Motion Sensors

Gaming

Motion Tracking Taken To Inevitable Conclusion: Groping, Skirt Lifting

11:20PM May 10, 2010 | Mark Wilson

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Japan’s Teatime is an adult game developer known for adding webcam functions like face tracking to their games. But their latest innovation known as “hand tracking”? It’s a new era, friends. Also, no, I’m not free to video chat. More »


Mobile

Japan Shows Off Gesture-Controlled Phone For Natal-Style Emailing

8:28PM April 26, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

Between various patents and even a bog-standard Sony Ericsson, we’ve already thought about the possibilities of gesture-controlled phones. The University of Tokyo, in typical form, has taken it one step forward and released a video showing some sweet Natal-like possibilities. More »


Gaming

Rumour: Nintendo DS 2 Being Tested By Developers

9:22PM February 17, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

The DS 2 (not to be confused with the XL, which only ate a super mushroom), is reportedly alive and kicking, with developers now testing the motion-sensing console – but it won’t be ready in time for GDC in March. More »


Gadgets

Control Your PC With The Puyocon Motion-Sensing Ball

2:55AM January 13, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

Using a mouse is old-hat, if the recent wave of ball-shaped, motion-sensing PC remotes is anything to go by. Straight out of Japan, the Puyocon can be squeezed, thrown around or rolled, controlling actions on the computer. More »


Gaming

Next-Gen Nintendo DS Will Have Some Kind Of Motion Detection

7:16PM January 6, 2010 | Jason Chen

Nintendo’s president Satoru Iwata was more mouthy than most presidents are about their upcoming – but unannounced – products, and said that the upcoming DS will have an accelerometer. Or, some kind of motion sensor. More »


Motion-Sensing Transtube 360 Shower Puts You On Display

10:20AM November 24, 2009 | Jason Chen

The Transtube 360 isn’t as packed with features as the Aquapeutics shower, but it does have one thing that’s impressive: a motion-sensing door. More »


Gadgets

What Is This Guy Doing?

11:40AM October 8, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

What is Mr. Roboto doing here? Perhaps checking some CEATEC booth girl’s ass? Staring at the suspicious character crawling towards him off camera, the one dressed as a giant pink chicken? No, the answer is much cooler than all that. More »


Gadgets

Fullpower’s Motion Sensing Concept Knows What You’re Doing

2:27AM May 28, 2009 | Brian Lam

At All Things D, my friends at Fullpower did a demo of a accelerometer-equipped headset that can pick up a call by tapping it in a different way than you tap a regular headset.

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Gadgets

I Need Help Setting Up My Buttonless Motion Sensor Alarm Clock

10:30AM April 7, 2009 | Andi Wang

My iPhone is my alarm clock, so it ends up on the floor, across the room when I wake. But all you have to do to shut this “Magic” Sensor Alarm Clock up is wave.

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