PS3 functionality

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Reminds me of the movie T. Cruise was in, the name escapes me right now, but it looks like a reality with PS3

http://www.gamasutra.com/features/2...9/kane_01.shtml

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The most interesting of the demos came from Richard Marks, Manager of Special Projects at Sony Computer Entertainment America, and involved his increasingly popular EyeToy.

The first demo highlighted a “View Tracking” system that allows the EyeToy to adjust the in-game camera based on movements of the player's head in space. Marks played a first-person shooter for the audience, and when his character came to a corner, he was able to “duck” his head around for a brief peek at his opponent. View Tracking uses about 25% of the CPU power of a PS2, Marks said – but less than 1% of the power of the PS3.

The second demo featured a gestural interface in which the EyeToy tracks and translates a user's hand motions, based on simple color keying. Holding a simple wedge of neon-colored Styrofoam in his hand, Marks was able to select and rotate objects in the game, effectively turning his hand into a spatial mouse. In addition to eliminating the need for gloves or other devices, he noted that this allows the EyeToy to track multiple objects at once, allowing for two-handed gestural control and other gameplay innovations.



now, thats cool. Using eye-toy to simulate your head movements in the game.

There's already hardware that does the same in the PC, its the TRack-IR http://www.naturalpoint.com/trackir/

this is great...

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Re: PS3 functionality

The only other thing I'm waiting on is for Sony to say that the with a USB connection from your PSP to the PS3 will display audio/video onto your TV screen. This will seal the deal for my UMD movies(yes I buy them).

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Re: PS3 functionality

Reminds me of the movie T. Cruise was in, the name escapes me right now, but it looks like a reality with PS3

http://www.gamasutra.com/features/2...9/kane_01.shtml

some quotes:

Quote:
The most interesting of the demos came from Richard Marks, Manager of Special Projects at Sony Computer Entertainment America, and involved his increasingly popular EyeToy.

The first demo highlighted a “View Tracking” system that allows the EyeToy to adjust the in-game camera based on movements of the player's head in space. Marks played a first-person shooter for the audience, and when his character came to a corner, he was able to “duck” his head around for a brief peek at his opponent. View Tracking uses about 25% of the CPU power of a PS2, Marks said – but less than 1% of the power of the PS3.

The second demo featured a gestural interface in which the EyeToy tracks and translates a user's hand motions, based on simple color keying. Holding a simple wedge of neon-colored Styrofoam in his hand, Marks was able to select and rotate objects in the game, effectively turning his hand into a spatial mouse. In addition to eliminating the need for gloves or other devices, he noted that this allows the EyeToy to track multiple objects at once, allowing for two-handed gestural control and other gameplay innovations.



now, thats cool. Using eye-toy to simulate your head movements in the game.

There's already hardware that does the same in the PC, its the TRack-IR http://www.naturalpoint.com/trackir/

this is great...

Minority Report??

Anyway, is that the video of Sony's Press Conference when they announced the PS3? You have to sign up to view that video and before I do I was just wondering if I've seen it already....

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Re: PS3 functionality

Minority Report??

Anyway, is that the video of Sony's Press Conference when they announced the PS3? You have to sign up to view that video and before I do I was just wondering if I've seen it already....


No, that video at E3 was done by the creator of the eyetoy(MIT Professor). This is all new.