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 16:29 · Score: 1
  
  All IP addresses found in this thread will be seized to Sony in a few days, just you wait.
7. Re:But, But ... by Kilrah_il · 2011-03-20 17:52 · Score: 1
  
  There is, it's called "Informative".
  
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8. Re:But, But ... by Aeternitas827 · 2011-03-20 18:08 · Score: 1
  
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9. 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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10. 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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11. 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.
12. Re:But, But ... by Anonymous Coward · 2011-03-20 19:41 · Score: 1
  
  It could be informative to someone else.
13. 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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All your kinnects are kinnected to us! by teh31337one · 2011-03-20 09:32 · Score: 1

Couldn't resist.
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 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.
3. Re:Nice by Abstrackt · 2011-03-20 13:48 · Score: 2
  
  The epeen is strong with this one.
  
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4. 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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5. 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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6. 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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7. 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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8. 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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9. 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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10. 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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11. 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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12. 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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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.
Re:DO NOT WANT by vivin · 2011-03-20 10:01 · Score: 1, Funny

Goddammit. Wrong story.

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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 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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2. 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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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 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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2. 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.
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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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 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.
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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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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