Did the Wii influence modern VR?

[TheMisterManGuy]

gergroy said:
Pretty big stretch, also, the Wii was a long ways off of being the first motion controller. So no, Wii did not influence VR. If you want to pick something that really influence VR, I would say the eye toy for the ps2.

The Eye Toy is pretty different. Unlike the Wii or VR, it had no physical inputs, just gesture based controls using your body. It's more a prototype Kinect if anything. The Wii Remote was one of the first controllers to combine gesture-based inputs, with the physical buttons and hardware of a controller.