Is a Natal / 3D system the future of videogames?

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Netyaroze said:
MS has no patent to stereo cams. Everyone can make one and infact Sony developes one too. They have even showed it already.

And if Natal would be really a success EVERYONE would make the same thing. So Natal is the future maybe but is this technology MS property ? NO ? Is Sony making the same thing ? Yes. Perhaps even in this gen ? Who knows ? If Natal is a success then we probably see 3dcams for all purposes and every console would have atleast third party cams. natal is nothing special. Just because MS trys to make you think its a revolution it doesnt mean that it is really so special. The developers which make the games for Natal have then the technology and can use it with every stereocamera.

Natal is just a brand name its not a technology. Bravia is just a Brand name for a TV but everybody can make Tvs. natal is MS but the technology belongs to all and Sony works on a stereocamera as well. the best thing which could happen for MS the absolute best case scenario is that it has 3 months of sales without competitor. Because Sony think its just a gimmick. But if they would see the success of natal they would launch it within months. I wouldnt be surprised if Sony shows ICU on the E3 2010 just to lower the hype for Natal a little bit.

Natal is nothing special Natal is just 2 Cameras in one both cameras take a picture and Natal then calculates how the 3d Picture would look like.->Works like human eyes. This technology is a simple stereo camera. So every stereocamera can do the same thing like natal. The calculations can be made software driven. The SPUs have extreme calculation power so the Sony stereocamera wouldnt even need a chip in it and would be less expensive. the Spu for the OS could make the calculations for ICU this could be easily implemented in the OS via FW update. The same games could come out on both systems. And for the next gen there would be absolutly no advantage for the Xbox360 because all consoles would start with a stereocamera.

this would happen if Stereocameras are a success. If they are not a big success. Sony would probably wait to release their Camera with the PS4 and develope some software.

 

Maybe you did not understand that but no one was hyping natal here. Microsoft is not doing 3D games anytime soon and this thread is about the gaming possibility of a stereo cam (in this case Natal) and 3 D gaming. All this hate wasnt necessary and can be considered trollign since its negative and off topic.