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Taking the Wii Controller to the Next Level
funfail writes "It's a Wii without the $250 console. It's virtual Pong and so much more. Any object is now an input device, even your fingers. Camspace is a pure software solution that allows nearly any ordinary PC webcam (95% are supported) to track up to four objects — even as small as 5mm — in real-time and with very high accuracy and reliability (Windows only). Techcrunch has an in-depth article and a video." Very neat idea, but it appears that it is in a limited beta only, and source doesn't appear likely.
The eyeToy doesn't work on the PC, so there's no loss of market share.
If their patents cover all of these style of input devices, and not just PlayStation versions, then the patent office has a serious case of cranio-rectal inversion.
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Optical tracking has been around forever. I work in a VR lab, there is no way Sony has a patent on the idea.
I don't need a million points of light, just two points of multi-mode fiber and a 10 Gig-E router.