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Sony's R&D wizard Dr. Richard Marks has two impressive entries on his resume: Creating the PlayStation EyeToy motion controls and the upcoming PlayStation Move motion controls. And he thinks controller-less controls are "limited". More »
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Holiday dreams shatter like delicate crystal unicorns across North America, as Sony confirms that the adorable little EyePet won't be making it home in time for Christmas. More »
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Sony and Microsoft both spent ample time during their respective E3 2009 press conferences to wow us with camera-based motion control, courtesy of the PlayStation Eye and Project Natal. But Sony's "magic wand" tech isn't exactly new. More »
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Perhaps wanting to catch some of that crowd-pleasing lightning in a bottle from Nintendo's fabulous E3 2008 keynote, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe reps showed off EyeToy Play: Hero at the Edinburgh Interactive Festival. The PlayStation 2 game, revealed earlier this Spring, is touted as having one-to-one motion sensing, a phrase we've heard bandied about often since Nintendo revealed the Wii MotionPlus add-on. More »
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At Sony Europe's Gamers Day event, the company took care to emphasize the "social gaming" angle it's pursuing. The company focused on "games where players of all ages socialize through gaming," pointing out EyeToy products, puzzle titles and Buzz!: Quiz TV, where groups can play trivia games on a variety of topics over PlayStation Network. More »
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We've seen videos of Sony's Tank War Demo for the PS Eye before, and they looked intriguing. But after having a hands-on today, I'm really excited over the simple tech demonstration. More »
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The Nintendo Wii may just be the best thing to happen to non-gamers since the invention of the... I don't know, let's say the polio vaccine. It not only gives retirement home detainees a replacement activity for staring longingly out the window, it gets them occasionally moving. It has given us the Alpha Mom, the laughing Wii Baby, and Wario Wario Smooth Moves. Now, it has transformed one hardline anti-gaming mom into a Wii devotee. In a new column, New York Times health reporter Tara Parker-Pope focuses on the cardiovascular silver lining of games like Wii Sports and the EyeToy series as the reason she's reversed her "no video games" policy at home. More »
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Eye of Judgment may have Crecente and Fahey going bananas, but I snoozed through my E3 hands-on with the card based game. For those puzzled by EoJ or anyone who just doesn't understand the appeal of SingStar, yet still wants to film their wacky PLAYSTATION 3 antics, the PlayStation Eye will ship as a standalone product in just a few short weeks, right alongside the Eye of Judgment bundle. On October 23, PS3 owners can snap it up for a cheap $39.99, download the EyeCreate software and video edit their fool heads off. More »
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The Eye of Judgment set up over in the Sony booth is pretty big, there are six tables set up, two of which are set up for playing head-to-head online and the rest are designed to be played side-by-side on a single machine. At one end of the area was a large glass display case with a selection of some of the retails card packs and boxes. I hate to say this, because of all of the required equipment and space, but I'm really looking forward to this game. More »
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"Hands-on" impressions might be leaning toward misleading as Sony's Trials of Topoq requires no actual touching, nor hands to play. The PlayStation Eye game only requires that you move your body about the screen to control a large ball. Whether you manipulate its path with your head, your hands, your crotch or your ass matters not. All that's necessary is that you create waves and, in the case of the Games Convention show floor, make a fool of yourself. More »
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With David Jaffe in stealth mode, we're going to have survive on scraps from weeks old interviews if we want our foul-mouthed developer fix. Fortunately, Sony marketing outlet ThreeSpeech has posted the result of a brief EyeToy based chat (nice plug, guys!) with the God of War developer. More »
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ThreeSpeech, Sony's quasi mouthpiece, has posted a short-ish Q&A about the recently announced Eye for the PlayStation 3. More »
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One of the more exciting games shown at E3 2006, one that seemed to jolt the gathered audience to consciousness after Kaz Hirai's hypnotist act, was Naughty Dog's jungle runner that showed up without a proper name. Now, thanks to the trademark hounds at NeoGAF, we can start calling it Uncharted: Drake's Fortune. Awkward? Yes, but better than "Untitled Naughty Dog Game." More »
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I thought I had wasted time taking Sony's most recent Playstation 3 survey. It seemed mostly about trying to see what PS3 owners thought of the console. They asked about the gaming experience, online experience, yada, yada, yada. But then, on the last page, they asked which peripheral I was most excited about. Among the list of things I was totally disinterested in was the Eye Toy (Digital HD Camera). A high-def Eye Toy? Hmm, I think that would be way overkill for typical video chatting, but it could introduce a whole new level of detail to camera-enhanced play. I'm intrigued. Brian Crecente More »
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Gamasutra reports that the Xbox 360 Camera will be shipping with a free gesture-based game. OK Sony, now you can claim Microsoft is copying you. More »
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A next generation PlayStation deserves one thing: a next-gen Eye Toy. Sony Computer Entertainment submitted patent number 2006-178948, which is believed to be the new Eye Toy. This could counter the lackluster response to Sony's motion sensor controller. The patents says, in a nutshell, that a camera will recognize the movements and positioning of objects and then translate this in-game. The new technology enables a single 2D camera to analyze objects in full 3D by using a patented mapping technique. Previously, two cameras were needed to map objects into full 3D. Say what you want about Sony's brain farts of late, the company still has some effing great engineers. So bring on the goofy boxing and fighting games, but in full HD! Brian Ashcraft More »
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There's this "new trend afoot" where video games are getting active. Fortunately, cutting-edge tech and gaming mag Parenting is all over it. In their latest issue the glossy for the pregnant set looks at four games that get your kids off their ass on on their feet to (gasp) play games. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=178711&view=rss&microfeed=true GestureTek is not a stranger to console camera peripherals. The company previously worked on Sony's EyeToy and showcased their latest creation at E3: a head lock on program for the Xbox 360's camera. The company implied that the in-game camera would turn when players turn their heads. Fab game site Siliconera filmed this early E3 demo. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=173991&view=rss&microfeed=true Here's a bit of footage showing the Sony EyeToy-based collectable card game-base game concept (-based) Eye of Destruction. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=172653&view=rss&microfeed=true Can't wait to get your hands on a Nintendo Revolution controller so you can give the parts of your arm above the wrists a workout for a change? Soak up a few of the precious minutes until launch by reading GameDaily's retrospective on motion-detecting video game interfaces from the U-Force (Huh?) to the EyeToy (Oh, that). More »
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Xboxic is talking about a patent filed by Microsoft for relative range camera calibration which, it sounds like, would allow two cameras to analyze a three-dimensional scene and track movement. When a blogger approached Microsoft about the patent he was told that the specs for "Project Vision" will become clear down the line. More »
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What do you get when you cross a martial artist, an EyeToy and Virtua Fighter? Seriously sick moves, that's what. Kick ass martial artist Esco set out to review the Virtua Fighter EyeToy. Like the regular EyeToy peripheral, movements unfold in real time as players actually kick, jump and punch five feet from their TVs. Voices, sound effects and music are all directly from the game. Easy mode, Esco notes, is slow-paced and good for getting your Bruce Lee on. Medium is a huge step up with complicated combos and attacks. Hard falls somewhere between impossible and friggin' impossible. Seems like fun, but I just wish they could do something about the backgrounds. My living room decor doesn't exactly scream kick-ass. More »
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A new Spy game is hitting the Playstation 2's EyeToy next month. EyeToy: Operation Spy comes with two modes: Gameplay and surveillance. The gameplay mode has you enroll with the "SIA" and train to become a master spy by learning code breaking, sky diving, device disposal, criminal profiling and how to use satellites to spy on people. The surveillance mode is both the more interesting and disturbing offering in the pack. The mode lets you spy on people and record what they are doing with the EyeToy, monitor rooms, trigger playback of pre-recorded messages and establish perimeters in specific areas or around objects in a room. Maybe they should have called the game George Bush's Patriot Act. More »
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