PlayStation Move: New Tech Demo Video Tour

Quite the array of questions! One at a time:

1. No official reply on this yet.

2. Only the PSEye works with the Move. This is really the only way we could guarantee a consistent experience for everyone, since many cameras are not up to spec. The camera you mention, for example, wouldn’t be able to do 60Hz tracking like the Eye can (because like you said it has higher resolution as a tradeoff).

3. Its definitely come up in brainstorms, but its still unclear to me that its useful as an input. I don’t have any numbers but I would guess that typing is still faster than signing, especially for messages sent in games (since they often use non-typical words).

4. I work with the tech, don’t have any knowledge there :)

5. This is an interesting one. It was discussed and cut from the design for a few reasons. We definitely considered the advantage such as the creative uses in the games you mentioned, but in the end we found that the applications are fairly limited, and the cost saved was substantial.

Dont troll me bro!

I can assure you that there is no script, let alone a “tight” one :) Inevitably when you give these demos as much as Rick and I have you tend to repeat yourself and develop a progression but honestly we’d never be able to memorize this much.

Did you have a question that’s “off script”?

We’re always looking at new cameras, of course :)

Even with 60Hz from the PSEye though, you get fast enough tracking to keep up with just about everyone. Jet Li actually visited us at one point and he could fool it but I’m not sure how he’d do vs. the Move :) The thing with the Move is that the inertial sensors run at a much higher frequency so they pick up even faster motions, between the camera frames.

That’s the cool part of the tech, actually. Sensors alone aren’t very accurate and the cameras are generally not fast enough, so together they form a really good synergy.