| RockMan10 said: The software has ALOT to do with the lag, not the controller. However, based on technology the wiimote should be faster as a pointing device. (at least i would assume) |
Actually, not so much. The wiimote camera has a higher refresh rate than the PSEye, but then the raw image has to be processed for coordinates and the result transmitted to the Wii and that adds quite some time.
Independent measures made by people that use wiimotes as inexpensive tracking devices for various reasons seem to point at a total latency of about 50ms, which is comparable or higher than the equivalent for the move (which should be a theoretical minimum of about 25ms, and supposedly always in an extra frame - that is less or about 33ms). Even if move software processing were to go out of frame in cpu congested moments that would be about 66ms, which is still more or less the same as the wiimote.
As you said, some of it is the software because different games use those numerical informations differently and/or can map them to different acceleration or smoothing processes.
Also, OP please note that 1) there's display lag and 2) seeing someone playing in a shot video will always seem to exhibit more lag than what you experience in first person. Have a look at videos of people reviewing racing sims with wheels and pedals apparati: those videos will always seem to exhibit a slight lag between the actual physical motion of the wheel and the same happing in the game.
And yet, the reviewers never mentions any lag. I suppose that it is because when it's you willingly acting and reacting your brain "knows" the movement before the optical perception and can make a timeshift correction.
A bit like how you can get car sick as a passenger on a rough patch and not paying much attention to the road, but never if you're the driver. Being in control of the wheel makes so your brain can put the acceleration in the right context, so that your inner ear is not fooled into thinking you're being turned around, which ultimately can cause the nausea in a passenger, especially if she keeps her eyes on a book.
