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E3 2010: A close-up look at the Playstation Move wireless motion controller for PS3

As some have said, it looks like a fat magic wand. As many said during E3, it’s the Wii wireless remote motion controller (aka the WiiMote) all over again.

The component you cannot see was the Playstation Eye (formerly the EyeToy) digital camera sitting on top of many of the monitors at E3 2010. The Playstation Move controller and the Playstation Eye work in cooperation to track controller-to-on-screen movements, much like Nintendo’s WiiMote and Sensor Bar.

Nyko keeping up with Nintendo, releasing Wands in new colors

Nyko is expanding its line of Wii Wand controllers! Not in terms of functions though. No, the new wands have the same features, and same $29.99 price, as the old Wands. The company has decided that, since Nintendo is releasing the Wii remote in new colors, it should release its Wand in more colors.

Nyko already has black, blue, pink and even purple Wands, so it decided to go with more, unorthodox shades. So now you can get a grey, green, orange, red or yellow Wand! But not all in the same place. Certain shades are restricted to certain retailers. Here’s where you can pick up each color Wand, taken directly from the press release:..

E3 2009: Sony’s PS3 motion controller

In a three-way battle for wireless, motion-controlled gaming, Sony threw its prototype in the ring at its E3 2009 press conference (June 2, 2009),

The controller’s prototype looked like a wand with a glowing ball on the end that works in conjunction with Sony’s latest game system camera, the PlayStation Eye. In the demo, the presenters were presented as-is within a game-like environment with various handheld objects – ginormous sword, baseball bat and an archer’s bow – superimposed in their or their avatar’s hand where the controller is located.

GestureTek to unveil Wii-like game wand at Toy Fair, GDC 2008

GestureTek has been providing motion-recognition solutions for videogames and other industries for the past two decades including several motion-sensing technologies. It might just have some more mind-twirling innovations up its sleeve that it plans to unveil during this year’s Toy Fair (February 17-20, 2008) and Game Developers Conference (February 18-22, 2008).

The company is betting big on its new “Wii-like” game stick or wand, which relies on…