Philips uWand Motion Controller Makes Another CES Appearance, Plays Fruit Ninja [Video]

The Philips uWand is no stranger to CES. It’s been at the show in the past, and as a prototype it has been around for even longer , but this time around it got an updated look and feel, along with refined control that now puts it pretty much at one-to-one sensitivity, and makes for a satisfying experience when playing games on the motion-enabled set-top box it’s paired with. Philips is now actually working with companies including Marvell, Intel and Broadcom to bring uWand motion controls to home entertainment set-top boxes, so the version you see in the video above likely will actually make it to store shelves. Based on the testing and opinion of the random CES-goer we spoke to about the experience, it sounds like this is a near-final version that delivers very accurate motion input detection. It definitely looked butter smooth playing Halfbrick’s Fruit Ninja, which was itself a star of at least 500 CES demos this year.