U-Force

The U-Force is a game controller made by Broderbund for the Nintendo Entertainment System. Two IR panels are used to detect hand movement.
A print advertisement from about 1989 says:
Reception.
IGN editor Craig Harris said the U-Force is the eighth worst video game controller. MSN editor Duncan Jefferies said it is the second worst peripheral, saying "Second only to the Sega Activator in terms of all-out crappiness, the U-Force also used infrared sensors to create a truly nightmarish controller...'Don’t Touch' said the adverts for the device, in a rare example of an advertising campaign that got it spot on."