New software 'enhances' PS4 Camera's full-body motion tracking

November 20th, 2013, 01:02 Posted By: wraggster

New middleware from gesture recognition software firm SoftKinetic is said to "enhance" the full-body motion tracking capabilities of the PS4's PlayStation Camera, allowing it to "compete directly with Kinect".
The 'iisu' development package is capable of tracking the movements of four players at once, and is the tech powering Ubisoft's dance game, Just Dance 2014, on PS4.
Just Dance 2014 is "just the beginning of the types of games that can be created using iisu in conjunction with the PlayStation Camera", said a rep speaking with CVG.
"The 3D gesture recognition capabilities provided by iisu give PS4 game developers the ability to create a wide variety of virtual and augmented reality games, and allows PS4 to compete directly with Kinect yet at a better price point," they added.
Sony's sold-separately PlayStation Camera for PS4 features two camera lenses in a stereoscopic array, and serves as an upgraded version of the single-lens PlayStation Eye sold for PS3 and PS2. It detects body motion as well as pin-point detection of the lightbar across the top of the PS4's DualShock 4 controller.
Microsoft's Xbox One console will come packaged with a new Kinect sensor bar, which features a more sophisticated array of motion-detecting sensors and cameras.
Sony has reported sales of 1 million PS4s in its first 24 hours on sale in North America and Canada, where it launched on November 15. The console launches in EU on November 29.

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