Is NATAL really any different than play station eye ?

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ROBOTECHHEAVEN said:
natal is very different and more evolved than the wand or what ever sony is calling it.
i think though that both companies should have used their tech for the ps4 and next xbox, instead of trying to play catch up to nintendo and the wiimote, this gen.

IMVHO experimenting makes sense for both, otherwise Nintendo could leave them too much behind. But then it would be sensible to not expect too much this gen, and anything more than predicted will be welcome. MS lets the hype skyrocket, but there are too many hurdles on Natal's road this gen, next gen it will do much better, if it will be in XB720 standard equipment.

Notice that MS doesn't own TOF camera technology, but only the peculiar way it's used in Natal, so both Nintendo and Sony will be able and free to use it in their future systems, paying tech owners, obviously, but not MS, and this raises an interesting question: will MS pave TOF cameras' way at its own expenses with Natal just like Sony did for BD with PS3?