DSI camera gameplay ideas

Has it occured to anyone but me that the camera could be used in-game and not just as something for taking pictures or online video chat? If it has, then post all of your ideas on this thread.

1. Stylus 3D movement.

Anyone remember the Z-cam? It was an optical device shown at a game show (Can't remember which) which could acuratly track 3D motion at and above the presision offered by the wii. It used special camera settings to detect when something was closer or nearer, and could track objects such has hands. If the DSi has similiar technology, you could hold up your stylus and do something in front of the camera that couldn't be sensed on the 2D plane of the touch screen. The camera would detect the movement, and the game would respond accordingly. Basicly, you stylus would become a mini wiimote.

2. Head Tracking.

This is an obvious one. If you haven't heard of it, search for jonny lee's head tracking video on youtube and watch it. Pure win. Now, as long as we have a camera facing us, why the heck not incorporate head tracking into games. It would of course be optional if you wanted other poeple to watch you, but all in all much more practical than for a console that is operating through a giant screen that everyone is going to be seeing.

3. Facial movement recognition.

This one would be good for games like wario ware. You could be tasked with things like blinking in paterns or making certain funny faces. This could also be used to detect smiles and frowns, which i'm sure would come in handy somehow.

4. Scavenger hunts

A little unconventional, but still plausible. Imagine your game telling you and a group of other DS owners to find something, say a stapler, first. You would take a picture and win

Possibly more to come.

I think any gameplay involvement the cameras will be far simpler than some of the unlikely yet interesting ideas you've proposed. While I can see facial recognition technology being a possibility, I doubt they would take advantage of things such as depth perception to make a wii like interface (at least when being used in tandem with the stylus). I think gameplay could be more along the lines of this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6UQQtZh2iA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XqoMeprqRM&feature=related

I could easily see both cameras being used for say an FPS where not only can you map your own face onto the ingame character, but you'd also be able to use the exterior camera to look around and aim (much like as you could with a stylus, but less cumbersome and you'd have the benefit of holding the DS with both hands like in the old days and you'd once again have access to the face buttons). I could also see them make a game where you can draw or take picture of your own creations and backgrounds and make a game out of it (like an RPG maker of sorts, but tailored to the DSi's features). I would totally buy a game like that if they made it.

Hey, any console that has a built in camera is a friend of mine (especially because I don't have a camera or cell phone)

Way too much for what? A 3MP camera? Maybe if they REALLY focused on the camera then sure, why not? good ideasNasty_butler_9

It's 0.3 (or roughly 640x480px). But actually that wouldn't be a problem... I mean older netcams and other consumer video cameras have the same resolution, and much of the same things are done with them. The real issue IMO would be processing power. The DS only has about as a much as a mid-nineties computer.

Scanning pokemon cards into the game, like viva pinata.diped