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The '''Razer Hydra''' (previously known as '''Sixense TrueMotion''') is a motion and orientation detection game controller developed by Sixense Entertainment, a company founded in 2007, in partnership with Razer USA. It uses a weak magnetic field to detect the absolute position and orientation of the controllers with a precision, as stated by its developers, of 1 mm and 1°; it has [[Degrees_of_freedom|six degrees of freedom]]. The current release is wired,<ref>http://store.razerzone.com/store/razerusa/en_US/pd/productID.228849000|publisher=Store.razerzone.com</ref> but a wireless version is in development.<ref>http://www.joystiq.com/2011/01/08/razer-hydra-impressions-super-precise-motion-controllers-make-i/</ref>

The '''Razer Hydra''' (previously known as '''Sixense TrueMotion''') is a motion and orientation detection game controller developed by [[Sixense Entertainment]], a company founded in 2007, in partnership with Razer USA. It uses a weak magnetic field to detect the absolute position and orientation of the controllers with a precision, as stated by its developers, of 1 mm and 1°; it has [[Degrees_of_freedom|six degrees of freedom]]. The current release is wired,<ref>http://store.razerzone.com/store/razerusa/en_US/pd/productID.228849000|publisher=Store.razerzone.com</ref> but a wireless version is in development.<ref>http://www.joystiq.com/2011/01/08/razer-hydra-impressions-super-precise-motion-controllers-make-i/</ref>

The game controller has been showcased many times with different video games and 3D modeling applications, most prominently ''Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'', ''Portal 2'', ''[[Team Fortress 2]]'', ''Left 4 Dead 2'', ''World of Goo'', ''Call of Duty: Black Ops'' and ''Half-Life 2''.