranks of new mice with gyros and accelerometers inside so you can control your computer just by waving them mid-air. It's an ambidextrous mouse using 2.4GHz wireless tech with 100-foot range and it's got both customizable buttons and gesture recognition. Inside there are two rotational gyro axes and three linear accelerometer axes to detect your movements with greater precision, and it's got a mere 20ms start-up time. As if that's not enough, it's also got a standard laser mouse option in case your arm gets tired. Available early October for $US100. Press release below.
Now this is interesting. Hillcrest Labs is suing Nintendo, trying to create an import ban on the Wii. They claim that Nintendo is infringing on a number of their patents relating to the Wiimote and the on-screen menu system on the Wii. The whole thing doesn't make a lot of sense to us, as we were under the impression that both Nintendo and Hillcrest Labs licensed their tech from Gyration. We're looking into this now, but I'm going to go out on a limb and say that an import ban on the Wii is pretty unlikely. Hit the jump for Hillcrest's full press release.
There are gaming chairs that have speakers and a subwoofer, which are nice and have been done to death, but Gyroxus' gaming chair is a GAMING CHAIR. It's akin to the types of rigs you see in arcades that jiggles you like crazy in sync with whatever racing, flying or shooting game you've just thrown four quarters into.
Website XboxFamily.com dropped a rumour this week that peripheral maker Gyration is developing a motion-sensitive add-on for the existing Xbox 360 controller. Microsoft has yet to utter a word regarding this rumour, but could the Big N have finally ruffled Microsoft's feathers? [
The new Gyration M2000 Travel Air-Mouse works in the air using their new UltraSense 5-degrees-of-freedom motion sensor technology, which is what their media centre remote uses too. It also works over any surface, thanks to its built-in laser surface sensor. It only weighs 3.9 ounces, so don't worry: you won't be doing any significant exercise while waving the $70 Air-Mouse, which will be available in Q1 2008.
In an alternative Universe, this is what the Nintendo Wii's Wiimote and nunchuck would have looked like: this is the amazing transforming GyroPod, a motion-sensing gamepad prototype that Gyration made for Nintendo back in 2001.
