Yes, but then that exaggerates the other problem of if being inaccurate, with it I'm really damned if I do and damned if I don't.
The Wiimote is a relative pointing device like a computer mouse, not an absolutely pointing device like a light gun. Even with a perfect setup, it is not "accurate".
Are we no longer able to mass produce absolute pointing devices for gaming systems?
Are we no longer able to mass produce absolute pointing devices for gaming systems?
We can mass produce whatever. That's not the issue. The issue is how such a device will work. It can work like the NES Zapper where the screen has to flash every time you shoot. I don't think we want that. It can work with a complicated and expensive sensor array thingy. It can work with a special screen. If you can solve this problem, moneys.
I can think of a somewhat expensive system, I think it has been used with holographic keyboards.
You have a frame of lasers (all pointing in from top and left). When you put your finger in the path of a laser and break the beam at least two beams will be broken so a CPU can tell you exactly where your finger is.
I am not sure what would be required to create a pointing device that can shoot a laser at this laser grid and break the beams for the same effect. you could create a special screen that both displays images and has laser sensing mechanics built-in but it would likely be very expensive.
Eh, you can shoot off screen with the Wiimote, no? At least, that's what I saw in the Metroid commercials. You can never do that with an absolute pointing device.
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You have a frame of lasers (all pointing in from top and left). When you put your finger in the path of a laser and break the beam at least two beams will be broken so a CPU can tell you exactly where your finger is.
I am not sure what would be required to create a pointing device that can shoot a laser at this laser grid and break the beams for the same effect. you could create a special screen that both displays images and has laser sensing mechanics built-in but it would likely be very expensive.