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A patent filed in late 2011, but which has only been published this month, reveals that Sony is working on its own version of Kinect, Microsoft's popular motion-sensing peripheral for the Xbox 360 (and now PC).
Of course, the argument could be made that Kinect was Microsoft's own version of Sony's EyeToy (indeed, this new patent directly references 2003 trademarks Sony owns), a camera released almost a decade ago on the PlayStation 2 (and updated for the PlayStation 3), but it's too nice a day here to get bogged down in that quagmire.
The patent is for a "USER-DRIVEN THREE-DIMENSIONAL INTERACTIVE GAMING ENVIRONMENT", which would involve plugging a camera into a PlayStation and using it to read both a player's movements and their positioning in a 3D space.
It was filed by none other than Richard Marks, the main man behind Sony's PlayStation Move peripheral.
Now, as with any other patent, remember this doesn't mean Sony will be releasing a 3D camera for the PS3 (or a future console). It just means the company is thinking about it.
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it just be a advance eye toy.
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Posted 22 February 2012 - 07:39 AM
Saw this coming, Microsoft at the moment have dominated since they released Kinect and now Sony wants some of that spotlight so why not take their idea and make something of your own.
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Posted 22 February 2012 - 11:45 AM
Shortie861, on 22 February 2012 - 07:39 AM, said:
Saw this coming, Microsoft at the moment have dominated since they released Kinect and now Sony wants some of that spotlight so why not take their idea and make something of your own.
are we reading the same article? Kinect is based on the eye toy which sony made. If sony were to come out with kinect of their own it would be a advance eye toy.
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Posted 22 February 2012 - 04:43 PM
I always thought the Kinect was based on the Xbox 360 webcam called the live cam, but the Live cam was probably copied from the Eye toy and other web cam games for PC if they exist.
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Posted 22 February 2012 - 08:00 PM
Eye Toy came first before any of the previous mentioned Microsoft peripherals. Microsoft took the Eye Toy, and made it a bit better, but essentially the same.
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Posted 27 February 2012 - 12:07 AM
Wouldnt suprise me sense they kinda evented the thing.
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