Sony PlayStation Eye Webcam to Get Facial Recognition Capabilities

Sony has some plans to ensure the capabilities of their facial PlayStation Eye webcam, trying to Microsoft’s Project Natal. Following Kish Hirani, Sony Europe head of the developers, the functionality will be available shortly on the existing hardware, with the developer libraries available for games studios, so they do not need special encoding for the new system. According to Hirani, the technology will be able to recognize, and sex and age of the face.

Also, separate facial features like nose, eyes and ears, and also detect whether you smile or not. Sounds a little too good to be true. It is also with the upcoming Sony Motion Controller, with the eye-tracking camera X, Y and Z movement through the territory of the glowing ball.

The motion controller’s accelerometer is also used for the prosecution, even if from the perspective of the PlayStation Eye. Developers need to support the new functionality to the titles, but Hirani says, “chances are you’re not on any technology itself”.

[ via Kotaku ]

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