Your hands, the New game controller


	Your hands, the New game controller

wildcat

12-11-2007 4:51 AM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/22026229-ce0b-4007-9008-3c935b682107/C781AFA0-1C81-4468-80BE-A5E3AC45A250/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.news.com/New-game-controller-Your-hands/2100-1043_3-6222024.html?tag=cd.lede" href="http://www.news.com/New-game-controller-Your-hands/2100-1043_3-6222024.html?tag=cd.lede" style="font-size: 11px;">www.news.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.news.com/New-game-controller-Your-hands/2100-1043_3-6222024.html?tag=cd.lede"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.news.com/img/9E344417-F923-426E-A77A-CFB4CAB4DF61" alt="New game controller: Your hands" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.news.com/New-game-controller-Your-hands/2100-1043_3-6222024.html?tag=cd.lede"><B>Imagine playing a flight simulation video game that lets you guide the aircraft with your hands alone. Or think about sparring with a virtual boxing opponent by doing nothing but standing up and throwing punches in the air.</B></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.news.com/New-game-controller-Your-hands/2100-1043_3-6222024.html?tag=cd.lede"><P>If an Israeli company called 3DV Systems has its way, you won't have to just imagine it, or many other examples of games that users could control entirely with their hands, for much longer. That's because its new ZCam, a 3D camera that plugs directly into a PC, is designed to let gamers' hands be the only controllers they need.
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In light of the tremendous success of Nintendo's motion-sensitive Wiimote controller for its <A href="http://www.cnet.com/nintendo-wii.html?tag=st.nl">Wii video game console</A>, 3DV is banking on making a lot of money with technology it thinks can move the genre forward even further.
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