When the article was first published, the headline read "Sony's PS3 headtracking system doesn't need a camera". (See the comment Jordan made above mine). It was changed post publication.
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.
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AlexL @ Feb 27th 2008 5:12PM
Congratulations, your article wins the award for Most Misleading Title.
Killer @ Feb 27th 2008 6:02PM
You do have a point, I will give you that.
"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?
AlexL @ Feb 27th 2008 6:08PM
When the article was first published, the headline read "Sony's PS3 headtracking system doesn't need a camera". (See the comment Jordan made above mine). It was changed post publication.
catapults.music @ Feb 27th 2008 10:09PM
@Killer
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.
numlok @ Feb 28th 2008 1:54AM
@catapults.music
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!