This generation of video games delve into unknown pleasures that we didn’t anticipate would come so soon. Reading roundups of E3 news on various gaming sites, the golden cup for innovation has to go to Microsoft for the Xbox 360 Natal project. Sony PlayStation 3 created something for the young: the Eyepet. Nintendo claimed to be the master of motion controllers some 5 years ahead in terms of its experience developing unconventional controllers.
First, let me talk a little bit about Xbox 360’s Natal. Microsoft revealed a hands-free controller project called Natal. Natal works on true 1:1 motion control interaction with graphic and voice recognition. The hardware recognizes a player’s form, their movements, and even their manual commands.
Moving on to the PlayStation PS3 press conference arena, all eyes were on one thing. A new magical toy for Sony PS3 called “EyeToy”. The magical toy combines a virtual world with cute pets with the real world. A television will display what the PlayStation Eye camera sees combined with your Eyepet to give an overall virtual effect. Eyepet will recognize and respond to your body movements, so you can feed and play with your monkey. Yes monkey, most of us have cats or dogs, and now with PS3 you can have a pet monkey.
PlayStation Eye is the second generation of PS3 games to use motion sensing. The EyeToy, used for the first time in a card battle type of game, gives an insight into how games can interact with cameras and movement. An awesome magic card creates a 3D hologram when placed on the ground in front of the EyeToy and opens other games to play with your Eyepet. Sony hasn’t given up on portable gaming yet, either. Sony plans to release a new PlayStation Portable console called the PSP Go that will replace the PSP 3000 series.
PlayStation also featured a two-hand motion sensor. It’s a good thing they’re getting gamers off the couch, as long as the games are worth getting off the couch for. The Sony PS3 Eye-Toy motion controller concept was not a different idea from Natal. Future PS3 1:1 game mapping was demonstrated by someone holding virtual world objects in their own hand, yeah the graphics looked amazing. A baseball bat suddenly appeared right there in his hand at the proper angle to use corresponding to his body. The follow-up was very fast. Use the EyeToy. WOW. True 3D signage. You really need to see it to get an idea of the new motion controller for PlayStation 3. This takes gaming to a new level. The game world and your living room are one of those places. Both the Natal and PS3 concepts use overlays and projectors that bridge the gap between the real and virtual worlds.
The Nintendo motion controller – Wii motion plus adapter for the Wii Remote was announced last year and went on sale this month. Nintendo also discussed new Nintendo DS, DSi and Wii games: Sports Resort with Motion Plus, Super Mario Galaxy 2, New Super Mario for Wii and Wii Fit Plus, the second in the Wii Fit series to come with new game software. which is sold separately. who already has a Wii Balance Board.