I've been kinda wondering if manufactuers have, or thought about creating a motion sensor device for pc gaming, well since all consoles have gone that rout now.

Are they making any motion sensoring devices or should PC's be left without it. What do ya think?

PCs are going the touch screen route due to the proximity of the screen. Still its hard to beat the mouse and keyboard as input when you have a desk and are sitting down.

The reason why consoles are going motion sensor route is that it makes sense for a large TV in a living room setup.

If we all watched TVs while sitting down at a desk - and played our consoles at a desk, there would be no market for motion sensor tech.

It would make sense for a media PC, but still typing via motion sensors has ways to go.

Originally posted by Dzone

I've been kinda wondering if manufactuers have, or thought about creating a motion sensor device for pc gaming, well since all consoles have gone that rout now.

 

Are they making any motion sensoring devices or should PC's be left without it. What do ya think?

Razer has a device out called the Hydra so yeah manufacturers are looking into the possibility. However I don't think such gimmicks are very well received by the majority of gamers, so such devices will probably just become another footnote in history like the Nintendo Power Glove.

PC's may go with the kinect route as an added peripheral which will only be temporary, but the main device it is going to support is the VR Headset, the oculus rift. http://www.oculusvr.com/

I can't see how it would be practical

PC seems to be taking the VR route tho and skipping the motion sensor tech 

IMO VR for PCs makes more sense and are more practical than using motion sensor while being 20 cm away from the monitor...

Originally posted by Saryhl

PC's may go with the kinect route as an added peripheral which will only be temporary, but the main device it is going to support is the VR Headset, the oculus rift. http://www.oculusvr.com/

This is the first VR headset that actually works really well, I hope its a game changer for PCs.

Originally posted by Saryhl

PC's may go with the kinect route as an added peripheral which will only be temporary, but the main device it is going to support is the VR Headset, the oculus rift. http://www.oculusvr.com/

Hmmm.

I remember when they tried to make the VR thing work in the 90's. Everyone thought it was going to catch on then too.

Originally posted by jdnewell

Originally posted by Saryhl

PC's may go with the kinect route as an added peripheral which will only be temporary, but the main device it is going to support is the VR Headset, the oculus rift. http://www.oculusvr.com/

Hmmm.

I remember when they tried to make the VR thing work in the 90's. Everyone thought it was going to catch on then too.

I think everyone agrees that since the 90's technology has taken a big leap

However, TRUE VR will never be possible without neural implications, and that is still a bit on the future side

Originally posted by jdnewell

Originally posted by Saryhl

PC's may go with the kinect route as an added peripheral which will only be temporary, but the main device it is going to support is the VR Headset, the oculus rift. http://www.oculusvr.com/

Hmmm.

I remember when they tried to make the VR thing work in the 90's. Everyone thought it was going to catch on then too.

Because it SUCKED back in the 90s, headaches and nausea after 2min.

I've actually tried the oculus, and it is unbelievable how well it works, if you ever get a chance to try it you will see for yourself.

You can already play most any game you want with a Kinect just a simple program that you can map your moves to keys and your good to go, I've seen it with WoW and a few other games, but its just not as responsive as a mouse and keyboard, you would get slaughtered in any FPS and its a pain to play RTS with a kinect, there is also footage of people using the Wiimote on games as well, not 100% if its fake or not.

Just cant see it happening anytime soon, perhaps a mouse/keyboard hybrid?

Kinect playing WoW http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62wj8eJ0FHw

Wiimote and PC http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpVkq05MEaY

As I said not overly impressed by either.

I voted yes because it's already possible but I surely hope it stays a nitche and never hits the main stream. It's nothing but a gimmick on the consoles and adds absolutely nothing to game play.

Edit: I should have read the question better... My bad. No, it should never intentionally go that way. I answered the thread title and not the question in the thread.

Bren

I think touchscreen on desktop/laptop is a passing fad, Kinect-style movement-sensor tech will replace it pretty soon.

I've been building touch-screen interfaces for public kiosks for almost 20 years, those are about the only meaningful use for touchscreens on stuff bigger than tablets, and I wouldn't have a touchscreen on my own PC. I tried a 21" (CRT) touchscreen on my work-PC for a day or two about a decade back, it was stupid, pointless and awkward, and left nasty smears on the screen - I don't know why microsoft want us to move towards that.

I love my iPad, but touchscreen PCs...no thanks.

The Kinect works pretty well, hopefully the next-gen systems will have better fidelity - I can easily see these systems taking the place of web-cams on high-end laptops, letting people swish their Win8 tiles around with a flick of the wrist instead of having to stretch out and touch the screen itself.

Originally posted by Thorbrand
I play my RPGs to relax and already workout every day don't need a motion sensor on my PC, not to mention PC RPGs are dead and gone until we start demanding them back.

Dead and gone?

What happened to TES, Fallout, Bioshock, borderlands, deus ex etc...

If by PC rpg you mean rpgs developed with pc in mind there still are the witcher 3 and cyberpunk 2077