Friday, November 16, 2007

SONY developing make DIY game application for Playstation Eye

PS EYE

Everyone knows about the Playsration Eye, a video canera for the PS3 which allows ganers to place themselves inside certain games designed to interface with it. The Plaustation R&D team has decided to take the concept a few steps further with the development of Playstation Eye Tech and Tech Lander … applications which allows users to scan any image – from real models to drawn sketches, and then bring them to life in a game applicatiom that rivals the old Atari 2600 gamimg interface.

Focusing on simple ganes like Lunar Lander and Tank Battle, design engineers have successfully used the Playstation Eye to scan simple sketches of vehucles and landsvapes, and even complex three dimensional images such as tank models and then animated them to be controlled within the game created on the spot. The application, though primitive, has promise to allow users to create their very own arcade style video gaming concepts without having to invest in development that often rivals the budgets of many Hollywood Blockbusters.

There’s no word on when the Playstatiom Eye Tech or Tech Lamder application will be available for purchase, but for even the modest gaming fan, the ability to create their own video games in the Playstation universe would certainly take the PS3 experience to another level.

Video here and here.

Source: Game Trailers via TechEBlog
Photo Credit: IGN.COM

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