A patent for a "user-driven three-dimensional interactive gaming environment" plugs into a PlayStation to read players movements in a 3D space. Does that sound like some other TV-topping peripheral you know? 1 Zing Point for you if you said EyeToy.
Kotaku found the newly published patent of this Kinect-like device just recently, though it was filed late last year. Richard Marks, the guy behind PlayStation Move, filed the patent. Hold on to the night.
Yikes. After seeing how PS Move went over, let's hope this thing stays in Patent Land.
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11:00 AM on 02.21.2012 | 
Holy shit, I just peed myself. had to take a closer look, F'n brilliant.
OT: Yeah screw this, give the Move more love. I really love FPS with Move Support. Kinect and Wii cornered the Dance market, don't try and play catch up at this point. Play to your strengths sony.
they couldn't even compete with Wii in terms of quality games that featured motion-controls either in terms of casual or core games. do they really think they can compete with a powerhouse like Kinect?
"CLAIM OF PRIORITY
[0001] This application claims priority as a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/448,614, filed May 29, 2003, and entitled "SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A REAL-TIME THREE-DIMENSIONAL INTERACTIVE ENVIRONMENT," which is incorporated herein by reference.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0002] This application is related to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/365,120, filed Feb. 11, 2003, and entitled "Method and Apparatus for Real-Time Motion Capture," which is incorporated herein by reference"
This patent is a continuation of another patent Sony filed in 2003 for the same tech being demonstrated here by Sony's Richard Marks at GDC 2003. http://goo.gl/3NB23
I completely agree and must say that on rails shooters are down right amazing.
I don't necessarily think it's necessary, as Move is so underutilized as it is, but it couldn't hurt anything. Move is with it just for HD light gun games, but I wish existing games for Move were compatible with Sharpshooter (unlike RE4+5, which doesn't allow for shooting with the trigger or panning the camera with wand direction - both of which would be the intuitive implementation of Move).
That said, if they continue Move I hope Sony allows the current move controllers on their next console. Can't really see myself buying more of those.
I'll take it.
"powerhouse like kinect"
I needed a laugh. Thanks for that! :D
A couple of weeks ago, i had a Move overload, I bought Tiger Woods 12, Resistance 3, got Killzone 3 back off my mate and played some MAG, all with the move and loved. every. minute.
I've not once regretted buying 2 move controllers, a nunchuck, and a sharpshooter.
- well, I don't REALLy need 2 move controllers now, but still it's nice to have a charged backup!
Light gun craving fixed.