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bobobologna said:
NJ5 said:
Dogs Rule said:
It certainly is sensitive when it comes to tilting. Example: When on the opening platform in Locoroco Cocoreccho, you can see just how little movement it takes for the platform to mimic your tilting motion exactly.

But to use it for pointing, every slight error would accumulate since there's no frame of reference to reset to. After a few minutes (or even earlier), the pointer would be so off that you would have to point at the floor or at the ceiling.

Accelerometers are good enough for relative movement, but not for absolute positioning. For that you need a fixed frame of reference such as the sensor bar on the Wii, or a God-like accelerometer which doesn't exist.

 


Submarines use highly sensitive gyroscopes for inertial navigation under water. Of course, I doubt they fit something as sensitive as that in the SIXAXIS.


If that works, maybe Eurogamer will propose it to Capcom :P

 



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What do you mean, "not quite sensitive enough"? The problem has nothing to do with sensitivity, and everything to do with the fact that the SIXAXIS has no way to determine its position in space.



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"Submarines use highly sensitive gyroscopes for inertial navigation under water. Of course, I doubt they fit something as sensitive as that in the SIXAXIS."

The gyroscopes in submarines are only used to determine orientation, just as they are in the SIXAXIS. They use other methods for actual navigation, all of which depend on determining their position in space. Sonar is one example that comes readily to mind.



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"It certainly is sensitive when it comes to tilting. Example: When on the opening platform in Locoroco Cocoreccho, you can see just how little movement it takes for the platform to mimic your tilting motion exactly."

That's not enough, though. I could hold a SIXAXIS, or Wiimote, for example, in a single specific orientation and yet still point it anywhere on the screen I wanted to, simply by shifting the controller's position instead of its orientation. To nail down a specific point on the screen, you need both orientation AND position, and the SIXAXIS cannot do the latter.



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I don't think this game will bomb, Capcom won't let it happen - but good to know they 'understand' the ps3.

My question is how retarded is that reporter for asking such a stupid question, since when does the sixaxis have an IR reader?



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Well yeah, nothing is sensitive enough except for a mouse. A mouse is even more accurate than the Wii Remote because its more steady and you can turn all the way around a lot faster.



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the sixasis is good, but its no wiimote.



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Who in the world would want to aim a crosshair using the sixaxis? Measuring trajectory of a grenade is one thing, but aiming a gun with sixaxis motion would be really stupid.