Jesus. how far is this going to go? First we have waggle sensing. Later, more accurate, "one-to-one" waggle sensing. And then, earlier today, we heard rumors that Sony is working on some similar bullsh*t. Now, as if to top them all, another rumor says that Microsoft is going full-body with this bitch.
The folks at engadget just got a tip on this "sensor bar" tech. It is supposed to sense full body movement without controllers. They say that there are two sensors, a mic, and a camera on this bar. This could mean that pelvic thrusts will finally become valid control gestures? God, I hope so.
Here some feature bulletpoints:
- Full body and hand gesture control of games / characters.
- In fighting games you kick, punch, duck, dive, jump and so forth with your body.
- It also picks up small hand gestures like pinching, grabbing and scrolling.
- There will also be video conferencing and games with video.
- Trivia game over the internet with live images of each person playing. When a question pops up, they can clap to buzz in.
- You can "move objects on your screen" and the other party can see what you're doing in real time.
- Sensor detects only the person playing, not folks observing on the couch.
The device in question is pictured above, right below the television. Nice. Grainy. It has to be real.
Damn it. Call me old-fashioned, but I just want to push buttons. I didn't want to move my hand around in the air in the first place, and now I sure a hell don't want to get up and move my whole body.
If this is real, I guess we'll see more of it at E3. I'm kind of hoping it isn't.
Dale North is Destructoid's Editor-In-Chief, a founding editor, and specialist in Japanese gaming. An accomplished musician, Dale was reporting from Japan during the earthquakes of 2011. Luckily, he got the fuck out alive and is home in America now with his wife and beloved corgi, Einstein. Dale is also a co-founder of Destructoid's sister anime site
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2:47 PM on 05.01.2009
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"Microsoft working on full-body lotion sensing"
Honestly, I think this really is taking it a step too far.
Who got my distant sci-fi future in my near sci-fi future?!??!?!
Fuck that. I like not being hurt and I like my furniture.
The PS3 already has full body motion sensors. In fact it almost reads out like the list. Except: Sensor detects only the person playing, not folks observing on the couch.
This sounds like because it's limited to one person playing. The PS3 can handle up to 4 people playing at the same time.
Welcome to the present Dale.
"Who's going to quit gaming when this and Microsoft's eventual motion controller are released? Show of hands?"
And now we receive this news! I expect petitions to be drawn and riots to be held, people! Time to move!
actually I played that down at an arcade in florida, it was actually alot of fun (till my leg cramped on me).
Indeed, I also played that. From memory it worked really well too, I think it was something to do with the balance of a pad on the floor and a camera for elevation.
...don't get any ideas, Ninty.
So are people still going to call the Wii a fad now that both Sony and Microsoft are becoming copycats ?
But anyway...this isn't new. Waggle wasn't even new either...what made Waggle on the Wii new was that it was going to be it's default controller. While the EyeToy, the PS3 Eye & this crazy MS camera are optional. So they're pretty meaningless and won't ever be as adopted as something that comes with the system as the only means to interact with it.
While neat tech, I don't know that any of this camera/senses what a body is, motion stuff is all that exciting.
I'll sound like a fanboy: I think Nintendo is on the right track with having something you hold, move and point as needed. Light gun/rail shooters are free to emerge and flourish, while sword/batting/racket games are coming into their own with the Motion Plus.
Not surprising that Sony and MS are trying to get into that space. But like others have said, it feels like they're missing the point
2007: NO, SHUT UP, THE PS3 WILL NEVER HAVE MOTION SENSING. NEVER.
2008: OK YEAH IT HAS MOTION SYSTEM... BUT IT WAS PATENTED BEFORE
2009: YEAH WELL THE XBOX HAS MOTION, SO WHAT WE HAD IT BEFORE. SHUT UP.
2010?: THE MOTION SENSING IS THE BEST IDEA EVER NINTENDO JUST COPIED IT SURELY
i will be happy once i can get 3d gaming on a console. after watching the monsters vs. aliens movie i decided that it would translate really well to videogames.
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