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Smidlee on 04 November 2009
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Gnizmo said:
Smidlee said:

Watch Johnny Chung Lee Wii head tracking video. Notice he didn't tape a wii-mote (camera) to his head but instead  use two IR lights glasses while using a stationary wii-mote. The difference is precision.  The nice thing about the mouse is you don't have to aim it at the mouse pad. Wii-mote IR pointing is like use a mouse and trying to aim at an invisible mouse pad 5-10 feet away.

Following the aside for a moment, I have not seen one scrap of evidence to show the PS Wand having better tracking than WM+. So far it just seems people declaring it one way or the other. Not really an agrument.

Realistically that is entirely irrelevant. Perfect motion tracking would still make certain genres impossible. The ideal motion controller would allow all new genres without excluding a single old one. PS Wand isn't even close to a step forward from that perspective, and is arguably a step back.

Sony wand uses one stationary camera just like devices like Track IR. Track IR has a mouse emulation program that you can use with any PC game as a mouse subsitution. The down side is  Track IR will only track one player which is why wii-mote has the camera in each controller instead of the other way around. Sony Wand is a step forward from both Track IR and Wii-mote is a stationary camera can track more than one player.

  So no Sony wand is not a step backwards since it can track different colors beside IR. Plus Sony use motion controls to track 6D movement vs Track IR uses 3 IR points (which is works well when you are within 5 feet of the camera).