| WereKitten said: Hmm, not exactly. The Wiimote, even with WM+, doesn't read translations in space directly with its motion sensors, as the gyroscopes detect rotations. The accelerometers and gyros can be combined to read accelerations, and from those you can compute translations, but you'll need recalibration using the IR pointing because the accelerometers are quite rough in resolution. It works well enough on certain distances and times between the calibration, but if you were to have a game with gestures based on fine translations in space of the controller, you might have troubles. On the other hand the position of a Sony wand is read from the fixed camera, so in theory it would be capable of this kind of motion tracking. |
The WM+ can also track fine movements, but you would have to be pointing at the screen fairly often. This can be controlled by making it a natural part of the controls. They did this in Wii Sports Resort with the sword fighting game. You can even read about how they did calibration on the fly in Iwata Asks.
