retroremakes
December 31st, 2009, 12:20
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/4/2009/12/500x_magicwand.jpgSeems like Apple is not giving up on alternative control methods: They have just updated their March Wiimote-like controller patent (http://gizmodo.com/388630/is-apple-developing-a-wiimote+inspired-controller-for-apple-tv), so that means they may still working on it. Or maybe not.
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/4/2009/12/500x_053908-magicwand_500.jpg
A remote wand for controlling the operations of a media system is provided. The wand may be operative to control the movement of a cursor displayed on screen by the position and orientation at which the wand is held. As the user moves the wand, the on-screen cursor may move. The user may use the wand to control a plurality of operations and applications that may be available from the media system, including for example zoom operations, a keyboard application, an image application, an illustration application, and a media application.
I wish they fixed Apple TV (http://gizmodo.com/tag/appletv/) instead, so it could play any media, and not only iTunes-branded stuff. Actually, if I were Apple, I will forget about wands and license Microsoft Natal (http://gizmodo.com/5277954/testing-project-natal-we-touched-the-intangible) to integrate it in all their computers, especially the iMac. [MacRumors (http://www.macrumors.com/2009/12/31/apple-magic-wand-remote-system-patent-for-apple-tv-resurfaces/)]
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More... (http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/dBJ6d5KVTqk/apple-still-thinking-about-wiimote+like-magic-wand-controller)
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/4/2009/12/500x_053908-magicwand_500.jpg
A remote wand for controlling the operations of a media system is provided. The wand may be operative to control the movement of a cursor displayed on screen by the position and orientation at which the wand is held. As the user moves the wand, the on-screen cursor may move. The user may use the wand to control a plurality of operations and applications that may be available from the media system, including for example zoom operations, a keyboard application, an image application, an illustration application, and a media application.
I wish they fixed Apple TV (http://gizmodo.com/tag/appletv/) instead, so it could play any media, and not only iTunes-branded stuff. Actually, if I were Apple, I will forget about wands and license Microsoft Natal (http://gizmodo.com/5277954/testing-project-natal-we-touched-the-intangible) to integrate it in all their computers, especially the iMac. [MacRumors (http://www.macrumors.com/2009/12/31/apple-magic-wand-remote-system-patent-for-apple-tv-resurfaces/)]
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