The current Nintendo remote has a 3DOF accelerometer, as does the PS3. The PS3 also has a single gyroscope. IIRC, the accelerometer chip in the PS3 is marginally more sensitive than the one in the Nintendo remote.
In theory this should give the PS3 pad slightly better motion sensing, but to be honest the difference between the controllers has nothing to do with the tech and everything to do with the form factor. The Nintendo remote is well designed for waggling around with one hand, whereas the PS3 pad isn't. That's it. The PS3 could easily replicate a vast number of the Wii motion-sensing games, except for the fact that the pad is just not the right shape to play those games with.
In theory the addition of the three gyros to the Nintendo remote should allow it to do a reasonable job of dead reckoning the motion of the device; currently with only accelerometers it can detect orientation or acceleration, but once you get both there's no way of distinguishing them. The gyros should help with that (up to a point). It still won't be able to give you an exact fix on the absolute position or direction of the remote, but it'll be better than what they've got currently.
The Triumph proved to be one of the better looking and performing pre-paid handsets we'd had the pleasure of holding in our sweaty mitts, but we had one major hangup: the name.
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The current Nintendo remote has a 3DOF accelerometer, as does the PS3. The PS3 also has a single gyroscope. IIRC, the accelerometer chip in the PS3 is marginally more sensitive than the one in the Nintendo remote.
In theory this should give the PS3 pad slightly better motion sensing, but to be honest the difference between the controllers has nothing to do with the tech and everything to do with the form factor. The Nintendo remote is well designed for waggling around with one hand, whereas the PS3 pad isn't. That's it. The PS3 could easily replicate a vast number of the Wii motion-sensing games, except for the fact that the pad is just not the right shape to play those games with.
In theory the addition of the three gyros to the Nintendo remote should allow it to do a reasonable job of dead reckoning the motion of the device; currently with only accelerometers it can detect orientation or acceleration, but once you get both there's no way of distinguishing them. The gyros should help with that (up to a point). It still won't be able to give you an exact fix on the absolute position or direction of the remote, but it'll be better than what they've got currently.