Future game control methods for Xbox will be based around video recognition, as opposed to Wii-style ‘3D positional devices’ according to Microsoft boss-nerd, Bill Gates (pictured in his younger days right here).

Speaking out at the recent All Things Digital conference Bill opined, "Software is doing vision and so, you know, imagine a game machine where you're just going to pick up the bat and swing it or the tennis racket and swing it.”

But isn’t this already being done in Wii Sports tennis Bill?

"No, that’s not it. You can’t pick up your tennis racket… and swing it. You can’t sit there with your friends and do those natural things. That’s a 3D positional device," Gates added. "This is video recognition. This is a camera seeing what’s going on.”

You can see the whole uber-nerd backslapping fest video of “Bill and Steve Jobs' Excellent Adventure” at the recent All Things Digital conference right here: