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Xbox 360 getting advanced EyeToy-like technology?

Posted Feb 18, 2009 at 7:07AM EST by QJ Staff

Listed in: Xbox 360 Tags: Microsoft, motion-sensing, Wiimote, xbox 360 titles

Xbox 360 getting EyeToy-like technology? - Image 1

Who needs the Wiimote when you can just use... nothing at all? That's the principle behind the motion-sensing camera tech from 3DV. Think of it like the EyeToy for the PlayStation 3, only more advanced. 3DV's website boasts that with the camera, called the ZCam, you can:

[...] use your body freely to control games, no wearables required, no limitations attached.

Move your hand, leg, head or finger, in any direction and setting, moving quickly or making fine, minor movement - all these gestures are easily detected and understood by the system.

The system isn't perfected yet of course, but it seems that Microsoft already wants first dibs on it. According to the report from VentureBeat, Microsoft wants to buy 3DV for US$ 35 million (cheapskate, as always, Microsoft).

Are we going to see a new peripheral for the Xbox 360, or are they hunting for tech to put into their next Xbox console? Are we going to see the next generation of Wiitards sans Wiimote?

You know what I want to see? I want to see this tech working with this tech:

Via VentureBeat

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can't keep up...

if they make a new camera for XBOX360..... *sigh*

they already have a camera for X360, why make a new.... i don't care about what it's capable of,,, with the economy constantly declining, i can't even afford a coca-cola without sacrificing something else.... god..

hope they wait with this for the next XBOX...

and i know someone are untouched by the economy,, but it's the minority that IS ("touched").. :(

i need vacation..

p.s.,,, if you're going to respond to my message, be civil, no need to be immature and stupid, and call me all sorts of things... you can talk to me like you would if i stood in front of you and smiled.

# lol — Typhon00 2009-02-18 11:13

but theres always ALWAYS at least one troll.

# Yeah there's already a 2 megapixel camera for the 360 — avatar76 2009-02-18 12:14

I'm thinking Microsoft aren't chasing hardware so much as they are chasing software here. Has anyone played ubisoft's raving rabids on the 360? The camera actually works pretty well, it traces the outline of any movement.

# very creative — narutosaiyan 2009-02-18 14:25

what will they think of next -_-

# hasn't eye toy already said it can do this — sycoblast 2009-02-18 18:28

im not 100% sure but i think i saw a product demonstrating where sony was boosting the eye toy's capability of doing this (sensing movement)... unless the "more advanced" makes a big difference.

According to that picture it seems like the white dude is taking a free throw shot with the ugliest form but i dont see the point why wud i want to use mroe energy to mimick a freethrow when i can just use my analog stick

# why would people use a wiimote? — rollypoly 2009-02-18 20:44

it's novel... it's excercise... beyond that, you got me.

360 vision cam does this already and it sucks...

# @crait — rollypoly 2009-02-18 20:52

gold account is not required for xbox games... neither is wired/wireless net... you can burn the updates to cd.

it's not like no 360 ever comes with a hdd... if he purchased from a store with knowledgeable clerks they could of told him what he needed. or he could of done his own research...

i hope he doesn't go buy just any ps3 and expect to play ps2 games...

# @ typhoon. — martin447 2009-02-19 03:06

wasn't my intention to "troll" just said that it's bad timing for MS to do this,,, especially if they plan to release it anytime soon :(

:(

# is it me — Rickey123 2009-02-19 12:07

or does the guy in the pic look like he needs a swift kick up his ass?

# rolly — blkthunda 2009-02-19 20:04

I notice that when someone say something about adding up the expense to the 360 you seems to have some sort of argument about it. And why do you need to bring it the PS3 and PS2 if the dude didn't mention anything about the Playstation family. You can't let things go huh?

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