Watch the video after the jump to see Spillinger get more excited by this technology than anyone has ever been excited for anything else on the planet, ever.
[Via Engadget]
Watch the video after the jump to see Spillinger get more excited by this technology than anyone has ever been excited for anything else on the planet, ever.
[Via Engadget]
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Posted: Apr 15th 2010 5:46PM SpiderKnives said
Second mention of Israel today. Didn't know Israel had any video-game development going.
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Posted: Apr 15th 2010 6:07PM UrQuanMaster said
The tech behind Natal was invented in Israel. MS bought the technology and tagged it under its name. It's a little bit surprising Israel isn't mentioned more in such regard, unlike european developers like Remedy or Dice are mentioned in accordance with their products.
Lots of tech comes from Israel, like the Intel Duo Core, and of course - the desert eagle:)
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Lots of tech comes from Israel, like the Intel Duo Core, and of course - the desert eagle:)
Posted: Apr 15th 2010 6:22PM anonim1979 said
Only hardware technology (camera with IR depth sensor) is from that firm - PrimeSense .
After buying hardware Microsoft made their own full software = libraries, skeletal recognition etc.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-primesense-article
"The fact that the NITE middleware isn't part of Natal demonstrates that some of the really crazy stuff we've seen with it, particularly in how it maintains its multi-point skeletons even when limbs disappear outside of the field of view, is all Microsoft hoodoo.
"Project Natal: the magic is totally Microsoft," says Maizels in admiration. "What they did to the performance, to the robustness of the solution... we have to salute them."
"Being the biggest software company in the world, they did a phenomenal job on the software," adds Berenson. "It's totally their solution." "
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After buying hardware Microsoft made their own full software = libraries, skeletal recognition etc.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-primesense-article
"The fact that the NITE middleware isn't part of Natal demonstrates that some of the really crazy stuff we've seen with it, particularly in how it maintains its multi-point skeletons even when limbs disappear outside of the field of view, is all Microsoft hoodoo.
"Project Natal: the magic is totally Microsoft," says Maizels in admiration. "What they did to the performance, to the robustness of the solution... we have to salute them."
"Being the biggest software company in the world, they did a phenomenal job on the software," adds Berenson. "It's totally their solution." "
Posted: Apr 15th 2010 6:32PM (Unverified) said
There are no major game development studios here although gaming is popular in Israel, game development never took off here... maybe in the future
Although I know there are a considerable amount of Israelis working in game development overseas
On the other hand, Israel is a heaven for high-tech and inventions from technology to medicine and agriculture
Every big company like Microsoft, Google, Yahoo!, IBM, Intel and so on have R&D centers in here
People just aren't aware that a lot of the technology they are using is coming from Israel
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Although I know there are a considerable amount of Israelis working in game development overseas
On the other hand, Israel is a heaven for high-tech and inventions from technology to medicine and agriculture
Every big company like Microsoft, Google, Yahoo!, IBM, Intel and so on have R&D centers in here
People just aren't aware that a lot of the technology they are using is coming from Israel
Posted: Apr 15th 2010 7:36PM aughscreennames said
Israel is home to one of the biggest game studios, Uzisoft
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Posted: Apr 16th 2010 9:04AM (Unverified) said
FYI - if you click the link, it will try to infect your computer with a false virus reading. It's not an actual virus but could be if you click into the faux error window.
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Posted: Apr 15th 2010 7:13PM Captain Planet Planeteer Power said
The real question is, how good is Natal at deciphering the mysteries of mullets...
dun Dun DUNNNNNNNN...
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dun Dun DUNNNNNNNN...
Posted: Apr 15th 2010 8:35PM (Unverified) said
Please wait while we search your gender...
Processor 1: No boobs
Processor 2: no ass
Processor 3: its gotta be a male.
You are a male!
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Processor 1: No boobs
Processor 2: no ass
Processor 3: its gotta be a male.
You are a male!
Posted: Apr 15th 2010 5:51PM PlatinumSkeet said
This is some pretty cool tech. I'm looking forward to when natal will be done...
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Posted: Apr 15th 2010 5:58PM Chris DPSN AggieCEO XBLThe Aggi said
The same cool tech Sony showed off last year....along with it reading emotions...
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Posted: Apr 15th 2010 6:41PM Puertoricarious said
looks like chris has got a case of the me too's.
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Posted: Apr 15th 2010 6:41PM Chris DPSN AggieCEO XBLThe Aggi said
Say what winter? Lemme go try and find the article on engadget.....goons take a while from my iPhone.....here is one from 2 years ago....
http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/sonys-ps3-headtracking-does-it-all-with-a-camera/
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http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/27/sonys-ps3-headtracking-does-it-all-with-a-camera/
Posted: Apr 15th 2010 6:49PM Chris DPSN AggieCEO XBLThe Aggi said
Here's another link....still lookig for the video tho....
http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/sonys-playstation-eye-to-gain-facial-recognition-capabilities/
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http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/18/sonys-playstation-eye-to-gain-facial-recognition-capabilities/
Posted: Apr 15th 2010 7:12PM Chris DPSN AggieCEO XBLThe Aggi said
Here is the one with the video I was talking about
http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/video-sonys-vision-library-for-playstation-eye-recognizes-face/
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http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/video-sonys-vision-library-for-playstation-eye-recognizes-face/
Posted: Apr 15th 2010 7:38PM Edge of Blade said
Once again, Chris... not remotely close.
People seem to conveniently forget that this is a 3D infrared camera. The Eye is not a 3d camera. In these demos, the only thing it had to do on is the relative distance between your eyes.
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People seem to conveniently forget that this is a 3D infrared camera. The Eye is not a 3d camera. In these demos, the only thing it had to do on is the relative distance between your eyes.
Posted: Apr 15th 2010 10:56PM likedamaster said
@Chris
If Natal is so much like Eyetoy then why does eyetoy need a wand?
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If Natal is so much like Eyetoy then why does eyetoy need a wand?
Posted: Apr 16th 2010 2:19AM McDuckScrooged said
@edge,
how is this:
http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/video-sonys-vision-library-for-playstation-eye-recognizes-face/
Not even remotely close ? How do you think Natal is doing gender recognition ? The most sure fire way of recognition would be through facial features surely.. Do you actually think it analyses to see if a person is flat chested ? In which case all 8 year old girls would be identified as boys and there are plenty of "athletic" built females out there.. The problem with looking at body is before the age of puberty girls and boys look pretty similar its only facial differences that differentiates the sexes.
Even then having a camera that can analyse depth makes absolutely no difference when trying to determine sex..
If you want to see something really cool you should check this out:
http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/primesense-talks-full-body-motion-control-at-gdc-the-possibilit/
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how is this:
http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/video-sonys-vision-library-for-playstation-eye-recognizes-face/
Not even remotely close ? How do you think Natal is doing gender recognition ? The most sure fire way of recognition would be through facial features surely.. Do you actually think it analyses to see if a person is flat chested ? In which case all 8 year old girls would be identified as boys and there are plenty of "athletic" built females out there.. The problem with looking at body is before the age of puberty girls and boys look pretty similar its only facial differences that differentiates the sexes.
Even then having a camera that can analyse depth makes absolutely no difference when trying to determine sex..
If you want to see something really cool you should check this out:
http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/primesense-talks-full-body-motion-control-at-gdc-the-possibilit/
Posted: Apr 16th 2010 6:02AM Chris DPSN AggieCEO XBLThe Aggi said
Still calling me a Sony Fanboy? Cut that out....I'm plating my 360 right now.....you people are blind to facts.....PS Eye uses Move to enhance games....have fun playing games without buttons....sure it will work for some but not complex games.....
3D Stereoscopic can be done by both cameras....natal can do it better thanks to 2 cams built-in.
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3D Stereoscopic can be done by both cameras....natal can do it better thanks to 2 cams built-in.
Posted: Apr 15th 2010 5:54PM (Unverified) said
nice!
now would it recognize lesbians as a male or female?
Im confuse.
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now would it recognize lesbians as a male or female?
Im confuse.
Posted: Apr 15th 2010 5:55PM vidguy said
I think it would just throw up a picture of Pat:
http://www.psychologicalscience.org/onlyhuman/uploaded_images/pat2-742146.jpg
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http://www.psychologicalscience.org/onlyhuman/uploaded_images/pat2-742146.jpg
Posted: Apr 15th 2010 5:55PM Chris DPSN AggieCEO XBLThe Aggi said
Butch ones would most likely be seen as male...
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Posted: Apr 15th 2010 5:56PM Chaz Winterbottom said
So I guess you could say that Project Natal *puts on sunglasses* is a gender...bender.
YYYYYYYEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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YYYYYYYEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted: Apr 15th 2010 6:03PM Chaz Winterbottom said
@Acosta02, Yeah it wasn't much of a stretch.
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Posted: Apr 15th 2010 5:57PM FredFredrickson said
You know it'll be a riot if you've got any friends or family members who are mistakenly identified as members of the opposite gender by Natal.
Pretty neat tech stuff, though. Still not sure if I'd buy it, but if they can pull this thing off right, it could be really fun to play with.
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Pretty neat tech stuff, though. Still not sure if I'd buy it, but if they can pull this thing off right, it could be really fun to play with.
Posted: Apr 15th 2010 5:57PM Chris DPSN AggieCEO XBLThe Aggi said
If the male characters from Final Fantasy games were real I'm wondering how they would be recognized?
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Posted: Apr 15th 2010 6:07PM Shiaoran said
We already had racist laptops, now we get sexist videogames?
Guys with long hair, uncurvy/too 'curvy' girls etc will have problems.
And I don't include crossdressers because that's stupid. Just dress like your gender, people. At least gender-neutral clothes. No one wanna see your balls hanging below your miniskirt.
That .5 sec delay seems worrying... We're gonna get pwned by enemies who've got no strings, so they have fun because they're not tied up to anyone. (If you don't get this, go watch Gamer)
These face/body recognition systems suck.
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Guys with long hair, uncurvy/too 'curvy' girls etc will have problems.
And I don't include crossdressers because that's stupid. Just dress like your gender, people. At least gender-neutral clothes. No one wanna see your balls hanging below your miniskirt.
That .5 sec delay seems worrying... We're gonna get pwned by enemies who've got no strings, so they have fun because they're not tied up to anyone. (If you don't get this, go watch Gamer)
These face/body recognition systems suck.
Posted: Apr 15th 2010 6:22PM WolfForager said
Yar, last year (forget what make of laptop it was) a webcam on laptop didn't "see" black people.
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Posted: Apr 15th 2010 6:24PM quiggy said
@Shiaoran
While I agree that I don't want to see anyone's balls hanging out of a miniskirt, I defy you to meet and befriend anyone with gender identity disorder and still be able to say "Just dress like your gender, people." It's incredibly offensive, as GID is a completely legitimate condition that causes an insane amount of emotional pain. Trust me on this one.
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While I agree that I don't want to see anyone's balls hanging out of a miniskirt, I defy you to meet and befriend anyone with gender identity disorder and still be able to say "Just dress like your gender, people." It's incredibly offensive, as GID is a completely legitimate condition that causes an insane amount of emotional pain. Trust me on this one.
Posted: Apr 15th 2010 6:29PM stoneNboneCDXX said
Winterfang, If you would of typed that into Google instead of as a comment, you would know what he was talking about.
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