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The wii remote also uses gyroscopes, and accelerometers. It also knows which direction it is turning, the angle it is at, and which direction it is accelerating in.

"and with no sensor bar (that unsightly contraption you have to put on your TV) required, the Darwin shouldn't require that you point it at the screen to enable it to tell where it's indicating."

I wouldnt call it unsightly. It is slim, small, and fits snugly on a thin flat screen TV.
and
One major point is the wii remote only uses the sensor bar to aim at points on the TV screen. It does not use the sensor bar for motion detection.
It can help the Wii remote detect 'extra' information about angle of the wii remote as the sensor has multiple IR LED's, one set on the left side and one set on the right side which are 'seen' by a small IR camera in the wii remote.

The wii remote will work perfectly fine for motion based gameplay even without a sensor bar.
for example - Wii Sports (bundled with the Wii console) can be played without a sensor bar at all.

Also on top of gyroscopes, accelerometers, an IR camera; the wii remote also has a speaker built in to it, memory storage, more buttons, rumble motors, and most importantly an expansion port used for extra peripherals like the nunchuk,
classic controller, guitar pad, hori arcade stick and possibly more.

The writer of this article has either not done any research, or, the marketing campaign for this device is making false claims.

The whole device is clearly a bad rip off, Nintendo will no doubt be on their case soon.]]>Feb 5th 2008 4:34PM