Posted on Tuesday, June 23 2009 @ 16:35 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck
Sony has released a bit more information about the upcoming PlayStation 3 Eye motion controller, the company said the new controller is slated to launch in Spring 2010 and that it will work with any games across all genres from casual to core:
On the technical side, SCE says that the PlayStation Eye accessory will come equipped with force feedback rumble. Sony boasts that the "face-tracking and head-tracking capability already in the PS3 SDK" will offer developers "powerful tools for new types of user interaction."
Sony says its new controller will also work in tandem with the Eye's built-in microphone array for voice input and voice recognition. Up to four of the new motion controllers can be tracked at once by the PlayStation Eye.
Adding the wand controller to games comes at a horsepower cost, Sony notes, writing that the "motion-tracking library has some SPU overhead and has an impact on memory as well, although these will be minimized."
Source: Kotaku
