They seem to have been flying beneath the radar so far (with a placeholder of a Web site), but today MIT Technology Review has a piece about Motus Corporation.

The company is developing a new gaming controller (called Darwin) which is designed to bring motion sensing to platforms that don’t currently have it. According to Technology Review, Motus is developing this to be a sub-$100 controller which leverages both gyros and accelerometers to provide an absolute pointing reference.

There’s a lot to be determined here (not least of which is which games will support the controller), but also a lot to be interested in — we’ll be following up with Motus, so keep an eye here for more.