Desperate to gain more traction in the video gaming market, where it trails behind rivals Nintendo and Microsoft, Sony on Tuesday demonstrated a new motion-sensing controller to an audience of gamers. The demo at the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles showed off a device about the size and shape of a television remote control with a colored ball at one end. The device appears to work in a way similar to a Nintendo Wii controller — the user moves it around, and the object appearing in the game screen moves the same way.
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Sony Whips Up Wii-Like Motion Controller
Posted by: Richard Adhikari June 3, 2009 12:03 PMDesperate to gain more traction in the video gaming market, where it trails behind rivals Nintendo and Microsoft, Sony on Tuesday demonstrated a new motion-sensing controller to an audience of gamers. The demo at the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles showed off a device about the size and shape of a television remote control with a colored ball at one end. The device appears to work in a way similar to a Nintendo Wii controller — the user moves it around, and the object appearing in the game screen moves the same way.