Nintendo and AiLive Inc. on Thurs. announced the availability of LiveMove, a new artificial intelligence development tool that can train the Wii Remote to learn.
With LiveMove, it is said to take only a few minutes to train the Wii Remote through examples rather than employ standard programming methods to instruct which movements coordinate to what actions.
"The Wii coupled with AiLive LiveMove will usher in a new era of natural game control," commented AiLive Chairman Dr. Wei Yen. "Powered by AiLive's patented Context Learning, LiveMove will allow the game industry to move away from indirect digital control to more natural analog control for the first time."
The Wii Remote is a wireless controller that will employ motion-detecting technology to recognize gestures. Nintendo will include one remote in each Wii, to drop in the U.S. on Nov. 19 for $249.99.
"When Nintendo's development teams saw LiveMove, we instantly recognized how it would greatly increase our ability to explore and experiment with new concepts and make our lives easier," says Genyo Takeda, Senior Managing Director/General Manager of Integrated Research & Development Division, Nintendo Co., Ltd.
"This revolutionary tool liberates the imaginations of game creators. We are more than happy to share this collaborative LiveMove tool with independent Wii software developers all over the world. From a cowboy's lasso to a samurai's sword or a chef's cooking utensils, we just can't wait to play the developers' new, 'unexpected' applications."
LiveMove is available to Wii developers for $2,500 per seat.