If you're a long-time gamer from America, since we're not quite sure these made it overseas, you may have been to a giant arcade/restaurant called Dave and Busters. At these places, they usually had an area in the arcade that had "virtual reality" rings, where they slapped gloves and a big helmet on players willing to spend the big money so they could "virtually" move around in their own 3D world. It looked really ugly, too. Well, Sony has come up with a way for you to experience a 3D world without sticking anything on your body at all -- except recommending that you keep your head attached.
With the PlayStation Eye, Sony has unveiled the ability to map your head movements in 3D. For example, if you want to look around a corner in a first-person shooter, with this technology you would simply crane your neck around the corner like you really would. And the Eye would catch this and the game would react accordingly. It's neat. Watch the video. End of line.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
2-28-2008 @ 5:34PM
thinkofmeasmra said...
the vid doesnt work...says "video not accessible"
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2-28-2008 @ 5:38PM
Schoolimangooli said...
OMG AMAZING!!!!!!
I will buy the EYE if they start coming out with games that you could use like a peak function or something creative that would be the best great article or find.
2-28-2008 @ 5:45PM
benny boy said...
MTV who hosted the video have blocked it to non-American IPs.
A bit frustrating.
2-28-2008 @ 10:06PM
sam-evans said...
The video works for New Zealand IPs, not just American
2-29-2008 @ 3:06PM
Lars said...
You're not missing much. It's just showing a guy leaning left and right and the screen adjusting perspective.
I was really excited when I first saw this stuff about 5 years ago with the Eye Toy. But they frustratingly have never done anything with it (well, AntiGrav used it somewhat). Now it's like, great, they got the tech demo working on PS3 with the PS Eye... doesn't mean the consumer will ever see anything come of it.
2-28-2008 @ 5:38PM
nailerr said...
They did this exact same thing with the Xbox Live Vision Cam before it was launched, the exact same demo. However Sony have a track record of actually making good on the camera software where I only use my XBLVC for Skype now. Shame there are no Eye windows drivers, it's a much better cam.
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2-28-2008 @ 5:47PM
nailerr said...
I nearly found the old video, needed Gesturetek as a keyword, this used to be the video demo but it appears to be gone now.
http://www.siliconera.com/2006/05/15/how-the-xbox-360-camera-might-be-used/
2-29-2008 @ 3:09PM
Lars said...
There's not??? That's odd, I had no trouble hooking up the EyeToy to my PC. I would have thought the PSEye would work too.
2-28-2008 @ 5:50PM
Luigi Soprano said...
My god, imagine you're playing COD and you turn your neck to see an enemy coming at you, conspicuously, to melee you. Damn that would be awesome. Come on, Sony, make it happen!
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2-28-2008 @ 7:10PM
tboy123 said...
It looks awsome. But working in COD? I dont think so. I think if they make games with it, most (if not all) of them will be PSN Downloads. Because, the game programers would have to make their game able to work with it. Which probably would be very hard.
2-28-2008 @ 5:54PM
Alex said...
I don't get it... I thought this guy created this thing
http://www.ps3fanboy.com/2008/02/01/developer-makes-desktop-vr-application-for-ps-eye/
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2-28-2008 @ 5:56PM
nailerr said...
He's smart, but it is nothing new.
2-28-2008 @ 5:54PM
Rooslin said...
i live in canada anybody got a site of the video where i can whatch it O.o
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2-28-2008 @ 5:58PM
bigd7387 said...
To the guys who run this: I don't want to just come out and call you slow but this news is really old.
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2-28-2008 @ 5:59PM
Rooslin said...
i can understand leaning one way to look around a corner but looking right and left wouldnt work considering the fact that u wont be looking at the screen at all causes kind of a problem ....enless your a fish >.>
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2-28-2008 @ 6:02PM
Gareth Burleigh said...
Beat me to it buddy
2-28-2008 @ 6:01PM
Gareth Burleigh said...
Maybe Im a bit dense but if your turn your head to look around a corner you will be looking out the window and not at your TV. Unless of course Ive been turning my head wrong all these years
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2-28-2008 @ 6:03PM
Schoolimangooli said...
This video was posted yesterday...
2-28-2008 @ 6:13PM
Gareth Burleigh said...
Thanks Schoolimangooli after wondering how it would work the other thing that was worrying me was when the video was posted
2-28-2008 @ 6:57PM
Hyams said...
YOu don't turn your head. Think you your TV as a window, with the video game world behind it. When you lean left, you can see further right (and less left) into the game world. It's all about leaning, nothing with turning.
If you have one eye closed to eliminate depth perception, an optical illusion will take place: it will appear as though the game is projecting and receding from the your tv: to you, the game will appear to be in 3D, rather than a flat screen.