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jOGging In Place
by Ian Bogost December 4, 2008

Kotaku disdainfully points out New Concept Gaming's jOG controller, a motion-sensing belt-clip that promises to translate physical movement (e.g. jogging) into character motion on-screen in any game. A video appears after the jump.

It's hard to tell how the thing works, but I'm assuming it's like using exercise bike to power a television: the jogging appears to activate the controller, but you then have to move the character as usual with the analog sticks. That assumption may be incorrect, but if it is not, then the whole concept seems potentially wonky. Would there be tremendous sensory dissonance between one's actual movements and those represented on screen?