Can the Wii remote be copied and if so what's the point of patents

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Borkachev said:
I think he was talking about something more like motion capture in the home. And in that case he's right, Wii doesn't do anything even close. Imagine games where you don't need a controller at all - you just stand in front of a camera and your character precisely mimics everything you do. This really is the future.

No, its actually worse.

First off - you look like a complete fool. Imagine you are playing WiiSports - without the Wiimote. That isn't cool - its f*cked up. No weight in your hand, etc.

Secondly - no access to ANY buttons.

Thirdly - no sound, force feedback. Also no pointer - unless you are talking about something like the EyeToy used years back (track the position of a hand, and use it as the position of a cursor on screen). It was fun for about 3 minutes.

Imagine not having a mouse - and waving your hands around to select things and open windows (etc..). Its fine for simple multimedia applications (moving images, resizing) - but for anything more hardcore, it would suck.

Lets see BOTH MS and Sony take this approach, and see what happens...