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Sony prepping motion tech to top Natal

"It's the Vision 2009 tradeshow in Stuttgart, Germany this week, and Sony was on hand showing off some funky new tech making use of its cameras. It's a Minority Report style panel that responds to every gesture and lets you juggle windows around with simple flicks. It's so smooth, we wish we could have this instead of the Motion Control wand for the PS3!"

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MetalGearRising6045d ago

Microsoft already have this technology nothing new here all move on it's just Sony trying to copy Microsoft again.

Sonyslave36045d ago

Damn Sony is so fvcking scare of Natal it not even funny.

FailureRate546044d ago

Sony already have this technology, and it's called EYE TOY (from 2002) nothing new here.

All move on it's just Microfrlopz trying to copy Sony again.

GR8 16045d ago

Natal is gonna revolutionise the way we play and theres so many developers who are gonna make AAA games for it. Sonys wand is wii motion plus but will have better graphics.

wxer6044d ago

"developers who are gonna make AAA games for it"

they should make AAA games for the console it self first

Inferno6044d ago

Have some bubbles wxer.
I lol'ed so hard when I read your comment.

Mike134nl6045d ago (Edited 6045d ago )

First part resembles Microsoft Surface, which also works with camera's.

Second part.... we probably all have seen the playstation eye doing more interesting stuff than that.

No 3-D motion capturing, so I don't really see any reason why to mention natal, they might as well said motion tech to stop Microsoft live vision camera or surface.

sinncross6044d ago

This is actually a newer build of something Sony had around 5 years ago. Originally, you would place these glass squares onto the panel and each would represent information just by being in contact with the base itself. That was quite cool, just like this is.

I'm not too sure why anyone would want this as the motion control for the PS3.
It is quite ethereal at best for overall gaming purposes and would cost a fortune. I'm pretty sure the PS3 'Sphere' is the way to go for Sony in regards to motion control.

Anyways, the PSEye has some good tech of its own:
Vision library
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sikbeta6044d ago (Edited 6044d ago )

"PS3 'Sphere' is the way to go for Sony in regards to motion control"

You are right, but better put an analogue stick instead of using the DS3, It'll be really annoying to use the 2 things, Sony has to make it more simple

About natal, I think is not going anywhere, is good tech, but for example imagine play a fps with natal and you have tu run, where you going to play, in a stadium? lol, really need space to move

Mc Fadge6044d ago

And even without a certain frequency of light being tracked the symbol tracking is very impressive.

My mum was freaked out by the drawing replications though :P

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Top Racers Need Top Gear – Introducing the Forza Horizon 6 Limited Edition Controller and Headset

Omar writes: "With the Horizon Festival coming to breathtaking Japan, you’ll need the essential gear to prove you’ve got what it takes to become a Horizon Legend as you cruise, drift and explore an open world full of spectacular driving experiences. That’s why we’re happy to announce the newest Limited Edition Xbox Wireless Controller and Wireless Headset collection, featuring inspired designs from Forza Horizon 6. The bright cyan and lime colorways celebrate the Horizon Festival’s recognition of iconic cars and hit music, with special features that are sure to impress any collector."

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Killer2020UK33d ago

Oh my, that is one gaudy design

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"It's Just So Lame" - RTGI Modder Thinks DLSS 5 Is Impressive But Shares AI Slop Sentiment

Pascal Gilcher calls DLSS 5 impressive but shares the "AI slop" sentiment, explaining the likely tech behind it and why he dislikes it.

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CrimsonWing6960d ago

I fail to see how this is AI shhhhlllloooop. Looking at the different games they showed, this has made many of them look far better.

isarai_lee60d ago (Edited 60d ago )

It's AI slop because it ignores the artists intent and changes the details ESPECIALLY when it comes to character faces. The scariest part of it is introducing it as the next stage of DLSS, a feature where the current iteration already has controversy surrounding it and for quite a lot of games cannot be fully disabled. So reasonably the precident is already set for what path this could take, and it's not good

blacktiger59d ago

In case you didn't watch the video then let me point just one part. It overrides the lighting. Then the question of what is the point of ray tracing cost and so on. Many of the lighting deletes shadow, including shadow on the face like eyes even chin.

Chard59d ago

Why stop at art when it comes to human input - why not just have AI play the game for us, remove human input altogether

theshizer60d ago

If you don’t like it, just don’t enable it. Personally I think it looks great from the videos I have seen.

isarai_lee60d ago

And what about when you can't? Cause there's plenty of games where you cannot fully disable dlss already, i mean we're well into an era where it's a major crutch for developers to cover up their cut corners, why would this be any different?

blacktiger59d ago

You are playing with people's money and allow Nvidia to scam you.

In case you didn't watch the video then let me point just one part. It overrides the lighting. Then the question of what is the point of ray tracing cost. This is all lie to raise the cost of the graphic card.

Andrew33660d ago

Making characters look more realistic not ok because we want the developer to decide on how the game was intended to look. - Internet

Change entire game through mods thus changing how the developers intended the game to be is ok. - Internet

isarai_lee60d ago

Something consumers can do to a product after they have purchased it, entirely optional and can always be undone with a fresh install

VS

The leading gaming hardware manufacturer making this the next iteration of the main AA/Upscaling technique that is heavily relied upod by modern devs and is not optional in most games.

Not at all the same but nice try

jwillj2k460d ago

At the moment you need 2 5090’s just to get an image on the screen so this is all vaporware until proven otherwise.

Andrew33659d ago

The good news is you can just not use it as well.

Christopher59d ago

It's all about choice in the end. But, I would say that calling it 'more realistic' is quite a stretch. It looks like AI art, and that's rarely realistic.

Urrakia3459d ago

All the comments I see are reminding me of how we got to the current state of gaming when microtransactions were first introduced: "It's completely optional guys, we promise! If you don't like it just don't buy it!"

I think we all know how that ended up.

Popsicle59d ago (Edited 59d ago )

I had the same exact thought the first time this was brought up in a separate article about a week ago. Took me straight back to the conversations surrounding “horse armor.” Just don’t buy it they said. Years later, many IPs I previously enjoyed are so infected with monetization schemes that I don’t even consider purchasing them anymore.

DLSS 5 and the like are the same thing wrapped in a different package. History rhymes but many of us never learn from it.

blacktiger59d ago

Biggest Scam. Overrides lighting and shadow. So why keep Ray tracing? It's all a scam to raise graphic card. We now see Nvidia with Microsoft downturn anything against them. Sony is next!