Nintendo’s popular Wii video game uses the motion sensing technology allowing players to strike a bowl and hit tennis volleys into their mobile phones. The same technology is now coming to mobile phones also.
The tiny sensors, named accelerometers, which measure linear acceleration in the Wiimote game controller translate motion into action on the mobile screen. The motion sensing technology makes several utility changes in mobile handset like mobile Internet by tilting the device left, right up and down. The technology also allows you to monitor a fitness workout by counting the number of steps, speed and the calories burned.
As accelerometers increases from one axis to two axis to three axis, its measuring capabilities and accuracy improves automatically.
MEM systems based accelerometers has already incorporated into personal electronic devices, like mobile phones, digital cameras, media players and handheld gaming devices. Most of the mobile handset manufacturing companies, including Nokia, Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics has used accelerometer technology to provide motion-sensing capability in mobile handsets.
Most of motion sensing based mobile phones are available only in South Korea or Japan. In United States, Apple’s iPhone would be one of the first phones to use accelerometer technology. The iPhone is set to debut with AT&T’s wireless network, which detects when the device is rotated to tell the format of the portrait. It allows users to determine which format is best for viewing either in web page, video or photo.
Via: ZD Net Asia
