PlayStation®Move

[T-e-X]

Sony's GDC panel "Introducing the PlayStation Motion Controller was exactly that: An introduction to the newly named Move peripheral. David Coombes, Kirk Bender and Anton Mikhailov showcased a number of impressive tech demos, many of which demonstrated the Move's incredible precision and low latency. One of the most impressive demos showcased full body tracking using an on-screen body puppet, not unlike one of Project Natal's tech demos.

Body tracking is made possible by combining the Move and PS3's head tracking capability. According to the presentation, the PS3 can also detect faces, going so far as to identify individuals through face contour and feature detection. The software will be able to recognize gender, age, smiles and when eyes open and close.

Coombes explained that all the calculations necessary to handle image processing are done by the Cell CPU, which apparently excels at the doing floating point calculations. The raw data can be processed incredibly quickly by the PS3, taking "under a frame" to translate to a game experience. And while Mikhailov didn't reveal how much of the CPU's overall power the Move controller requires, he did reveal that the memory demands are truly "insignificant" -- 1-2 MB of system memory.

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wow thats pretty good I must say

[TTDegs]

coming from a background where my ZX81 arrived with just 1Kb of memory, and still managed to play space invaders....

But yes, all that in 2Mb does show effort on the part of the devs

and sounds good to boot too

Though quite how it might interpret my 'game face'* is rather worrying



* generally screwed up face, tongue sticking out, intense concentration, following by fast transition from shock to anger to desperation as I die (again)

[RingoSmith]

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TTDegs wrote:
coming from a background where my ZX81 arrived with just 1Kb of memory, and still managed to play space invaders....

But yes, all that in 2Mb does show effort on the part of the devs

and sounds good to boot too

Though quite how it might interpret my 'game face'* is rather worrying



* generally screwed up face, tongue sticking out, intense concentration, following by fast transition from shock to anger to desperation as I die (again)

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LOL

[Shaggy2000]

I would be very surprised if this "Move" system can recognise gender, I remember seeing program a few years ago where they had scientists trying to get a supoer computer to do exactely that, and although the computer got it right some of the time, it was still stumped allot of the time.

[TTDegs]

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Shaggy2000 wrote:

I would be very surprised if this "Move" system can recognise gender, I remember seeing program a few years ago where they had scientists trying to get a supoer computer to do exactely that, and although the computer got it right some of the time, it was still stumped allot of the time.

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Move apparently comes supplied with in-built beer goggles

Oh hang on, that wouldn't do it...

[Evil_Wasp]

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Shaggy2000 wrote:

I would be very surprised if this "Move" system can recognise gender, I remember seeing program a few years ago where they had scientists trying to get a supoer computer to do exactely that, and although the computer got it right some of the time, it was still stumped allot of the time.

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I live in wolverhampton and I have the exact same problem.

[DANNY3194]

This uses more than Fallout 3 GOTY edition?