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Sixense surpasses Kickstarter goal in a day for motion-sensing controllers

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Sixense Entertainment surpassed its goal for its Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign on Thursday, raising more than $402,3674 from 1,581 backers for a wireless version of its motion-sensing game controllers.

The startup, clearly benefiting from the rebounding popularity of virtual reality gaming, could wind up raising a lot more money during the remaining 29 days of its campaign. The success is a good indicator that motion-sensing and virtual reality are hot, and that gamers are hungry for something that goes beyond the next-generation consoles.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.