Feedback on a new motion-based MIDI controller (iPhone/iPod)

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It appears diyaudio.com have a lot of users engaged with acoustics and so I wanted to ask your feedback or opinion on this music equipment project we're developing right now called The Auug Motion Synth. This app is integrated with an iPhone or iPod touch and has a variety of uses, one of which is demonstrated in this 1 minute video:
Violin sound played expressively via the Motion Synth - YouTube
In this video the Auug Motion Synth is controlling Chet Singer's 'Serenade' ensemble within Reaktor (Native Instruments), running on a Macbook Pro. The iOS device used was an iPod touch (5th generation) The Wifi connection between the device and the macbook pro is operating in 'ad hoc' mode: a direct WiFi connection that does not require any extra hardware or software. Would you consider using this kind of device? Or would you stick to what you are using right now?
 
Think wireless Theremin, very cool, but I never mastered the Theremin I built many years ago.

I don't think I would use one myself. I have several MIDI controllers including a recently acquired Ableton Push, but I think the device demonstrated here is of a rather narrow focus and requires considerable skill. Someone that already plays a fretless instrument would do well, but some of us need fixed notes and a pitch bend wheel.
 
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