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PlayStation Motion Controller: Behind The Scenes Part 2

9:00PM September 9, 2009 | Danny Allen

In part one, Sony explained that next spring‘s (our autumn) glowing wand will have rumble feedback. Here, Anton Mikhailov (the guy from the E3 demos) dishes that prototype was built using parts from Home Depo, and caused a stir with airport security. More »


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PlayStation Motion Controller: A Quick Look Behind The Scenes

3:30PM August 31, 2009 | Danny Allen

Sony, you’re such a tease. The PlayStation motion controller wand won’t hit shops until next spring (our autumn), but SCEA research head honcho, Richard Marks, gives a pretty interesting look at its background and capabilities in this video. More »


PS3 Eye Hacked into Decent Windows-Compatible Webcam

8:26PM October 1, 2008 | Kit Eaton

A bunch of programmer/hackers have come up with a driver solution that’ll get your PS3 Eye off its lazy arse and functioning as a webcam for your PC. Why’s this interesting? Because it’s relatively cheap, and actually pretty high-spec’d: it can deliver VGA video at 60fps over USB2, which makes for neat webcam action. It’s also got pretty wide viewing angle and low distortion, meaning it’s perfect for multitouch applications—which the group’s also working on. Much better than having the thing lying in a drawer unused after you last played an Eye-compatible game six months ago. [NUIGroup via Hackaday]

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