PS3 to integrate EyeToy technology?
November 26, 2003 | by Ian Bell
There are suggestions that a more advanced version of the EyeToy motion sensor is being considered for PlayStation 3.
Comments made by SCEE vice president Phil Harrison in an interview with the Australian Financial Review suggest that a more advanced version of the EyeToy motion sensor is being considered for PlayStation 3. Speaking to the business publication, Harrison stated that Sony is investigating the integration of a motion sensing device into its next console, and suggested that the existing EyeToy was a preliminary test for the technology. "EyeToy was a signpost for things in the future," enthused Harrison. "If you can attach very high-resolution, low-cost video cameras you can deduce some quite interesting things about their users. We'll be able to extrapolate eye movement and gestural recognition, more complicated finger movement, and the logical next step of that is to deduce from a person's facial expression and demeanour what their emotion state is." Harrison also discussed the possibility of the new console sporting a menu system which was entirely driven by hand gestures, comparing it to the computer system used by Tom Cruise's character in the movie Minority Report. Although there's no guarantee that a motion capture camera will be integrated into the PS3 hardware, it seems like a logical move for Sony on a number of levels. As well as opening up new gameplay possibilities, and scaling down the importance of the joypad interface - often seen as a barrier to more mainstream acceptance of gaming as a pastime - it would offer a number of other benefits to the console. For example, online multiplayer games - an area which Sony is sure to promote strongly on the PS3 - could use the feed from the camera for in-game message windows, allowing you to see your opponents and teammates as well as hear them. Although there are obvious privacy and security issues with such an approach, it's not hard to envisage video cameras being to the next generation of consoles what voice headsets are to the current generation - and Sony would certainly gain a headstart in this area by including one with the console hardware itself. Source: Gameindustry.biz, Australian Financial Review
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Seonah Nathali on Jan 3rd, 2007 at 8:03 AM:
My friends, family and myself all own the Eyetoy: Play camera, and we all have playstation 2's. We all believe it is essential this feature is included in the software programming in playstation 3, or it would just be a waste of money. Also, I would like to bring up another issue: I bought myself a Playstation 2 dance mat about 2 years ago, the box says playable with PS1, PSX and PS2. I believe that all past features in previous consoles should be included in the Playstation 3 console. Because if you just invent an entirely new thing, people will eventually get bored and want to play their Playstation 3 like their PS2.
I think I have clarrified my point(s).
Thank you for reading,
Playstation company fan
SEONAH NATHALI
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Daniel on May 2nd, 2005 at 2:37 PM:
This seems it would be a very interesting addition to the playstation system. Beinging able to point at the screen to control somthing (like in Minority Report as you said)might be very useful at many times. I talked to some people about this and they had alot of questions about this camera. One of the first questions and comments was if we would be able to have the camera take a picture of us and use it to implement the game some how; such as use it to make your character look like you, (As in some games you can make your own character by changing your hair, face and other features) but have the game use an image of you to change the charater. I hope on researching and finding out about more of this system that is going to revolutionise gaming as we know it.