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"Sony's PS3 headtracking system does it all with a camera"

Isn't that a given? I mean what is the PS3 going to use the headtracking system with besides a camera? The Blu-ray player?]]>Feb 27th 2008 6:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/sonys-ps3-headtracking-does-it-all-with-a-camera/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/sonys-ps3-headtracking-does-it-all-with-a-camera/Feb 27th 2008 6:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/sonys-ps3-headtracking-does-it-all-with-a-camera/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/sonys-ps3-headtracking-does-it-all-with-a-camera/
Not too long ago, there was a dude that did the same thing using a Wii remote and some custom goggles with infrared emitters attached to the sides to emulate the Wii IR sensor. The remote is put under the TV and tracks the movement of the IR signals through space. I think they were taking that into consideration. Probably find it pretty easy on youtube.]]>Feb 27th 2008 10:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/sonys-ps3-headtracking-does-it-all-with-a-camera/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/sonys-ps3-headtracking-does-it-all-with-a-camera/
His name is Johnny Chung Lee.
Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jd3-eiid-Uw
Project Page: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~johnny/projects/wii/

Good stuff!]]>Feb 28th 2008 1:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/sonys-ps3-headtracking-does-it-all-with-a-camera/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/sonys-ps3-headtracking-does-it-all-with-a-camera/Feb 27th 2008 5:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/sonys-ps3-headtracking-does-it-all-with-a-camera/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/sonys-ps3-headtracking-does-it-all-with-a-camera/Feb 27th 2008 5:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/sonys-ps3-headtracking-does-it-all-with-a-camera/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/sonys-ps3-headtracking-does-it-all-with-a-camera/Feb 27th 2008 5:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/sonys-ps3-headtracking-does-it-all-with-a-camera/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/sonys-ps3-headtracking-does-it-all-with-a-camera/Feb 27th 2008 5:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/sonys-ps3-headtracking-does-it-all-with-a-camera/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/sonys-ps3-headtracking-does-it-all-with-a-camera/
The Cell in the PS3 decides who's important and who isn't. So if your PS3 hates you, this might not be the best thing to get.]]>Feb 27th 2008 5:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/sonys-ps3-headtracking-does-it-all-with-a-camera/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/sonys-ps3-headtracking-does-it-all-with-a-camera/Feb 27th 2008 5:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/sonys-ps3-headtracking-does-it-all-with-a-camera/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/sonys-ps3-headtracking-does-it-all-with-a-camera/Feb 27th 2008 6:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/sonys-ps3-headtracking-does-it-all-with-a-camera/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/sonys-ps3-headtracking-does-it-all-with-a-camera/Feb 27th 2008 9:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/sonys-ps3-headtracking-does-it-all-with-a-camera/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/sonys-ps3-headtracking-does-it-all-with-a-camera/
More likely the Camera picks up certain aspects of the face for detection and uses track the face after setting up who's face you want to track in the first place.]]>Feb 28th 2008 4:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/sonys-ps3-headtracking-does-it-all-with-a-camera/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/sonys-ps3-headtracking-does-it-all-with-a-camera/
Overall, I was very excited about this project and even more so when I saw it was being demo'd at GDC. I was sorely disappointed with the performance of it. I do bet it will do a lot better if it is in a home environment without a lot of background distraction though.]]>Feb 29th 2008 2:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/sonys-ps3-headtracking-does-it-all-with-a-camera/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/sonys-ps3-headtracking-does-it-all-with-a-camera/
This has the potential to be much more important than a Wiimote/sixaxis type of motion sensing. That's been around since the PowerGlove anyway.

You could set this up so that when you head moved at a certain speed, the character would roll or dive...crap, this is the closest thing to Virtual Reality that the mainstream has seen yet!

Think of an FPS or a boxing game: Imagine a dual input of a hand-held controller (even just a DS3) and the PSEye with this software. Amazing!

]]>Feb 27th 2008 5:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/sonys-ps3-headtracking-does-it-all-with-a-camera/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/sonys-ps3-headtracking-does-it-all-with-a-camera/Feb 27th 2008 5:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/sonys-ps3-headtracking-does-it-all-with-a-camera/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/sonys-ps3-headtracking-does-it-all-with-a-camera/
Want to know why this will be a dud? Point of this is really so that, if you tilt your head right, then your character in Rainbow Six will poke his head to the right around the corner sort of thing. When was the last time Sony tried to do something like that? Oh yeah - the Sixaxis motion controls, where before, you would tilt the controller because you wanted the car to turn right just a little faster. Did those work well? Uhmmm... in the vast majority of cases, no, and in some cases it made the game much worse (see Lair).]]>Feb 27th 2008 5:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/sonys-ps3-headtracking-does-it-all-with-a-camera/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/sonys-ps3-headtracking-does-it-all-with-a-camera/
with proper software and firmware upgrades, any webcam can do this. thats a huge leap right there~ if sony can do this, no reason why microsoft, logitech, or even creative can't.]]>Feb 27th 2008 5:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/sonys-ps3-headtracking-does-it-all-with-a-camera/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/sonys-ps3-headtracking-does-it-all-with-a-camera/Feb 27th 2008 5:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/sonys-ps3-headtracking-does-it-all-with-a-camera/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/sonys-ps3-headtracking-does-it-all-with-a-camera/Feb 27th 2008 6:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/sonys-ps3-headtracking-does-it-all-with-a-camera/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/sonys-ps3-headtracking-does-it-all-with-a-camera/
The benefit of the Wii Remote solution is that you're not reliant upon good lighting or good camera optics... You just have to duct-tape the sensor bar on your forehead.]]>Feb 27th 2008 7:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/sonys-ps3-headtracking-does-it-all-with-a-camera/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/sonys-ps3-headtracking-does-it-all-with-a-camera/
It has been demonstrated before using a PS EYE and some glasses with IR LEDs doing this. It can be done either way, thats the beauty of it.

Also one thing that makes this VERY special is that the PS EYE can operate at 120Hz, which means it can track motion faster then most webcams can.]]>Feb 27th 2008 9:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/sonys-ps3-headtracking-does-it-all-with-a-camera/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/sonys-ps3-headtracking-does-it-all-with-a-camera/Feb 28th 2008 11:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/sonys-ps3-headtracking-does-it-all-with-a-camera/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/sonys-ps3-headtracking-does-it-all-with-a-camera/
Great, in the future I'm not only going to have to worry about Carpal Tunnel. Now I'll have to worry about Neck Strains and Whiplash]]>Feb 27th 2008 5:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/sonys-ps3-headtracking-does-it-all-with-a-camera/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/sonys-ps3-headtracking-does-it-all-with-a-camera/
It appears that the Sony of old is coming back.]]>Feb 27th 2008 5:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/sonys-ps3-headtracking-does-it-all-with-a-camera/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/sonys-ps3-headtracking-does-it-all-with-a-camera/
Cameras track pretty decent to several faces at once - I imagine with Ps3 horsepower it would track really well. ]]>Feb 27th 2008 6:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/sonys-ps3-headtracking-does-it-all-with-a-camera/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/sonys-ps3-headtracking-does-it-all-with-a-camera/
real 3D gaming without the eyewear.]]>Feb 27th 2008 6:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/sonys-ps3-headtracking-does-it-all-with-a-camera/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/sonys-ps3-headtracking-does-it-all-with-a-camera/Feb 27th 2008 6:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/sonys-ps3-headtracking-does-it-all-with-a-camera/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/sonys-ps3-headtracking-does-it-all-with-a-camera/Feb 27th 2008 6:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/sonys-ps3-headtracking-does-it-all-with-a-camera/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/sonys-ps3-headtracking-does-it-all-with-a-camera/Feb 27th 2008 6:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/sonys-ps3-headtracking-does-it-all-with-a-camera/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/sonys-ps3-headtracking-does-it-all-with-a-camera/Well.. Maybe a wee bit picky too. That is pure genius technology right there man, take it in and
think about the possibilities. I can't wait to see FPS and horror games that uses this.]]>Feb 27th 2008 7:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/sonys-ps3-headtracking-does-it-all-with-a-camera/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/sonys-ps3-headtracking-does-it-all-with-a-camera/Feb 27th 2008 7:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/sonys-ps3-headtracking-does-it-all-with-a-camera/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/sonys-ps3-headtracking-does-it-all-with-a-camera/
"IF you shoot over my shoulder you might be able to see better"

** Camera guy moves and immediately zooms into the screen, cutting the guy out of frame.

/facepalm]]>Feb 27th 2008 7:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/sonys-ps3-headtracking-does-it-all-with-a-camera/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/sonys-ps3-headtracking-does-it-all-with-a-camera/Feb 27th 2008 8:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/sonys-ps3-headtracking-does-it-all-with-a-camera/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/sonys-ps3-headtracking-does-it-all-with-a-camera/head tracking built into BOOM BOX http://gonintendo.com/?p=36198

get us a working vid please?]]>Feb 27th 2008 6:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/sonys-ps3-headtracking-does-it-all-with-a-camera/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/sonys-ps3-headtracking-does-it-all-with-a-camera/]]>Feb 27th 2008 7:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/sonys-ps3-headtracking-does-it-all-with-a-camera/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/sonys-ps3-headtracking-does-it-all-with-a-camera/Feb 27th 2008 10:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/sonys-ps3-headtracking-does-it-all-with-a-camera/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/sonys-ps3-headtracking-does-it-all-with-a-camera/
the headgear is for orienting the display shown on screen, are they going to incorporate "SMILE DETECTION" next so your PS3 knows how depressed you are?]]>Feb 27th 2008 7:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/sonys-ps3-headtracking-does-it-all-with-a-camera/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/sonys-ps3-headtracking-does-it-all-with-a-camera/Feb 27th 2008 7:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/sonys-ps3-headtracking-does-it-all-with-a-camera/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/sonys-ps3-headtracking-does-it-all-with-a-camera/Feb 27th 2008 7:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/sonys-ps3-headtracking-does-it-all-with-a-camera/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/sonys-ps3-headtracking-does-it-all-with-a-camera/Feb 27th 2008 9:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/sonys-ps3-headtracking-does-it-all-with-a-camera/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/sonys-ps3-headtracking-does-it-all-with-a-camera/
Perhaps the LED lights on the controllers being used to match up faces to player numbers. They could just flash them in a particular sequence. maybe.]]>Feb 27th 2008 9:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/sonys-ps3-headtracking-does-it-all-with-a-camera/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/sonys-ps3-headtracking-does-it-all-with-a-camera/Feb 27th 2008 10:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/sonys-ps3-headtracking-does-it-all-with-a-camera/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/sonys-ps3-headtracking-does-it-all-with-a-camera/Feb 27th 2008 10:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/sonys-ps3-headtracking-does-it-all-with-a-camera/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/sonys-ps3-headtracking-does-it-all-with-a-camera/
the math required is horrendous for a video feed, and grabbing some headgear for a FPS game would slightly lend itself to the immersion experience.

remove headgear to save and exit game.]]>Feb 27th 2008 11:42PM