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GDC: Controlling Infamous: Second Son With Your Eyes | IGN

What if you could play Infamous: Second Son without ever touching DualShock 4's right analog stick? One of IGN's Senior Editor just that, and it's totally awesome.

After you’ve spent a long time in the games industry like IGN's Colin Moriarty has, trade shows tend to become predictable affairs. He has attended many E3s, a couple of Gamescoms, and even a Tokyo Game Show, and they’re all pretty much the same: a glut of games on show floors and behind-closed-doors to play and write about.

Having beaten Second Son this past weekend, he wasn’t looking to play the game in demo form, but there was something special about this particular setup. Affixed to the PlayStation 4 was an SMI camera. And this SMI camera, as he was about to find out, was going to let him control Infamous: Second Son with his eyes.

PoSTedUP4118d ago

woah... this is definatly the eye-tracking son was working on with NASA. i wonder if they will use it in P.Morpheus... that would be something else. Sony is Epic.

Fishy Fingers4118d ago

The camera is actually created by SensoMotoric Instruments (SMI) and Sony have been toying with their tech for sometime http://m.prnewswire.com/new...

Still, impressive as it appears I wouldn't expect to see it outside of R&D for sometime. Certainly wouldn't be included in Morpheus as the cameras in their current form are already to expensive for consumer devices.

starchild4118d ago

Yeah, I saw this on The Verge and in that video he still used the controller to control the left thumbstick movement and the powers, etc. The eye tracking replaced the right stick camera control.

PoSTedUP4118d ago

ah true. i read sony was working on eye tracking with nasa a few months back. still rad tho, +bubs fishy.

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redcar1214118d ago

People say the kinect spy on you but a inside source i met said to me the ds4 as scan ten of thousand of people finger prints and sold them to usa goverment

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GTgamer4118d ago

What material on that controller even gives you a hint of scanning :/.

TheTowelBoy4118d ago (Edited 4118d ago )

Off topic: A: I've never believed that MS has a super secret pact with the NSA so they can stare at the USA and the rest of the world as they eat Doritos, and sit playing games. B: The DS4... Honestly, I don't even. "throws hands in the air"

Ron_Danger4118d ago

Hey redcar, I'm a Nigerian prince... Wanna make some fast money??

And the bait is set..........

BattleTorn4118d ago

by that logic they already have all our finger prints from every mouse-track pad....

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Darth Gamer4118d ago (Edited 4118d ago )

After being trained for years through playing games all the way back as far as the Atari 2600, I would find this incredibly weird and I would have a very hard time keeping my unused thumb off of the other analog stick. Might as well cut that bitch clean off cause it would constantly be getting in the way.

TheTowelBoy4118d ago (Edited 4118d ago )

Well see with this setup it allows for your thumb to do other things. Yes, we've all been trained the last few gens, almost in two demensions. Left stick- movement, rigbt stick- camera. All this MIGHT do is allow another dimension of gameplay, or control into the mix with freeing up your left thumb. Potentially ;)

HighResHero4118d ago

I'll stick with traditional "thumb tracking" unless we are talking about VR implementation.

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Unique PlayStation Games Where You Sweep Through Enemies Like They're Nothing

Huzaifah from eXputer writes, "My favorite type of genre in games is when enemies are merely animal fodder in the eyes of the protagonist's sheer power."

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inFamous 3: Is PlayStation Working On A Second Son Sequel?

Fans of the action-adventure franchise have been eagerly awaiting news of a potential sequel to one of the best games on the PS4.

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-Foxtrot345d ago

They really need to

Go off the evil ending off Second Son

Delsin absorbs all those powers

Revealed he’s the real Beast and John in Infamous 2 was just an anomaly created by timelines being messed with by Kessler.

Cole vs the Real Beast

gold_drake345d ago

quite honestly, i dont remember a whole lot about 2 amymore, but i absolutely hated the guy in second son haha.

chicken_in_the_corn345d ago

It would make more sense to go off the evil ending of 2 and the good ending g of SS where Cole is The Beast.

Cacabunga344d ago

Doesnt make any sense calling second son 2 as infamous 3..

OtterX345d ago

Ha, yea Delsin was obnoxious.

I wouldn't mind another new character, but somehow bring Cole into the story.

We can just pretend like Delsin never existed. :)

thejigisup344d ago

Everyone that age is obnoxious. It's been years and is like to think delsin has grown

neutralgamer1992344d ago

Until we wait for a potential new entry it would awesome to have infamous collection for PS5

RaidenBlack345d ago

Umm ... how about this?
First we get the Tushima sequel(coz its most rumored)
Then a new Resistance (need new PS SP FPS)
Then a totally new IP (new IPs are always interesting)
And then a new inFamous?

Pepsi_Man3000344d ago

resistance is insomniac I think

xHeavYx344d ago

Can we also get a complete remaster of InFamous 1 and 2?

fr0sty344d ago

Gimme a new Warhawk and MAG while we're at it.

DivineHand125345d ago

I had a great time with the second son. Never got to play the originals and hope they get remastered one day.

DazaMc344d ago

The graphics were amazing, I got the platinum on that one. Very good.

ChasterMies345d ago (Edited 345d ago )

If I had a choice between another Infamous game and another Spider-Man game, I choose Spider-Man. Sony should spend its resources on its winners.

Tacoboto344d ago (Edited 344d ago )

Infamous was such a winner its studio was given the freedom (after 3 titles + their expansions) to do a new IP with GoT, just like with Sly Cooper before infamous.

I'd welcome a 4th title even more than another Spider-Man, it'd be exciting what they could do with new powers fit for the hardware outside the limits of a licensed superhero game.

jznrpg344d ago

Spider-Man is guaranteed and is made by Insomniac so why not both as Sucker Punch would make Infamous.

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How Does inFAMOUS Second Son Hold up 10 Years Later?

inFAMOUS Second Son was one of PS4's best exclusives, but does it hold up a decade later?

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Deeeeznuuuts533d ago

100%, locked 60fps and still look great all these years later, same with the expansion, definitely worth a look if people haven't played it yet, not the best games ever made but a good experience, hopefully a new infamous gets released

KwietStorm_BLM533d ago

Never was my favorite infamous, but it was definitely a graphics showcase early on PS4. Still plays well with the unlocked frame rate.

SDuck533d ago

Still remember getting hyped about this game nearing release. Funny because I never even got a PS4. Jumped from PS3 to PC so I never played it ahahaha

OmegaSoldati533d ago

Its a good game. But thats it. Congratulations you made the best choice. I dream to have a great PC one day.

jznrpg344d ago

@OmegaSoldati I’ve had a few of the highest end PC’s and they’re cool for about a year then they aren’t the highest end PC anymore and not as cool. It’s way overrated imo.

Profchaos533d ago (Edited 533d ago )

Graphically It's a absolutely stunning game that still holds up today.

Didn't have all that much depth to it forcing you to play though twice for a platinum trophy a good and bad run it was a little disappointing how similar those were Delsin would be like I'm not doing that for you in a cutscene but the cutscene would play out and force you to do it anyway just as you would of in a good run

I did like the story however it got a lot of complaints back in the day people hated playing as Delsin instead of cole despite Coles story being wrapped up.

Overall though the map wasn't overly saturated with useless points of interest there was some collectibles and things to find but nothing compared to a Ubisoft game.

I think it was a good game if a little hollow I've played it through around 4 times now since it's so short.

Also it's DLC was great a full story expansion

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