Razer, Sixense Team Up to Bring Motion Control to the PC

Posted 01/08/2010 at 6:06am | by Paul Lilly

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Nintendo's Wii was fun, for about a week. And while we admit there are still some Wii remote controlled games that still capture our attention, Nintendo hasn't delivered that knockout punch in motion control. Can there even be such a thing?

Razer and Sixense think so, and two have collaborated to bring motion sensing controls to the PC platform.

"Razer is extending its vision for PC gaming by partnering with Sixense on this exciting new endeavor," said Robert Krakoff, president, Razer USA. "The magnetic motion sensor technology combines precision and speed with the freedom of other motion sensing technologies to fill the gap between consoles and PC in terms of human interface devices."

The controllers use electromagnetic fields to track movement along all six axes and, according to Razer, the absolute controller position is tracked within a millimeter for positioning and to a degree for orientation.

Razer and Sixense have also been working with Valve, who has signed on to support the technology and was showing off a special version of Left 4 Dead 2 programmed specifically with the motion controller in mind.

No word yet on price or availability.

Image Credit: Sixense