Toni Alatalo kirjoitti: > There's also a video at (at least) > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8077369.stm > That was in fact a bit disappointing, from a controller perspective, as >
ok well this video has direct control, seems what i was initially expecting based on earlier info :) http://www.viddler.com/explore/Joystiq/videos/1118/46.654 ~Toni > it didn't demonstrate much at all whether it works for doing something > at least a little bit exact, or identifying variations in larger > movements -- the company that MS bought boasted about being able to > recognize golf swings, but this video features nothing such. The only > situation with game like controlling is a 2d setting where making > ripples to water, which is in fact essentially identical to almost the > first thing our company did early on in 2003, as an installation to the > local science center using an open source linux only machine vision toy > called EffectTV (nowadays it's there as a Gephex plugin, which works on > windows and mac too .. has things like making a fire or ripple effect > where the camera sees movement, pretty simple). > > It does feature nice character animation, and I guess a combination of > clever AI and narrative scripting. And manages to recognize at least > the gestures it is perhaps expecting based on the script .. hard to > tell from such a preview demo video, as always. > > ~Toni > > On Jun 2, 2009, at 9:39 AM, Gustavo Alberto Navarro Bilbao wrote: > > >> The correct link is: >> http://www.techradar.com/news/gaming/consoles/microsoft-natal-will- >> replace-controller-604259 >> >> Interesante, muy interesante. >> >> /////////////////////////////////////////////////// >> >> 2009/6/2 Toni Alatalo <[email protected]> >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> am quite looking forward to trying these kinds of UIs out, dunno if >>> Rex >>> could be a partner for this particular tech .. to make a xbox build of >>> the viewer supporting this, perhaps :o . i think this is resulting >>> from >>> MS recently buying one machine vision based game UI company, don't >>> recall the name of that. of course similar open source solutions would >>> be great .. don't know how far CV or perhaps that Animata 2d >>> puppeteering thing that mentioned earlier could get us now. of course >>> EyeToy has been this for long, but seemed that the company MS bought >>> had pushed the precision and sophistication of the camera based pose / >>> gesture recognition further. >>> >>> --- >>> http://www.techradar.com/news/gaming/consoles/microsoft-natal-will- >>> replace-controller-604259 --- >>> >>> Microsoft has made a bold play by announcing a 'controller free' Xbox >>> experience called 'Project Natal' using full body motion capture and >>> voice recognition offering a jaw-dropping concpet of the future. >>> >>> Natal, which will work with all current Xbox 360s, is a revolutionary >>> 3D motion sensor that incorporates voice recognition, ending what >>> Microsoft termed 'the barrier of the controller.' >>> >>> Steven Spielberg was on stage to support the project – which was not >>> given a launch date. >>> >>> --- end --- >>> >>> ~Toni >>> >>> >> >>> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ http://groups.google.com/group/realxtend http://www.realxtend.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
