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Sony designing PS3 3D Glove 

Lately Virtual Reality/3D game control devices have been all the rage. Wii Remote or various VR gloves come to mind.

But while Wii Remote is good at tracking your 3D hand movements, basically that's it. VR Gloves can capture a wider array of control gestures, but they are very inconvenient to use. Just think of putting them on and off everytime you want to play a game.

What if you could have a device that is as easy to use as Wii Remote, but could capture all you palm, finger and hand movements? Wouldn't it be cool?

Sony thinks so too and may soon have a 3D PS3 game controller to prove it. At least that's what their patent application for "Hand-held computer interactive device" describes:

This 3D game controller is designed to be held in your hands, is able to capture all your palm and finger movements and transmit them as commands to your PS3 or Vaio PC. You can pick up and manipulate various objects on screen just by squeezing and relaxing your fingers.

The device is even able to give you a tactile feedback. That is, you will be able to "feel" when you pick up or press something on the screen.

Add to it a few gyroscopes and 3D hand motion detection technology described in previous Sony patents and they may have a perfect 3D game controller for your PS3 soon.

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"Film studio Pixar uses ray-tracing to produce the images for its cartoons and Peter Jackson used the technique in the Lord of the Rings to make special effects look convincing."

"It gives much higher image quality in shadows and reflections," said Mr Pohl. "You can even do reflections on reflections on reflections."

Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6457951.stm

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PS3 Has Potential to Do Ray Tracing

We all knew that the Sony PlayStation 3 was one hell of a beast in terms of raw processing power.  Every day developers are digging deeper and deeper into what the console is actually capable of pulling off.  It now appears that according to a few sources, the PlayStation 3 is capable of even much more.

The topic of interest here is called Ray Tracing.  For those who do not know Ray Tracing is a lighting technique which uses and depicts models with rays of light.  The rays of light bounce off of the models in the game and the scene causing the object to be reflected and leaving us with movie-like visuals.  The trick here is that for this to be achieved consoles need to be linked together.  That is where the PlayStation 3 comes into play.

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Hi guys, I'm new here and I just wanted to talk about the possibilities of this particular concept happening for this generation of gaming.


Now that I've seen the PS3's ray traced rendering capabilities on just the cell broadband engine alone. I am fully convinced that it's possible on the PS3 to have something that rivals...not just Crysis, but movies themselves. Granted that it took 3 interconnected PS3's to do it via Ethernet; however, imagine if it were 50 or 50,000..What would the outcome be then? How you ask? Maybe by creating the game to run on some type of broadband grid of PS3's or Cell processor based servers (PS3s/servers that will share cell computing power for rendering the game or games). Perhaps, it can even be utilized for other applications that can benefit from this technology (ex. Folding@Home). I mean research like this has been going on since 2001. Hey, who knows....with ray tracing maybe something far beyond "Crysis" will come about. The Benefits from this technique can yield phenomenal results. All we need now is a developer with deep pockets to step out of the shadows. Check out these links for more info:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLte5f34ya8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lr-R4bUZIQw

For reference of "Research like this has been going on since 2001" and the grid I was referring to check this link out:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1470225.stm

More info on Ray Tracing:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6457951.stm

http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=334&type=expert&pid=1

I think the PS3 is even closer to extremely real looking graphics then I ever thought before. This might just completely justify the purchase of a $600 console even more. What do you guys think?

One of our loyal forum posters ChildofGod made mention of this in our forums.  You can check his post out by going to the link at the bottom of the news story.  The post has included in it YouTube videos which show off the technology in action.  It is amazing to see this all work as the technology is not brand new stuff.  Research has been going on since 2001 meaning that the potential is truly here for this to be put into motion.  Only time will tell to see if Sony and developers put it to use this generation or the next.  It is mind-boggling though to think about and is truly an interesting concept.  That $600 PlayStation 3 could potentially do a lot more than it is capable of under the hood if the technology is tapped into and put to work.

A full blue-ray cd does not equal 20 HD-DVDs, so that pick is teh fail.Bladecutter56

I assume you know that the 360 uses standards DVD9 and not HD-DVD.

It's an April's Fool, of course. But it's so funny!

Here's the original article: Kotaku

Respond for the first article: Kotaku 

Sony Responds to PS3 "Elite model!

Yesterday McWhertor broke the news that Sony had made some recent and very interesting filings with the Federal Communications Commission.

Specifically, the filing makes mention of a new Playstation 3 model with an 80GB hard disk. This seems to line up with rumors we've heard of Ken Kutaragi pushing the idea of a PS3 with a much larger hard drive.

Since we posted the story very late last night, I didn't have a chance to ping Sony on this until today. Here's their official response:

As mentioned when we made the product announcement for PS3, the system will have different configurations (thus, 60GB HDD with memory card slots and Wi-Fi and 20GB HDD without memory card slots or Wi-Fi both exists). Application to the FCC has been made with various possibilities in mind, however, it does not lead to a new product announcement at this time.

Oooooh, that sure as hell isn't a denial. I think we can expect at least one more model for the PS3 down the line, and it makes sense. Why not have a buffet of options when you go console shopping. Though if the new model just has a bigger hard drive, I think most people would opt to upgrade their own, something very doable with the PS3.

Perhaps this just means that they won't be manufacturing 20GB PS3s anymore. There will be 2 major models 60GB & 80GB. Remember that Kotaku has been very accurate in the past with Playstation Home.

"We've heard in the past from inside sources that the Ken Kutaragi was pushing for the introduction of a 250GB model PS3".

That'd be great!

Sony Working On PS3 "Elite" Model?

In a filing dated earlier this month, Sony contacted the US Federal Communications Commission to request a "****II permissive change" to the PLAYSTATION 3. This was done in accordance with changes to the included Bluetooth antenna and came from the Sony Coporation's Product Quality Office.

While FCC filings are generally dry as dust, this one has an interesting addition. A new PLAYSTATION 3 model (CECHE01) with an 80GB hard disk was listed as an additional inclusion to the original FCC grant. The two current model numbers CECHA01 and CECHB01 specify the 60GB and 20GB versions, respectively.

A 20GB jump from the top of the line PLAYSTATION 3 seems like an odd additional SKU, but we've seen stranger things happen.

Could this new hard disk represent a totally new model or simply a storage upgrade? Will the 80GB PS3 at some point become the lower-end model? We've heard in the past from inside sources that the Ken Kutaragi was pushing for the introduction of a 250GB model PS3, so future models of the console may feature increased storage. We'll be contacting Sony in the morning to gather additional details.

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Namco Bandai Holdings has confirmed that it is developing arcade games based on the PlayStation 3's Cell processor and graphics hardware, according to reports out of Japan.

Reuters said that the agreement between Sony Computer Entertainment and Namco Bandai is the first deal that will have the Cell implemented commercially outside of the PS3 itself.

The Mainichi Daily News added that Tekken 6 will be the first to use the technology later this year in arcades and amusement facilities.

Namco had used the PS2-based System 246 arcade board for titles such as Ridge Racer V, Tekken 4 and Soul Calibur II. Other manufacturers such as Capcom used the Namco System 246 for their arcade games. The Mainichi report cited a Namco Bandai spokesperson who said that the company hasn't decided whether or not it would sell the new Cell-based tech to other companies.

Namco Bandai recently announced a venture with SCE called "Cellius," which will concentrate on the development of games for PlayStation 3 and other devices.

Non-commercial uses for the Cell are also being explored outside of the gaming realm, such as within the areas of medicine and the military.

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