Wednesday, November 22, 2006

Tiny springs control Wii, PS3

The Sony PlayStation 3, which launched in the U.S. on Friday, like Nintendo's Wii console, which went on sale two days later, uses <A HREF="http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/fun.games/11/20/console.controller.ap/index.html">a motion-sensitive controller</A> in an effort to make games more intuitive to play. The controllers make a higher level of realism possible, too: in the sports game bundled with the Wii in the U.S., the stick-shaped controller doubles as the handle of a virtual tennis racket or golf club. The technology behind motion-sensing has been around for a while, but recent technical advances have radically brought down the price -- and the size. The new game controllers are the first gadgets that promise to bring the technology into the hands of millions of people, and manufacturers are now using motion sensors in other consumer products, including cell phones.

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