Designed by Dr. Jim Levine of the Mayo clinic, the Gruve is a wearable device that measures calories burned throughout the day. If you have been sedentary too long, it lets you know it.
The neat thing about this minuscule, G4-looking MP3 player is it uses motion controls, like turning it on one of its side or tapping a corner, to turn on/off, skip forward/backward, etc.
The Pro:Motion Keyboard goes one step beyond regular ergonomic keyboards by incorporating motors that shift both angle and separation between keys throughout the day in order to prevent you from getting carpal tunnel syndrome.
While the Wiimote control came as a fabulous gaming surprise, it has its sensitivity drawbacks, something that the Truemotion 3D system really overcomes. Check out the demo video—it’s amazing. Sixense designed this thing to use magnetic field detection so it can track both your hands on the controller position in full 3D real-time, with an accurate 10 millisecond refresh rate. Since it gives a far more realistic input system for playing with stuff, it’s basically the way future game controllers’ll work. And since people like Activision and EA are interested it may actually make its way into a real product. [Sixense via Engadget]
Apple’s patents are nothing if not copious, and occasionally confusing: this new one is in the latter category. It’s for a goggle-like display system with an in-built head tracking system that changes the display from a somewhat boring “normal” static one into a dynamic view that recreates the feeling of being in an auditorium, baseball park or movie theatre. It could even track the viewer’s eye movements to calculate their intended gaze and overlay fake audiences in front of the “screen” with accompanying audio effects. You know, crumpling sweet packets and the like. Lovely. [Electronista]
It’s a rumour, but it sure is a juicy one. According to an Xbox360Fanboy source close to Microsoft PR, the US$200 Xbox 360 Arcade (the SKU with no hard drive) will be sold in a bundle with a motion controller and a few motiony games during the coming holiday season. The possibility is certainly not all that crazy, as we’ve seen plenty of evidence supporting the Xbox 360 “Newton” motion controller, and everyone wants a piece of the Wii’s big, hungry fanbase. Our guess is that if this rumour pans out we’ll hear more around the Tokyo Game Show in October. [Xbox360Fanboy]
