Now Sony is going the motion-sensing route?

With everyone in the industry going berserk over all things motion and touch, it appears Sony has decided to tag along. Though still unclear, the rumor states that Sony will possibly be unveiling a motion-sensing controller. According to Ben Fritz, "A good source saw a working prototype several months ago that largely fit what was in the patent. Sony's controller apparently used LEDs (light emitting diodes, essentially little electric light sources) and a small webcam to track the device's movements," who is a Cut Scene correspondent. He mentions that the camera is very accurate in its reading of movement and behavior as it can read different color lights and the shape and angle of each light. Unlike the Wii-mote, it can track movement when players move towards and away from the screen. Something which it does horribly.

Previously news Microsoft and Nintendo also mention they are in works to develop motion-sensing capabilities. Unlike Sony, Microsoft's motion device is a scanner that's placed in front of the TV like a blockier, larger Wii Sensor. Though Nintendo was one of the first to carry the torch of motion-sensing, they are now developing a device called "Motion Plus" that will be an attachment to enhance the motion capturing capabilites of the current Wii-Mote.