Gyro instead of IR aiming confirmed in World of Goo

[Peh]

TomaTito said:

Peh said:
I just don't understand why anyone is still surprised by it? The controllers have a gyroscope sensor and an acceleration meter build in. Those two are more than enough to make a pointer on any screen work. You don't even have to point at the screen. Wii Sports Resorts and Skyword Sword could do that already on the Wii with the Motion Plus controls.

You don't need IR for it.

Any method has advantages and disadvantages. For IR the con was the obstruction of the IR leds, but it responded faster than the gyro aiming, at least on Wii.

Looking at the teardowns, the console and joycons don't seem to have a digital magnetic compass to offset the drift caused by the gyros. Still, the joycons seem to sport a STMicroelectronics SH627 6-axis accelerometer and gyroscope ultra-low power MEMS inertial sensor, part of the LSM6DS3 family, a system-in-package featuring a 3D digital accelerometer and a 3D gyroscope. Maybe they perform way better now.

As far as I heard, the motion technology for the switch is more precisely and thus more advanced what we had on Wii Motion Plus. So, yeah.. it will perform better.

And ffs, Nintendo should release a sports game like Wii Sports Resort for the Switch. I want my table tennis game!!!