Microsoft Patented A "Magic Wand" Controller...Back in 2007

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matt247 said:

thx1139 said:
Microsoft experimented with motion control far before the Wii was even called the Revolution.

Here is a USA Today article from 2002. http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techinnovations/2002-11-18-bonus-microsoft-xwand_x.htm

Here is a page on MS Reseach site last updated in 2004 http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/awilson/wand/default.htm the video on the site is even earlier.

 

Interesting, so it turns out Nintendo stole Microsoft's idea. Oh, how the tables have turned.

actually motion controls (among other stranger things) appeared on the atari 2600,

http://classicgames.about.com/od/classicvideogames101/tp/2600Oddities_TheControllers.htm