Using Kinect With Your PS3

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Posted by timothy on Sunday March 20, 2011 @09:28AM from the y'-kin-kinnect-t'-dat dept.

baxpace writes "A tutorial posted on Shantanugoel tech blog indicates how you can use your Microsoft Kinect sensor with a PS3. As the posts suggest, the software is at a pre-alpha quality state, meaning that some libraries need to be improved in order to boost performance and features, but it's a start nonetheless."

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But, But ... by WrongSizeGlass · 2011-03-20 09:32 · Score: 5, Insightful

Won't Sony sue him for adding functionality to the PS3 that didn't ship with it? Isn't the rule that they can only remove functionality after their precious little console ships?
1. Re:But, But ... by davester666 · 2011-03-20 09:56 · Score: 3, Informative
  
  No, it means Sony will have to charge everybody to enable this new 'feature'...
  
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2. Re:But, But ... by Anonymous Coward · 2011-03-20 10:18 · Score: 1
  
  And then steal it back when it becomes inconvenient to them.
3. Re:But, But ... by Nocturnal+Deviant · 2011-03-20 12:30 · Score: 1
  
  they need to have a "factual" for mod's....
  
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4. Re:But, But ... by Gravatron · 2011-03-20 14:09 · Score: 1
  
  Oh gee, it's this thread again. Seriously, they aren't going to do anything here because nothing he did enables piracy. That's the only thing that really makes sony angry. Everything else seems to be okay.
5. Re:But, But ... by feepness · 2011-03-20 14:26 · Score: 1
  
  Isn't the rule that they can only remove functionality after their precious little console ships?
  No. No it isn't.
6. Re:But, But ... by Anonymous Coward · 2011-03-20 14:58 · Score: 0
  
  Oh I see. Making SONY angry is unacceptable, but SONY making us angry, well, that's fine. Get off the pot.
7. Re:But, But ... by MichaelKristopeit425 · 2011-03-20 15:54 · Score: -1
  
  who is "us"?
  you are NOTHING.
  ignorant hypocrisy comes cheap around here.
  slashdot = stagnated.
8. Re:But, But ... by Anonymous Coward · 2011-03-20 16:29 · Score: 1
  
  All IP addresses found in this thread will be seized to Sony in a few days, just you wait.
9. Re:But, But ... by Anonymous Coward · 2011-03-20 16:54 · Score: 0
  
  i am nothing, true. but i gotta say, your trolling was funny for a while but now your trolling = stagnated.
10. Re:But, But ... by Anonymous Coward · 2011-03-20 17:34 · Score: 0
  
  you are NOTHING.
  Hey cool it's MichaelKristopeit, the 'you are nothing' guy (also sometimes known as the 'you're an idiot' guy) :D
11. Re:But, But ... by Anonymous Coward · 2011-03-20 17:42 · Score: 0
  
  Thanks for clarifying that. That makes all behaviour by SONY acceptable. I mean, was there even a fucking point to your post, or were you just feeling angst-ridden and nihilistic, decided to vent on line, *again*.
  -pats on the head- There there, Michael, it's all better...
12. Re:But, But ... by Kilrah_il · 2011-03-20 17:52 · Score: 1
  
  There is, it's called "Informative".
  
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13. Re:But, But ... by Aeternitas827 · 2011-03-20 18:08 · Score: 1
  
  Us = We.
  
  We are Anonymous.
  
  We are legion.
  
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14. Re:But, But ... by MichaelKristopeit400 · 2011-03-20 18:29 · Score: -1
  
  you're an ignorant hypocrite.
  cower in my shadow behind your chosen pseudonym some more, feeb.
  you're completely pathetic.
15. Re:But, But ... by Nocturnal+Deviant · 2011-03-20 18:40 · Score: 1
  
  informative would imply something i did not know
  
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16. Re:But, But ... by Aeternitas827 · 2011-03-20 18:42 · Score: 1
  
  You're completely ignorant of sarcasm.
  
  And I'm fully capable of using all of my limbs, forelimbs, digits, brain, and genitals; the term 'feeb' doesn't apply.
  
  However, I do see that you've started to pay attention to the red squiggles on your screen...but not the green ones. You might one day challenge my children.
  
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17. Re:But, But ... by MichaelKristopeit406 · 2011-03-20 18:57 · Score: 1
  
  ur mum's face're completely ignorant of sarcasm.
  you're an ignorant hypocrite.
  cower in my shadow behind your chosen pseudonym some more, feeb.
  you're completely pathetic.
18. Re:But, But ... by Anonymous Coward · 2011-03-20 19:41 · Score: 1
  
  It could be informative to someone else.
19. Re:But, But ... by Nocturnal+Deviant · 2011-03-20 19:47 · Score: 1
  
  the fact that sony charges and or sues for everything? pretty common knowledge.
  
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20. Re:But, But ... by Anonymous Coward · 2011-03-20 19:51 · Score: 0
  
  Oh, there's a new troll in town. Welcome to slashdot! And go fuck yourself.
All your kinnects are kinnected to us! by teh31337one · 2011-03-20 09:32 · Score: 1

Couldn't resist.
1. Re:All your kinnects are kinnected to us! by Anonymous Coward · 2011-03-20 14:57 · Score: 0
  
  You should have.
Wonder how long this is going to be happening by Anonymous Coward · 2011-03-20 09:36 · Score: 0

Cease and desist in. 3....2....1
Nice by SpooForBrains · 2011-03-20 09:43 · Score: 5, Informative

For the curious, the PS3 does not need to be able to run unsigned code.

The methodology is fairly simple. As far as I can tell, the Kinect sensor is connected to a PC running Windows, then software on the PC interprets movements captured by the sensor and translates them into controller movements, which are sent to the PS3 using diyps3controller, which emulates a PS3 controller using Bluetooth.

Pretty bloody clever but the lag must be awful.

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1. Re:Nice by snkiz · 2011-03-20 09:49 · Score: 1
  
  wish I had mod points ^^^ should have been in TFA in the first place! +!
2. Re:Nice by ciderbrew · 2011-03-20 09:51 · Score: 0
  
  Having played a demo Kinect in the shop I'd say the lag was awful anyway. Mind you, after 5mins of jumping about the lag will be about right. After 10mins I'll take your Bluetooth version. Why do these people want to get me out of the sofa to jump around? It took years to get this unfit!
3. Re:Nice by TheRealQuestor · 2011-03-20 09:57 · Score: 0
  
  Pretty bloody clever but the lag must be awful.
  roger that, the kinect is kind of laggy on my Xbox and its even more laggy on my pc, I'd HATE to see the lag using a pc as a bridge device. yikes.
4. Re:Nice by Anonymous Coward · 2011-03-20 10:18 · Score: 0
  
  So your PC has a shittier processor than an Xbox360? Upgrade for fucks sake, this isn't 2003.
5. Re:Nice by TheRealQuestor · 2011-03-20 11:16 · Score: 1
  
  Only if you call a i7 920 that's been running awesome @ 4.2Ghz since day one. pumping through 12 gigs ddr 3 1600 memory. I just wish something would come out that is worthy of upgrading TO.
6. Re:Nice by Abstrackt · 2011-03-20 13:48 · Score: 2
  
  The epeen is strong with this one.
  
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7. Re:Nice by Khyber · 2011-03-20 15:41 · Score: 1
  
  Psssht, that's Amateur-level.
  He can rejoin the party when he's running three motherboards in a single case, overclocked and immersion-cooled with Novec-1230.
  
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8. Re:Nice by MichaelKristopeit425 · 2011-03-20 16:08 · Score: 0
  
  so you believe the processor is the bottleneck in custom bus interfaces?
  think for fucks sack.
9. Re:Nice by Kilrah_il · 2011-03-20 17:56 · Score: 1
  
  I see your Schwartz is as big as mine.
  
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10. Re:Nice by Kilrah_il · 2011-03-20 18:01 · Score: 2
  
  Nice and all, but:
  
  the software is at a pre-alpha quality state, meaning that some libraries need to be improved in order to boost performance and features
  WTF? I thought pre-alpha meant "buggy as hell, try it if you really want to see something cool,but don't count on it working for more than a few minutes." Since when did it mean "some libraries need to be improved in order to boost performance and features"? I thought that stage is beta/pre-release.
  
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11. Re:Nice by Anonymous Coward · 2011-03-20 18:09 · Score: 0
  
  so you believe the processor is the bottleneck in custom bus interfaces?
  not necessarily all custom bus interfaces, but it's certainly a possibility in this case given the lack of optimised drivers. I wouldn't say that's the only bottleneck or even the major bottleneck, but it certainly could be.
  
  (oh and yes, to save you replying ill just throw it out there 'i am nothing', there you go).
12. Re:Nice by Aeternitas827 · 2011-03-20 18:11 · Score: 1
  
  So you think capital letters and spell-check are optional?
  Think, for fuck's sake.
  
  Shit, it's troll-feeding night...
  
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13. Re:Nice by Aeternitas827 · 2011-03-20 18:14 · Score: 1
  
  "some libraries need to be improved in order to boost performance and features" is a catch-all that really could describe anything that isn't RC or RTM; pre-alpha, alpha, pre-beta (if that exists), beta...there's probably one library that is working well enough to be complete, making 'all libraries...' inaccurate, and 'most libraries...' something to skip over.
  
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14. Re:Nice by MichaelKristopeit401 · 2011-03-20 18:33 · Score: -1
  
  you think i would ever think i don't have the option to do what i'm doing? that is very telling.
  cower in my shadow behind your chosen pseudonym some more, feeb.
  you're completely pathetic sack.
15. Re:Nice by Aeternitas827 · 2011-03-20 18:46 · Score: 1
  
  You have the option to do what you are doing, and what you are doing is looking like a fairly illiterate fool. You're right, it is very telling; I care about such things as grammar, spelling, and syntax. Things that a so-called 'feeb' would not be capable of. How telling...
  
  By the way, that last bit isn't a complete sentence, hon. Try harder, you're almost there!
  
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16. Re:Nice by MichaelKristopeit406 · 2011-03-20 19:02 · Score: 0
  
  why would a feeb not care about the irrelevant syntax of sentence capitalization which doesn't serve to change the logical interpretation? why would a feeb not support a tool to aide the reading comprehension of the weak minded?
  how telling indeed... you're an idiot.
  cower in my shadow behind your chosen pseudonym some more, feeb.
  you're completely pathetic.
17. Re:Nice by xhrit · 2011-03-20 23:36 · Score: 1
  
  well since beta/pre-release has come to mean finished product, they might as well say pre-alpha when they mean beta/pre-release.
  
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18. Re:Nice by Kilrah_il · 2011-03-21 02:12 · Score: 1
  
  so my yet-to-be-written (or thought-about) program can be called almost-released-to-testing? Be ready for the coolest app from me soon!
  
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19. Re:Nice by Aeternitas827 · 2011-03-21 18:49 · Score: 1
  
  Your next reply will end with...
  
  cower in my shadow behind your chosen pseudonym some more, feeb.
  
  you're completely pathetic.
  . By the way, you've chosen a pseudonym yourself. Only he who is without sin shall cast the first Prius.
  
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20. Re:Nice by MichaelKristopeit422 · 2011-03-22 05:47 · Score: 0
  
  ur mum's face've chosen a pseudonym yourself.
  i am michael kristopeit. i utilize a user ID numerical value.
  you're an idiot.
Let me get this straight..... by Lord_of_the_nerf · 2011-03-20 09:51 · Score: 5, Funny

I was already crying when Heavy Rain forced me to purchase a Sony product. Now you want me to 'improve' it by sticking on Microsoft peripherals?
I already have enough self-loathing, thank you very much.
1. Re:Let me get this straight..... by somersault · 2011-03-20 10:05 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  An umbrella would have been cheaper
  
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2. Re:Let me get this straight..... by Lord_of_the_nerf · 2011-03-20 11:01 · Score: 1
  
  An umbrella would have been cheaper
  I'd rather ruin a PS3.
3. Re:Let me get this straight..... by Anonymous Coward · 2011-03-20 14:51 · Score: 0
  
  Should of already had one for Flower and Linger in the Shadows.
4. Re:Let me get this straight..... by Anonymous Coward · 2011-03-20 17:26 · Score: 0
  
  Should Have, cuntflaps!
DO NOT WANT by vivin · 2011-03-20 10:00 · Score: -1, Offtopic

This sucks. Really sucks. I've been a T-Mobile customer since 2002 and I've enjoyed their great customer service. They've rarely screwed me over. I'm not looking forward to dealing with AT&T's douchebaggery. I'm going to jump ship as soon as I can.
Sprint or Verizon? How do they compare to T-Mobile?

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1. Re:DO NOT WANT by vivin · 2011-03-20 10:01 · Score: 1, Funny
  
  Goddammit. Wrong story.
  
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2. Re:DO NOT WANT by WrongSizeGlass · 2011-03-20 10:20 · Score: 0
  
  Goddammit. Wrong story.
  Yes, wrong story but right sentiment.
  
  Not to burst your bubble, but in my 12 years of using Verizon they had the best network coverage by far but the worst customer service possible. AT&T is measurably better, but when you're starting at 'oh so shitty' you don't have to do much to be better. I never would have moved to AT&T if Verizon let me have my 'free upgrade' 10 days early (my phone was damaged and they said I'd have to wait the 10 days or pay for a new phone in full).
3. Re:DO NOT WANT by Kilrah_il · 2011-03-20 17:57 · Score: 1
  
  That's why they say the software is pre-Alpha. In the final product you won't have errors like this.
  
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YOUR PS3? by Anonymous Coward · 2011-03-20 10:28 · Score: 1

It's not YOUR PS3. It's Sony's PS3. If it was yours, you could run whatever code you wanted on it.
1. Re:YOUR PS3? by Anonymous Coward · 2011-03-20 16:59 · Score: 0
  
  You can still run whatever code you wanted on it, but you can not tell anyone.
2. Re:YOUR PS3? by Aeternitas827 · 2011-03-20 18:20 · Score: 1
  
  This becomes the 3-year-old (as in children) argument. In whole, it goes like this:
  
  10 PRINT "A: IT'S MINE"
  20 PRINT "B: NO IT'S MINE"
  30 PRINT "A: NO IT'S MINE"
  40 GOTO 20
  
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3. Re:YOUR PS3? by Aeternitas827 · 2011-03-20 18:21 · Score: 1
  
  Yes, it's a loop, it never ends, and you want to BREAK it at the nearest opportunity.
  
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Am I the only one who doesn't get it? by Luke727 · 2011-03-20 10:31 · Score: 0

I just don't understand all the hype around the Kinect. I guess it's cool from a strictly technological point of view, and I understand the novelty of it for casual gaming, but I can't imagine a scenario in which a serious gamer would want to use it. Then again, I hate the Wii and yet it is doing the best of the current consoles.

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1. Re:Am I the only one who doesn't get it? by stealth_finger · 2011-03-20 10:48 · Score: 1
  
  No...you're not. Basically, untill they invent the holodeck, I'm not interested.
  
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2. Re:Am I the only one who doesn't get it? by Anonymous Coward · 2011-03-20 17:45 · Score: 0
  
  I just don't understand all the hype around the Kinect. I guess it's cool from a strictly technological point of view, and I understand the novelty of it for casual gaming, but I can't imagine a scenario in which a serious gamer would want to use it.
  It's ok, we'll get off your lawn so you can get back to all that 'serious gaming'. Really what is with that elitist cockbag mentality?
3. Re:Am I the only one who doesn't get it? by Aeternitas827 · 2011-03-20 18:25 · Score: 1
  
  Gaming was intended to be an exercise in sitting on your arse fine-tuning your fine motor skills, when conditions outside were too lame to deal with. Unfortunately, that's gotten a little overextended with this generation. The Wii, Move, and Kinect are how the industry responds; when parents should have responded with 'GET THE FUCK OUTSIDE BEFORE I KICK YOUR ASS OUT THE DOOR'.
  
  Immobile gaming is how it should be, even casually, and in moderation. If kids get fat playing Halo, it's their parents' fault.
  
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having their cake and eat it too by Lead+Butthead · 2011-03-20 10:33 · Score: 4, Informative

They will threaten the author with lawsuit and confiscate all his work after he caves in, then flip it as a new feature wholly developed and owned by Sony.

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1. Re:having their cake and eat it too by Anonymous Coward · 2011-03-20 12:09 · Score: 0
  
  Sony have never added a "feature" that has been (re)implemented by homebrew developers. Sony only remove functionality.
2. Re:having their cake and eat it too by Pikoro · 2011-03-20 13:10 · Score: 4, Interesting
  
  Actually, we put flash support on the PSP after Sony stated that they would never add it. http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2006/03/psp-flash-swf-player-sour.html
  Shortly after that, Sony added official flash support.
  
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3. Re:having their cake and eat it too by Even+on+Slashdot+FOE · 2011-03-21 02:42 · Score: 1
  
  The PSP also has full-on 3D support for a number of games. You just need those stupid looking red and blue glasses and a modded PSP.
FAIL by Anonymous Coward · 2011-03-20 11:45 · Score: 0

Sony should have put a little more money into R & D. Maybe then they would have introduced something creative instead of just reimplementing the Wii controller with their 'innovative' glowing ball on the end.
jenal by Anonymous Coward · 2011-03-20 11:47 · Score: 0

really very good
Microsoft by Dragon_Punch · 2011-03-20 12:50 · Score: 0

I'm sure Microsoft loves this idea!

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Fuck Sony by Anonymous Coward · 2011-03-20 14:03 · Score: -1

But not with my dick.
Lawsuits incoming... by Cito · 2011-03-20 14:09 · Score: 1

Now for Sony to sue the guy for creating it and Sony suing Slashdot for linking it since we recently learned on slashdot in the past few days that even linking is illegal. and finally ending with a Judge's order to turn over the ip of everyone that clicked the link in the article... fuck sony http://sites.google.com/site/eclement/ps3jailbreak
1. Re:Lawsuits incoming... by Rennt · 2011-03-20 20:45 · Score: 1
  
  I'd have thought Sony would be quite pleased. Microsoft just spent millions on development, and BAM! - ported to the PS3 at zero cost to Sony. Meanwhile you still can't use Move on an Xbox, and there is probably no community interest in making it happen.
  Microsoft, on the other hand, has to be crying into their cornflakes.
2. Re:Lawsuits incoming... by Anonymous Coward · 2011-03-20 21:46 · Score: 0
  
  Microsoft can probably live with it. They make money on every Kinect sold.
  Sony however will likely lose almost all Move sales once this works properly.
  Anyway, if past events have taught us anything, it's Sony who is acting like a total asshole regarding their consoles, not Microsoft.
3. Re:Lawsuits incoming... by Legal.Troll · 2011-03-21 01:56 · Score: 1
  
  I'm here to tell you that you haven't learned ANYTHING about the law here on /. and that is probably why your post is so clueless and stupid.
  
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"Move" collecting dust by whereiswaldo · 2011-03-20 17:28 · Score: 2

My excitement over the PS3 Move controller was quickly subdued when I discovered I can't play the sports and gladiator games using online multiplayer, only local multiplayer. Now the controllers are sitting and collecting dust.
Given that complex games work online I can't see why Move games are any different. From an end-user perspective, it's really lame.
1. Re:"Move" collecting dust by Nukenbar · 2011-03-21 03:19 · Score: 1
  
  I still get them out to play a game or two of Boccie any maybe Frisbee golf, but those were the only games that were any good.
Boycott by Anonymous Coward · 2011-03-20 19:18 · Score: 0

I have nothing to worry about. I boycott Sony so I would never own a PS3.
The Kinect, however, is the first reason I've seen to want something new from Microsoft in a long time. But they always did manage to make better hardware than software.
boring.. by SuperDre · 2011-03-20 20:43 · Score: 0

Wake me up when it actually is running on a PS3.... this is just a Kinect connected to a PC and running emulation software to turn the movements into PS3 sixaxis controller commands.. Nothing really fancy... It's just like using JoyCur for getting joystickcommands to be turned into keyboard commands..
I see a new lawsuit comming by Anonymous Coward · 2011-03-20 23:02 · Score: 0

I guess Sony soon needs to put a "You are not allowed to have fun using this product" to their general terms and conditions... And a number to call to get sued if you accidentally have fun...