Tag: PlayStation Eye
Rumour Sony Originally Wanted To Sell PS4 For $499 With PlayStation Eye
Camera was removed and price dropped to best Microsoft
Sony scored an early victory over Microsoft at E3, thanks purely to the fact that the PS4 will retail for less than the Xbox One. However, according to IGN, Sony's original plan was to bundle the PlayStation Eye camera with the system — just as Microsoft has done with its Kinect peripheral —...
News Trimount Makes a PS Eye, Kinect and Wii Sensor Bar Megazord
Combine, transform!
Real fans of motion controlled gaming often struggle for vital space around the TV area: with your PlayStation Eye, Kinect for Xbox 360 and Nintendo Wii sensor bar all in one place, wouldn't it be great to combine them into a massive Megazord of black plastic motion-sensing? The $29.99 dreamGear Trimount takes all three...
News Sony Chats Openly About The Evolution Of The PlayStation Eye. Coincidence?
We're sure it's an absolute coincidence that Sony's decided to run a look-back feature on the PlayStation Eye today
Today being the eve of a competing camera product's launch in North America. Absolute coincidence. Intentional or not, the PlayStation Blog published feature raises a few interesting points about camera technology and the...
News Former EyeToy Man Laments The Dangers Of Natal, Playstation Motion Controller
Jamie MacDonald was the former vice president of Sony Worldwide Studios, and was directly involved with the launch of the Playstation 2's EyeToy unit
In an interview with GamesIndustry.biz, the former Sony man has given some pointers to both his previous employer and Microsoft regarding their respective motion control devices. He told the website...
News Playstation Motion Controller Delayed Until Fall, 2010
Sony's just sent us word - not so surprisingly - that the Playstation Motion Controller, tipped to be named "Arc", will not launch until Autumn 2010
The controller was previously believed to launch in Spring.We have decided to release the Motion Controller in fall 2010 when we will be able to offer an exciting and varied line-up of software titles...
News Traveller's Tales Director More Impressed With Playstation Motion Controller Than Natal
At the end of the day, marketing is what counts
But it's reassuring to hear a developer talk positively about Sony's seemingly "forgotten" Playstation Motion Controller tech. The Natal talk since Microsoft's no-show "this is what it maybe can do" has stuck, but while Playstation Motion Controller widely impressed at E3 with a...
News T3 Mock Up The Playstation Motion Controller
Beyond the smoke and mirror's of Microsoft's marketing department (there we said it
), Sony actually had a genuine answer to motion control that worked and did things. For reals. Live. Of course, with a shaky, yet genuinely impressive, tech demo and no Stephen Spielberg, everyone seems to have forgotten how awesome Playstation Motion Controller...
News Ubisoft Working On 4-5 Games For The Playstation Motion Controller
It's been a while since we heard anything about the "Spring-launch" Playstation Motion Controller
But Ubisoft's lead dude, Yves Guillemot, has been quick to pledge his companies support to the platform - and of course Microsoft's fabled Natal controller."We have about ten games that will come for Natal during the first six months of the launch...
News Playstation Motion Control Being Treated As A "Platform"
Playstation 3's studio boss Mike Denny reckons the Playstation Motion Controller is being treated as a platform by Sony
In an interview with GamesIndustry.biz, Denny said of the Playstation Motion Controller: The motion control system were putting in place going forward is were treating as more of a platform." Youre right that here in...
News A Cute Little Homeless Eye Pet Was Left On Our Doorstep
Being the good natured folk we are, we brought him inside, hooked him up to our Playstation 3 and fed him cookies
So cute. Look out for our full Eye Pet coverage soon.
News Eye Pet Not Coming To The USA This Holiday
Sad one this for all those Americans that were hoping to get their hands on their very own Eye Pet this Christmas -- the game's not going to make its window
The game has been pushed back to 2010 in the States. SCEA explained that their marketing team "will spend additional time to continue educating consumers and retail channels, setting the...
Rumour Playstation Motion Controller To Be Titled "Playstation Sphere"
And just like that, we fell in love with the Playstation Motion Controller
We've been writing about the un-named product for a while. But Playstation Motion Controller is such a generic name, as soon as Sony reveal the real product title, everyone will adopt it. And a name we might well have for you; interviews with SEGA producer Yasuhito Baba and...
News Sony Recreate E3 Demo In Less Nerve-Racking Circumstances
Doctor Richard Marks, Sony's in-house genius behind the Eye Toy and Playstation Motion Controller, has took the time to run through pretty much the entire E3 motion control demo in the comfort of Sony's R&D offices
I.e., with less nervousness. The demo goes through pretty much all that we saw at E3, with a few things that were missed out...
News Playstation Motion Controller May Just Open The Door To Wii Ports
Playstation's Motion Controllers work similarly to Nintendo's Wii
We've always wondered what kind of doors this opens up for developers, given the practical similarity between the devices. Capcom producer Jun Takeuchi reckons it opens up one door in particular. Speaking with 1Up he said, "Speaking to other developers in Japan, I've heard a few...
News Doc Richard Marks Talks Candidly About The Playstation Motion Controller
Sony are presumably gearing up for a big Playstation Motion Controller blow out at next months TGS 09
In this lengthy video interview, Sony's R&D God Dr. Richard Marks talks candidly about his latest game-changing invention; the Playstation Motion Controller. Most interestingly to us, Marks talks about "sub-pixel accuracy" in a 3D...
News Playstation 3 Motion Controller Will Not Necessarily Require Two Wands, Development Nearly Done
Sony Worldwide Studios boss Shuhei Yoshida has told Eurogamer in a recent interview that two wands will not be necessary for Sony's upcoming Playstation Motion Controller
At E3, much of Sony's presentation focused on the use of two motion controllers. However, Yoshida reckons the barrier for entry has to be "as low as possible"."The...
News Sony Say That The Playstation Eye Can Perform Facial Recognition Now
Speaking at the Develop Conference in the UK this week, Sony have confirmed that the Playstation Eye can currently perform much of the trickery possible with Microsoft's Natal
In addition to the Playstation Motion Controller, Sony confirmed that the Playstation Eye can currently track faces and recognise skeletal movements much like Natal. SCEE...
News Sony Patent "Real Life Objects" Motion Control Technology
We know all about Sony's Playstation Motion Controller
But what about using real object in gameplay such as "coffee mugs, drinking glasses, books, bottles, etc." Sony have you covered as part of a new patent. The new patent suggests that Sony intend to use the Playstation Eye to allow users to capture real objects and use them as a part of...
It seems Sony haven't just been working on EyeToy and their new Playstation Motion Controller for the past 10 years, but they also toyed with the 3DV technology which Microsoft have implemented for their new Natal device
In a lecture held at Stanford University in 2004, Sony's Richard Marks can be seen demoing early versions of Sony's Playstation...
