Move over six-axis, nine-axis is here.

[Deleted_171835]

The nine-axis refers to the three different sensors inside the controller that each track the X, Y, and Z axes. The Wii U — like the iPhone 5 — use a gyroscope, an accelerometer, and PNI’s magnetic sensor. Three devices tracking the same three axes for nine-axis controls. The first PlayStation 3 controller, the Sixaxis, only tracked using a gyroscope and an accelerometer.

“[The gyro and accelerometer] are good at tracking relativistic change,” said Oh. “But it doesn’t tell you absolutely where you’re pointing and where the pointer is. What the magnetic sensor does is use the Earth’s magnetic field as a reference. It can always guide [the GamePad] back to what the absolute position is.”

Remember the Wii remote’s shaky cursor? This technology would eliminate that. Oh promises that her company’s technology is immune to the kinds of magnetic interference that caused those issues in the previous generation of motion sensors.

“I think games such as first-person shooters, driving games, or some type of flying game would be a good candidate for this type of technology,” Oh said. “Sony’s Sharpshooter [Move controller peripheral] did something like this, but when we played with it we saw it was not accurately tracking. There was both latency and inaccuracy. In that case, hardcore gamers would go back to using a joystick or game controllers, but if you had a very accurate way — with no latency or very little latency — to use the gun to point what you’re shooting. I think that does change the way the game is played.”

http://venturebeat.com/2012/11/27/forget-six-axis-gamepad-nine-axis/

But ultimately pretty useless for games. I dunno, gyro-aiming might work I guess.

 

[Devin]

I assume that's what they used in that E3 video where they show off the WiiU gamepad on a gun?

 

[KingVamp]

Well, we know what the PlayStation 4 controller is going to be. 12-axis!

Will we be seeing a wiimote ++?

 

[Alexrose]

I thought the whole point of the six axis was that it could measure height, width, depth, pitch, yaw and roll. There are no other quaternion quantities to measure.

 

[DinohScene]

LOL

Controller uses magnetic field of the earth.
Hello, Neodymium magnet of mine ;3
Meet the new "Nine-Axis" controller

 

[Alexrose]

Neodymium wouldn't affect it at all unless it was extremely close. Despite the Earth's pathetic magnetic field, it's still proportional to 1/r^2, so once you're half a metre away from your magnet it will barely affect it, while the Earth still has a reasonable effect.

The only time I've ever seen a magnet overpower the Earth's magnetic field from the other side of a room was when I was working with Lecher lines and radio antennae in the same room as some people using a mass spectrometer with a massive electromagnet. Made it impossible for me to use a clinometer when measuring polarity, but its field was something ridiculous like 0.04Wb/m^2.

That's like saying "Oh I'd better watch out for my hard drives, I have a neodymium magnet in my room". Neodymium is crap.

 

[DinohScene]

Neodymium wouldn't affect it at all unless it was extremely close. Despite the Earth's pathetic magnetic field, it's still proportional to 1/r^2, so once you're half a metre away from your magnet it will barely affect it, while the Earth still has a reasonable effect.

The only time I've ever seen a magnet overpower the Earth's magnetic field from the other side of a room was when I was working with Lecher lines and radio antennae in the same room as some people using a mass spectrometer with a massive electromagnet. Made it impossible for me to use a clinometer when measuring polarity, but its field was something ridiculous like 0.04Wb/m^2.

That's like saying "Oh I'd better watch out for my hard drives, I have a neodymium magnet in my room". Neodymium is crap.

Stop ruining my fun );


Lol.
Harddrives have neodymium magnets in them for the read/write arm.
And yeh I paid attention in school in physics/chemistry class, even on the magnetics subject ;p

 

[Gahars]

Alternate Name: The Axis of Wii-vil

 

[PolloDiablo]

Alternate Name: The Axis of Wii-vil

you're trying to hard to be emigre

 

[Gahars]

you're trying to hard to be emigre

Where have you been? Awful puns are strictly my domain; biting wit and class are emigre's thing.

Know your temps, man.

 

[PolloDiablo]

Where have you been? Awful puns are strictly my domain; biting wit and class are emigre's thing.
Know your temps, man.

haha so that's how it works 'round here

 

[Felipe_9595]

So nine-tendo is really serious about motion controllers huh?

Oh god Gahars you infected me aswell

 

[Qtis]

Only thing that was odd about the article was talking about "hardcore" with motion controlling in FPS. Not that I don't like motion controlling, but how many people have played FPS games while holding the controller in the air instead of having it rest in your lap? Most people I know who own a Wii (me included) play games like Zelda while sitting. Almost everything that can be done while sitting is done by that. I can see that the motion controller is a cool addition, but it's probably not as usable in FPS games as the company would like it to be. Regardless of the number of axis'.

Driving is superior with a wheel (GT5 without a wheel is near impossible to beat), but the flying thing sounds cool. I doubt many people have a fully operational cockpit in their apartment?

 

[BORTZ]

 

[Gh0sti]

Wait, so the nine axis is already being used by WiiU and iPhone 5?? Why hasn't anyone said that before, isn't that a big deal?

 

[shakirmoledina]

everywhere numbers are increasing
playstation 3 -> 4
xbox 360 -> 720
six axis -> nine axis
iphone 4 -> iphone 5

but with this other numbers are increasing
$250 - > $350

 

[chartube12]

Hmmm. I liked the controls of re 4 Wii edition. Probably would have been better with a tiny bit more accuracy.