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PlayStation Eye: Eye Games Montage

A look at the games and apps for the Playstation Eye.

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HeartlesskizZ6018d ago

I want to try out that Eyecreate feature. it looks so much fun =)

IdontTakeSides6018d ago

Yes it does...and they say Sony isn't doing ne innovation this gen...blah..!!

HarryEtTubMan6018d ago (Edited 6018d ago )

Sony = innovation

http://www.youtube.com/watc...
Check out this AWESOME user created eyetoy video... The attack of the killer clothes muahahaha.. Damn everyone the PS3 does is just so damn kool!

HeartlesskizZ6018d ago

I like how you can fly so around your room hahaha looks great

sticky doja6018d ago

These games interest me more than anything I have seen so far on the PS3. I would love that kind of eye candy I could manipulate with my own body. Imagine the trippy possibilities.

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Sony Re-Registers Ember Trademark

Junkie Monkeys: Sony has recently re-registered a trademark for Ember. The funny thing about Ember is that it was announced in 2007 for the PlayStation Eye.

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Agent_hitman3693d ago

Speaking of PS4 camera, I heard that it can also track body movements, just like the kinect. I wonder if Sony along with 3rd party would release games to showcase that camera's full potential not just the PLAYROOM.

zeuanimals3693d ago (Edited 3693d ago )

I prefer Playroom. Playroom games have been more fun than anything I've done with the Kinect, except maybe dancing games but I don't really "dance".

PLASTICA-MAN3692d ago

It can even track eye movements and you can move the camera just with your eyes and they tested it on Infamous Second Son, check GameTrailers VGX reveal. Btw, does this Ember game ever had screenshots?

prodg523693d ago

Just dance works by tracking body movement. You don't need to use the controller or you can use the PS move.

Kiwi663692d ago

So you want sony to make games that use the ps4 camera and yet some playstation owners criticise microsoft for having games that use the kinect why would you want sony to copy what ms have done when people dislike stuff like that apparently

jebabcock3692d ago

Technically Sony was using cameras with console games long before the kinect came along... Your point isn't very valid. The gripe from gamers isn't being provided an accessory. It is having it forced upon you without a choice and into games that are fine without it... Some like the camera some don't... it has always been about being given the choice.

zeuanimals3692d ago

The problem with MS is their over emphasis on Kinect and the fact that they don't give you the option of buying it or not buying it. Sony didn't put much emphasis on the camera and they're giving you the option to buy the console with or without the camera.

DOOMZ3692d ago

The Cam was supposed to come with PS4, Sony took it out to counter MS. Unfortunately, the result will be that the cam will most likely not be supported by many & is as of now, DOA.

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DragonKnight3692d ago

@DOOMZ: Sony didn't take the camera out to counter MS, they took out so they wouldn't take as big a hit on the cost of selling the PS4 with the camera. They always wanted the PS4 to sell for $400 and were originally going to bundle the camera (though unlike MS, it wasn't required for the console to work, it was just an add on) with the PS4 and still launch it at $400, but the higher ups and the shareholders decided that they'd take too much of a loss if they did so, so they canned the camera bundle.

Gamingcapacity3692d ago

@Doomz

The PS4 and camera being bundled was a rumour. Removing the camera to compete with MS is also a rumour.

Realistically Sony would of set a price range target a long time ago when they started to plan the console (They need to know how much they can spend on componants to make the console and keep it within the price range). Sony would of planned that they wanto to retail the console for around $400. Now if they did remove the camera it would because it went over the price range which could be due to the rumoured jump from 4GB of memory to 8GB.

What I would doubt is that they would remove a $60 camera to compete with the Xbox One when it's already $100 cheaper. They could include the camera and still come in at $40 cheaper.

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GraveLord3692d ago

Just Dance work with it and that's about it. Don't expect any major support. Not even Kinect is being supported even though its bundled with XB1.

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adonis1833692d ago

Idk why but saying re-register sounds weird :/ it is because I'm Hispanic??

And playroom is awesome(;

Skattman3692d ago

Move, Wonderbook... please support the stuff we buy before introducing more stuff that will be dead on arrival.

rainslacker3692d ago

Sony has released 4 wonderbook titles since it's announcement. That's 4 releases in less than 2 years, with 2 being released just last November, and with an unannounced Disney one in the works as well. Not sure how much more support you want them to put into it.

As far as move. It was release in late 2010. 3-1/2 years later it has 126 games for it. 54 are exclusive and there are currently 14 unreleased games coming out for it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

How much more support should they give to it?

iamnsuperman3692d ago

Wonderbook was a risk but Sony needs risks of that nature since its console doesn't appeal to a younger audience. The only company to get that right is Nintendo but it struggles to reach the mass audience. Sony (and Microsoft which is confusing since the have the Kinect) need to try things that reach the younger audience. It is a market that isn't being exploited

DOOMZ3692d ago (Edited 3692d ago )

Ember sounds cool but the PS4 cam is kinda like the eye toy. Don't even come close to KINECT!

BitbyDeath3692d ago

Kinect is really only known for its microphone. It has never been good at tracking body movements

zeuanimals3692d ago

Theoretically, the Kinect should be better, but in practice, it sucks more than the PS Camera because the few games that use it, like Kinect Sports Rivals and Fighter Within, are unresponsive and the tracking is inaccurate.

The PS Camera in conjunction with the DS4 light bar are super accurate and the Playroom games that use it are actually playable and are fun, to an extent.

jebabcock3692d ago (Edited 3692d ago )

The eye toy was for the ps2... A very invalid comparison. Are you sure you are informed enough to make that statement.

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From a hardware perspective the major differences are that the ps4 uses dual 720p cameras vs the kinect 2's dual 1080p cameras. The kinect also has an infrared cam so it has a sense of nightvision.

The microphone array on the ps4 is better though.

If you are playing kinect games in the dark it should work better on the xb1. You can also take higher res photos/videos of whatever you are doing in your living room. Games might make use of the higher res for more details but at the cost of a significant bit more processing required.

Outside of those differences, the rest comes down to software and the power of the console itself. Sony has basic voice commands that work just fine. From a technical standpoint,There is nothing to stop most games that make use of the kinect from being made on the ps4.

DragonKnight3692d ago

The Eye Toy was doing Kinect stuff before Kinect was even a conception. Kinect has and always will suck.

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

MasterCornholio3692d ago (Edited 3692d ago )

The problem with Kinect is the camera part of it isn't used much in games. Most of what's done is done with the microphone.

P.S I'm basing my facts off what a Kinect developer (Rare I think) is currently saying which ka true.

frostypants3692d ago

KINECT doesn't even come close to Kinect. I.E., the reality comes nowhere close to the hype. List the amazing games that use Kinect for core gameplay (i.e. it is considered essential) on either the 360 or the One. There are none.

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DivineAssault 3692d ago

i havent really used my PS4 eye for anything.. Im glad i own it for any future games that utilize it to my liking but i only toyed with it a few times with playroom & thats it

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Can the Oculus Rift and Motion Controls Change Video Games for the Better?

Ever since the Wii was released video games developers have been trying to create something innovative by changing the controller, making high tech Eye Toys or strapping screens to our heads, but does any of this actually make video games better? Let’s first look at previous endeavours in video games and see if they did anything to better gaming as a whole.

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DealWithIt3755d ago

Oculus Rift - Yes

Motion Control - Hell no.

Pogmathoin3755d ago

I think each on its own will be limited, but a kinect camera, oculus and wii-mote nunchuck together, seems plausible that good games could be made... I could immerse myself in an modern Elite game.... Dreaming now....

Ogygian3755d ago

I'm not sure a wii-mote is ideal. One of the peripherals I would expect to see in coming years is some form of glove with artificial muscles which contract and expand as we touch things in game (so you can grasp things such as joysticks, weapons and ledges and feel resistance). Combined with a kinect-style camera, this could be very promising.

Regardless, we're going to see a lot of innovation in making VR more immersive beyond the goggles themselves soon I'm sure, and it will be quite interesting to see which designs succeed and which fail.

ZombieKiller3755d ago

I don't know, a lightsaber fight with Darth Vader would be nice! I don't think there is too much past that for me with motion controls. I like to lazy around the living room....

As for the Oculus Rift: I am down! That thing looks awesome.

mobijoker3755d ago

Oculus Rift is the future...
Motion control- already tested last gen and it did not work....don't see it working this gen...

muttsurini3755d ago

I played video games for relaxing not to be stressed out.

WeAreLegion3755d ago

Yes...especially when you combine both technologies. VR motion headsets, especially the Oculus, will only get bigger. When you mix motion gaming (like the Razer Hydra, for example) with headsets, it adds depth to any experience. Everyone has been experimenting with that. My favorite example would be Surgeon Simulator 2013.

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All you need to know about PlayStation 4

Sony Entertainment on 20th February released information regarding their much anticipated video gaming home console Sony PlayStation 4. This is the second Next-Gen gaming console to be revealed after Nintendo’s Wii U which was released last year in November.

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ajax174037d ago

I love Sony more than both of you together, lol.

robleroy4037d ago (Edited 4037d ago )

Beyond : two souls a launch title???????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !

Isn't this a typo??

I thought beyond was a ps3 only title

dc7864037d ago (Edited 4037d ago )

There are reports that beyond two souls team is working for ps4 title as well.

http://www.computerandvideo...

robleroy4037d ago (Edited 4037d ago )

But I don't think the beyond 2 sould is working for a launch title. The timewindow would be much to short .
And certainly bungi with their destiny game are not a club who likes to commit to a launch date or any other kind of date. They allways select a date which they choose for their own reason (mostly to enhance the game story experience.

Destiny will certainly be NOT a launch title. The game is a very very big multi platform project. (Only Bioshock infinite would maybe probably be bigger )
And they would first need to betatest it for at least 3 months
destiny will probably be a early 2015 game

ps3_pwns4037d ago

all I need to know is its better then x720 in every way. getting a ps4 day one its the go to console of next gen.

hellvaguy4037d ago

Its impossible for the ps4 to be better in every way since the 720 hasnt even released the specs. To avoid sounding like a raving fanboy, u shud go with words like probably, or based on the direction of the current gen. As it stands your just a punch-drunk fanatic.

ps3_pwns4037d ago

as it stands you dont care about gaming and cannot think logically. all the leaks and info about the x720 have not been denied and these are all things not good for gamers or consumers and would and should be denied by a company and gamers because they are not good at all in anyway. its just some of you hold alliegence to a console and not the games and the quality of a console and games. i will not allow the x720 to destroy gaming.

hellvaguy4037d ago

Leaks and rumors, you definitely want to rely on that for your info. I see why your name says ps3_brainwashed.

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