Nintendo planning another Wii accessory. Head Tracking, here we go?

[Smidlee]

JHawkNH said:

Smidlee said:
@ JHawkNH
Isn't the Wii motion sensor not as responsive as the IR? Also as you noted the Wi isn't really design for the IR/mote to do head tracking especially in 6D movement as you need a third point. What you describe sound a lot more harder to pull off than just adding a third point for the IR to track, thus a completely different device is needed as in Wii-fit.

Actually I believe the motion sensors are more responsive then the IR camera. The reason it is not used for pointing is because you need to know the start position of the remote, and there is no way to determine which way it is facing without a point of referance. The is the reason of the IR being used in the pointer function.

And yes it will be slightly harder to track the 3D position of the wiimote, but it would not be as hard as you think. The calculated position of the Wiimote would be verified by the IR and adjustments made as needed.

Yet there is a difference between tracking motion and tracking position. This is why it seems in wii sport it's better to swing your wrist instead of your whole arm. IR tracking to me seems a lot more responsive and more accurate.